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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Interrupting the tawaf due to crowds and completing it in another place

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: I performed the Hajj, and during the tawaf there was a severe crowd that forced us to break off the tawaf to continue it in the row. We prayed the Fajr prayer and I completed my tawaf in the row. I do not know now whether my tawaf ended exactly at the finishing point below by the Ka'bah or not? What is required of me if my tawaf was not valid? Yes.

Answer:
It is permissible that if you are performing tawaf in the courtyard by the Ka'bah and the space becomes narrow, you move to another place to complete your tawaf, either on the roof or on the second floor. There is no harm in that. The important thing is that you complete your tawaf while remaining in your state of wudu'. If your wudu' was not broken, as long as the purity remains, and only a move from one place to another occurred, such as moving to the second floor or to the roof, and you completed your tawaf and built upon the first rounds, then there is no harm in that. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source 75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 31 — archive.org (56:24)

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