The Time of the Two Rak'ahs of Tawaf
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: One of the students of knowledge told me during this year's Hajj that the two rak'ahs of tawaf are performed during the seventh lap, not after the tawaf. He said that this is a neglected sunnah.
Answer:
That is what he prays; that is his sunnah. As for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), he only prayed after he had finished the tawaf. When he had finished the tawaf, he went to the Station of Ibrahim and recited the verse[Al-Baqarah 2:125], then he prayed two rak'ahs behind the Station, (peace and blessings be upon him), and then he went to perform the sa'y.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: One of the students of knowledge told me during this year's Hajj that the two rak'ahs of tawaf are performed during the seventh lap, not after the tawaf. He said that this is a neglected sunnah.
Answer:
That is what he prays; that is his sunnah. As for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), he only prayed after he had finished the tawaf. When he had finished the tawaf, he went to the Station of Ibrahim and recited the verse
And take, [O believers], from the standing place of Abraham a place of prayer.
وَاتَّخِذُوا مِن مَّقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مُصَلًّى
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن كيده العجيب : أنه يشام النفس حتى يعلم أي القوتين تغلب عليها — islamhouse.com (1:10:41)
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