The ruling on one who did not perform the arrival tawaf and what is best in the rites of Hajj

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 make them beneficial and make us and you among those who listen to the statement and follow the best of it. The question now: This questioner says: We arrived in Mina and did not perform the arrival tawaf. I stood at 'Arafah and stoned the pillar of Aqabah, but I did not perform the tawaf of Ifadah. Is there anything required of me? Is my Hajj valid? Do I perform the tawaf of Ifadah, then sa'y, and then the farewell tawaf? Please inform us, may Allah reward you with good?

Answer:
Yes. Your state 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 leave early after the afternoon prayer, then go and perform the farewell tawaf. It is better if, on the thirteenth day, which is Thursday, you stone after the afternoon prayer and complete it; that is better, and the farewell tawaf comes after that.
But the best is that when you left, you intended to go directly to the Ka'bah. You performed tawaf and sa'y. If you return and have an 'Umrah, you shorten your hair and enter the state of ihram; this is better. Or you go to Mina in your state of ihram, whether you intended Hajj alone, or Hajj combined with 'Umrah, or you started from Makkah and intended it; this is the best. And if you were performing Hajj alone, or combined, or you performed 'Umrah before Hajj, that suffices. Nothing remains for you except the tawaf after Hajj. But the best for one who arrives in the months of Hajj is to make it an 'Umrah: he performs tawaf, sa'y, shortens his hair, and exits the state of ihram. He remains 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, because he performs tawaf, sa'y, shortens his hair, and exits the state of ihram, then he enters the state of ihram for Hajj. Even if he has not changed his clothes, there is no harm on him. If he changes, that is good and better. If he wears sewn clothes and rests, then enters the state of ihram for Hajj, that is all good. The requirement here is the best option for one who stays in Makkah before Hajj: he comes from Hajj such that his state of ihram is for 'Umrah. If he entered the state of ihram for Hajj or for 'Umrah and Hajj, he makes it 'Umrah. He breaks it and makes it 'Umrah by intention, if he has no sacrificial animal with him, no camel, no cow, and no sheep with him. He settles his matter, performs tawaf, shortens his hair, and exits the state of ihram. This is the best for one who arrives in Makkah after Ramadan, on the day of Tarwiyah. This is how the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did it, and he commanded his people to do this, except for one who brought a sacrificial animal, for he remains in his state of ihram until he exits on the day of Arafah.