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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Ruling on the Farewell Tawaf and Kissing the Black Stone

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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This person is asking about the farewell tawaf, and he is asking about kissing the Black Stone. What is its ruling in the Shari'ah?

The Shaykh:
Kissing the Black Stone is a recommended practice (sunnah) if it can be done without harm or pushing. As for...

The questioner:
Tawaf means... Tawaf

The Shaykh:
...of farewell is obligatory among the obligations of Hajj. It is not waived except for the menstruating woman and the woman with post-natal bleeding. As for anyone other than the menstruating woman and the woman with post-natal bleeding, the farewell tawaf is obligatory among the obligations of Hajj, because in the hadith:
The people were commanded (by the Holy Prophet) to perform the last circumambulation round the House, but menstruating women were exempted.أمروا أن يكون آخر عهدهم بالبيت إلا أنه خفف عن المرأة الحائض.
Sahih Muslim 1328a
Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، حكم طواف الوداع وتقبيل الحجر الأسود - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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