The ruling on the tawaf al-ifadhah for a menstruating woman while taking precautions
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A woman who started her period before tawaf al-ifadhah, and she fears missing her travel companions, is it permissible for her to take precautions and perform tawaf al-ifadhah according to the opinion of Ibn Taymiyyah?
Answer:
No, this is not permissible, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, other than. This is the speech of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). The time of Shaykh Taqi al-Din (may Allah have mercy on him) was different from our time. In his time, there were distances and danger between the lands and Makkah, and travel required months, involving danger, fear, and hardship. This is unlike our time, where travel and transportation have become easy. What used to take a month now takes an hour. It is not said that the Shaykh's fatwa is suitable for this era. It is between two options: either she remains until she sees her menses, performs ghusl, and performs the tawaf al-ifadah, and her wali remains with her. There is no hardship in that, praise be to Allah. If the group goes, they do not fear. They remain in their residence or a hotel, and there is no hardship, praise be to Allah. Or she travels, and when she becomes pure, her wali brings her and she performs the tawaf of 'Umrah. Travel does not mean it is only one or two hours in the plane. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A woman who started her period before tawaf al-ifadhah, and she fears missing her travel companions, is it permissible for her to take precautions and perform tawaf al-ifadhah according to the opinion of Ibn Taymiyyah?
Answer:
No, this is not permissible, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, other than
Perform your tawaf around the House until you see your period end
تطوفي بالبيت حتى تظهري
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 013-كتاب الصلاة - 4- شروط الصلاة - 29-12-20 هـ — archive.org (1:16:56)
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