Is it better not to perform tawaf except while in a state of ritual purity?

The Shaykh : But the matter of looking remains.

The questioner : Is it better not to perform tawaf except while in a state of ritual purity?

The Shaykh : There is no doubt, by apparent scholarly consensus, that I do not think anyone would say that performing tawaf with wudu' and without wudu' is the same. There is no doubt that it is better with wudu' because of the action of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and because this is a form of dhikr. The answer regarding Islam using the verse, and the argumentation using the verse, is also not correct. If we wanted to argue from the verse for that, we would say that the person in i'tikaf (spiritual retreat in the mosque) does not have a valid i'tikaf except with ritual purity. And the person in i'tikaf is allowed to be in i'tikaf while not having performed wudu'. No one has made it a condition for the person in i'tikaf that he be in a state of wudu', although they did make it a condition that he not be in a state of janabah (major ritual impurity), and that if he is in a state of janabah, he must purify himself first and then enter i'tikaf, because janabah is incompatible with staying in the mosque. Yes.