What is the ruling if the prayer is called while the pilgrim or the one performing 'Umrah has not finished the tawaf or the sa'y?

Question : This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling if the prayer is called and the pilgrim or the one performing 'Umrah has not finished completing the tawaf and the sa'y? What is required of him?

Answer : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions, and those who follow them in excellence until the Day of Judgment. If the prayer is called and a person is in the tawaf, he joins the people and prays, and then he completes his tawaf after the taslim of the prayer. He starts from the place where the prayer was called while he was there. If it happens that the prayer is called while he is next to the Black Stone, he prays and then completes the tawaf from the Black Stone, meaning from the place where he intended to complete the tawaf. It is not required of him to repeat the lap from the beginning, according to the stronger opinion, because what he performed of the lap, he performed in a valid manner, and what is done in a valid manner, a person is not required to repeat it except with valid evidence. The same applies to the sa'y; if the prayer is called while he is performing the sa'y, he prays, and then when he finishes the prayer, he completes the sa'y from the place where he was when it was called.