The woman's menstruation before the tawaf of departure

The questioner:
So there is also an important issue, in fact, the issue of the tawaf of departure. Since the pillars of Hajj do not drop off due to forgetfulness or ignorance, some women experience their monthly period before they perform the tawaf of departure. They may have come from a distant country and cannot return to their country. And if they leave and then return, they are weak. What is said regarding the end of the woman's state?

The Shaykh:
Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, commanded us to follow our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not perform tawaf except in a state of purity. It is not reported that he ever performed tawaf in a state of impurity. Therefore, he would pray the two rak'ahs of tawaf after the tawaf, and prayer requires purity. There is a hadith mawquf (stopping at a Companion) from Ibn Abbas, with a sound chain of narration and the ruling of a marfu' (traced to the Prophet), in which he said: And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Aisha when she menstruated: , , but tawaf requires purity, except that you do not perform tawaf around the House until you become pure. And when Safiyyah menstruated, he said: . This indicates that if a menstruating woman menstruates before the tawaf of departure, she must wait until she becomes pure and performs ghusl (the full ritual bath), then she performs tawaf. This is the Shari'ah ruling: she does not perform tawaf while menstruating. If she is compelled to travel, and travel today is not like the travel of the past, which was on camels and took months over long distances, and it was not possible for a woman to stay in Makkah, there is a dispensation (rukhsah) granted by some scholars that she performs wudu' (the ablution for prayer), places something protective over the exit, and performs tawaf due to dire necessity (darurah). But today the matter is not like that. Today, travel has become easy by air, land, and sea. If it is possible for her to travel, and when she becomes pure, her guardian (wali) brings her and she performs tawaf, then she may do so. She may travel. As for performing tawaf while menstruating, this is not permissible (la yajuz), even if someone issues a fatwa to the contrary. She waits until she becomes pure, then she performs tawaf. And if she travels before that and commits to returning when she becomes pure, and her guardian brings her and she performs the tawaf of departure, and returning today is easy and simple, then she may do so. Otherwise, she waits, because she has performed Hajj and she must complete her Hajj, and completing Hajj includes performing the tawaf of departure.

The questioner:
Unfortunately, we hear people trying to say, "Do it, there is no harm," that she uses a tampon, as they say, and performs tawaf while her period is on her. And if he wants to take the position of some scholars, he says she slaughters a sheep.

The Shaykh:
If we want to apply the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), "Do it, there is no harm," to the tawaf of a menstruating woman, did the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) say to the menstruating woman, "Do it, there is no harm, perform tawaf," or did he say, "Is she holding us up?" Or did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also say: ? So "Do it, there is no harm" is limited to the time in which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said it, and the day in which he said it, in the time and the situation in which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said it, and it is not extended to other cases.

The questioner:
Good.

The Shaykh:
So this is distorting (tahrif) the words from their places and burdening the words of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) with what they cannot bear. "Do it, there is no harm" is for the actions of the day of 'Id if some of them are done before others. For example, if one throws the stones before performing tawaf, or performs tawaf before throwing the stones, or shaves his head before performing tawaf, or before throwing the stones. This order—throwing the jamarat (stoning the pillars) first, then shaving second, then performing tawaf and sa'y (walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah) third—is the best. And if some of them are done before others on this day, there is no harm. Yes.