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The ruling on circumambulation after prayer and drinking water during the sermon

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Question:
If they fill the mosque, or if the iqamah (second call) is near, he prays two rak'ahs and leaves; he does not need to perform tawaf (circumambulation) now; the tawaf is done afterwards.

Answer:
What? The correct view is that he leaves from where he is. Some said from the corner, but the correct view is from where he is. Yes. Yes. What? Look at the water. Drinking water. If it is easy to leave it, or if it can be postponed, due to the general command to listen attentively and focus on the sermon, then eating and drinking, if it can be postponed, or if it is easy to leave, and especially...

Answer:
The time is usually short, and a person would not be burdened if he were to be patient, even if drinking is light. However, if it is easy to delay it, that is good, if Allah wills. Otherwise, the matter is easy, if Allah wills. Yes. And something else. Yes. The well-known view among the scholars is that it is a recommended practice (sunnah), and the view that it is obligatory is a strong opinion, because there are commands in it, and the view that it is obligatory is a strong opinion.
Source أجزاء من مجموع فتاوى ابن تيمية بتعليق ابن باز، بداية من فصل : والمعادة إذا أقيمت الصلاة وهو في المسجد تعاد في وقت النهي — islamhouse.com (22:43)

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