The Tawaf of Ifadah and the Farewell Tawaf for One Who Did Not Perform the Arrival Tawaf

Question:
We resume with Your Eminence the Shaykh, may Allah reward you with good, answering your questions regarding Islam and Muslims, hoping that Allah will benefit the questioner. I arrived in Mina and did not perform the arrival tawaf. I stood at 'Arafah and stoned the Jamarat al-Aqabah, but I did not perform the tawaf of ifadah. Do I owe anything? Is my Hajj valid? Do I perform the tawaf of ifadah, then sa'y, and then the farewell tawaf? Please advise us, may Allah reward you with good?

Answer:
Yes. Your work is good, and praise be to Allah. If you perform the tawaf of ifadah and sa'y, then you must perform the farewell tawaf after completing all the stoning. If you stone tomorrow, if Allah wills, and hasten after the afternoon prayer, then the stoning is the farewell tawaf. It is recommended that if you stone on the thirteenth day, Thursday, after the afternoon prayer and complete it, that is better, and the farewell tawaf is after that. However, the best is that when you arrived, you intended to go directly to the Ka'bah, you attended to the House, that is the best; you performed tawaf and sa'y, you made it an 'Umrah, you shortened your hair and said the talbiyah, that is better. Or you went to Mina in your state of ihram, saying the talbiyah for Hajj alone, or for Hajj and 'Umrah together. And if you started in Makkah and requested sa'y, that is the best. And if you were performing Hajj alone or combined, and you helped before Hajj, that suffices; nothing remains for him except the tawaf after Hajj. But the best for one who arrives in the months of Hajj is to make it his 'Umrah: he performs tawaf, sa'y, shortens his hair, and exits the state of ihram, remaining in a state of permissibility until the time of Hajj comes on the eighth day, when he enters the state of ihram for Hajj. Even if his arrival is on the eighth day, that is better; he recites, shortens, and exits, then enters the state of ihram for Hajj. Even if he has not changed his clothes, there is no harm on him. If he wears regular clothes and rests, then enters the state of ihram for Hajj, that is all good. The point of this is that the best for one who stays in Makkah before Hajj is to prefer that his ihram be for 'Umrah. And if he entered the state of ihram for Hajj or 'Umrah, he makes it 'Umrah; he breaks it and makes it 'Umrah by intention, if he did not have a sacrificial animal, did not bring a cow, or did not have sheep with him, he simplifies his matter: he performs tawaf, sa'y, shortens his hair, and exits the state of ihram. This is the best for one who arrives in Makkah after Ramadan, unless he is prevented. This is how the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did it, and he was commanded to do so, except for one who brought a sacrificial animal; he remains in his state of ihram until he exits from Mina. Yes.