The ruling on one who performed five circuits and remembered while in sa'y?

Question : May Allah reward you. A man says: He performed five circuits, forgot two, and then remembered while in sa'y. What is the ruling?

Answer : Yes. A man performed five circuits and went to the sa'y area, and during sa'y he remembered that he had only performed five circuits. We tell him: Go back and start the tawaf anew, and perform seven circuits, then continue to complete the 'Umrah, because the tawaf was not completed. We cannot say to complete two circuits on top of the previous five, due to the length of the interval. If the interval is long, the continuity is broken, and continuity in tawaf and sa'y is a condition for validity.