What is the ruling on one who begins the tawaf (circumambulation of the Ka'bah) alongside the Yemeni Corner out of ignorance?
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Question:
He says: I came to perform 'Umrah (the lesser pilgrimage) for the first time some time ago, but during the tawaf, I used to start alongside the Yemeni Corner out of ignorance. What is the ruling on the tawaf?
Answer:
Starting from the Yemeni Corner is an addition to the tawaf. The tawaf is valid; because if you passed the Black Stone, may Allah reward you, seven times and started from there, then this addition from the Yemeni Corner is of no account. Yes, but the tawaf is valid. Yes. However, if you shortened the last lap, the last lap, by shortening it at the Yemeni Corner, then your tawaf is not valid, because you did not complete but six laps. You did not reach the seventh lap to the Black Stone. The lap is from the Black Stone to the Black Stone. So if you shortened it, it is not valid. Yes.
He says: I came to perform 'Umrah (the lesser pilgrimage) for the first time some time ago, but during the tawaf, I used to start alongside the Yemeni Corner out of ignorance. What is the ruling on the tawaf?
Answer:
Starting from the Yemeni Corner is an addition to the tawaf. The tawaf is valid; because if you passed the Black Stone, may Allah reward you, seven times and started from there, then this addition from the Yemeni Corner is of no account. Yes, but the tawaf is valid. Yes. However, if you shortened the last lap, the last lap, by shortening it at the Yemeni Corner, then your tawaf is not valid, because you did not complete but six laps. You did not reach the seventh lap to the Black Stone. The lap is from the Black Stone to the Black Stone. So if you shortened it, it is not valid. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم مَن بدأ في الطواف بمحاذاة الركن اليماني جاهلاً؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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