The ruling on one who leaves off the tawaf when visiting the Sacred Mosque
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh! This questioner says: He asks about the person who went to the Sacred Mosque for the purpose of visiting, and did not perform the tawaf at all, which is the greeting of the Sacred Mosque. Does he owe anything?
Answer:
He owes nothing, but the sunnah (recommended practice) for him is that when he arrives in Makkah, he begins with the tawaf because it is the greeting of the Sacred Mosque. So if he leaves it off, he owes nothing because he is one who leaves off a sunnah. And the tawaf around the House is an act of worship. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:125] So he begins with the tawaf because it is among the specific characteristics of the House. It is more emphasized than the voluntary prayer. So his depriving himself of the tawaf is a deficiency, a deficiency in his case. But no, he owes nothing because he is one who leaves off a sunnah. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh! This questioner says: He asks about the person who went to the Sacred Mosque for the purpose of visiting, and did not perform the tawaf at all, which is the greeting of the Sacred Mosque. Does he owe anything?
Answer:
He owes nothing, but the sunnah (recommended practice) for him is that when he arrives in Makkah, he begins with the tawaf because it is the greeting of the Sacred Mosque. So if he leaves it off, he owes nothing because he is one who leaves off a sunnah. And the tawaf around the House is an act of worship. Allah the Exalted said:
Purify My House for those who perform Tawaf and those who are staying [there] for worship and those who bow and prostrate [in prayer]."
أَن طَهِّرَا بَيْتِيَ لِلطَّائِفِينَ وَالْعَاكِفِينَ وَالرُّكَّعِ السُّجُودِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6492- حكم من ترك الطواف عند زيارته للمسجد الحرام - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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