Interrupting Tawaf for Prayer in the Crowd and Resuming It
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The questioner:
This questioner says: I performed the Tawaf of Ifadah yesterday, and it was a time of severe crowding. So I performed three circuits, then we exited the Tawaf area and sat for a short while. Then the Adhan was called, then we prayed, and then we completed our Tawaf. Knowing that we intended to repeat the Tawaf later, and then we performed the Sa'y. Is this correct? There is no blame on you.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
Another questioner:
As for the intention being invalid, the intention that it be completed at night.
The Shaykh:
I repeat the question.
The questioner:
I performed the Tawaf of Ifadah yesterday, and it was a time of severe crowding. So I performed three circuits, then we exited the airport, then we sat for a short while. Then the Adhan was called, then we prayed, and then we completed our Tawaf. Knowing that we intended to repeat the Tawaf later, and then we performed the Sa'y. Is our action correct, and if it is an error, is the Sa'y valid? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
In the case of Tawaf, take the precaution and rely on the excuse of the crowd. If you repeat the Tawaf after you have been given a piece [of time] and you do not repeat it, do not repeat it except at night. Then if you repeat it after that, after the delay has lengthened, if you repeat it as a precaution, it is better and more precautionary for you, O honorable ones. Otherwise, you are excused due to the crowding, then the establishment of the prayer, and then you are excused by the excuse of the crowd. And the Sa'y is valid.
This questioner says: I performed the Tawaf of Ifadah yesterday, and it was a time of severe crowding. So I performed three circuits, then we exited the Tawaf area and sat for a short while. Then the Adhan was called, then we prayed, and then we completed our Tawaf. Knowing that we intended to repeat the Tawaf later, and then we performed the Sa'y. Is this correct? There is no blame on you.
The Shaykh:
Yes.
Another questioner:
As for the intention being invalid, the intention that it be completed at night.
The Shaykh:
I repeat the question.
The questioner:
I performed the Tawaf of Ifadah yesterday, and it was a time of severe crowding. So I performed three circuits, then we exited the airport, then we sat for a short while. Then the Adhan was called, then we prayed, and then we completed our Tawaf. Knowing that we intended to repeat the Tawaf later, and then we performed the Sa'y. Is our action correct, and if it is an error, is the Sa'y valid? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
In the case of Tawaf, take the precaution and rely on the excuse of the crowd. If you repeat the Tawaf after you have been given a piece [of time] and you do not repeat it, do not repeat it except at night. Then if you repeat it after that, after the delay has lengthened, if you repeat it as a precaution, it is better and more precautionary for you, O honorable ones. Otherwise, you are excused due to the crowding, then the establishment of the prayer, and then you are excused by the excuse of the crowd. And the Sa'y is valid.
Source
فتاوى الحج ١٤١٠ هـ - ١ — archive.org (1:32:05)
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