The ruling on one who did not complete the tawaf of ifadhah in Hajj
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The questioner : Your Eminence the Shaykh! Allah has granted me and my mother the ability to perform Hajj this year. Consequently, we decided to combine the tawaf of ifadhah with the farewell tawaf. On the thirteenth day, we performed the tawaf of ifadhah and the farewell tawaf together. In the seventh lap, after passing the Yemeni Corner, due to the intense crowd, we did not complete the seventh lap. This was an effort on my part, and out of ignorance of the obligation to complete the seventh lap up to the level of the Black Stone, knowing that we could have completed the previous laps with difficulty. What is obligatory for us, especially since we are in cities far from Makkah? If we are required to perform the tawaf again, must it be in the month of Dhu al-Hijjah? If it is required, and I am unable to perform tawaf except in Muharram, due to my preoccupation with exams, what is obligatory for me and my mother? I ask you to guide me, and to you is sincere thanks and gratitude.
The Shaykh : What I understood from this question is that you performed seven laps with the intention of the tawaf of ifadhah? Is that the reality? Where is the questioner? The first seven, seven laps, you completed the first seven, right? And what are they saying together? What I understand now from this question is that you performed seven complete laps for the tawaf of ifadhah, then seven laps for the farewell, but you did not complete the last lap, and in the last condition you did not complete it. Do you understand now? First, you must know that you have not performed the tawaf of ifadhah, because it must be seven laps. If you have a wife, do not approach her, because the second state of release (tahallul) is still pending for you. It is obligatory for you now to go to Makkah before this month ends to perform the tawaf of ifadhah. You have time tomorrow, Wednesday; you can go at the end of the day, you and your mother, and perform the tawaf of ifadhah on Thursday and return, because a pillar of Hajj is still pending for you. The obligatory thing is to go to Makkah. Then, if it is facilitated for you to perform an 'Umrah before the tawaf by entering ihram from the miqat with the intention of 'Umrah, and you perform tawaf and sa'y, and you shorten your hair or shave, and your mother shortens her hair, then you come to the tawaf of ifadhah.
The questioner : And what about the sa'y? Did you not perform sa'y while you were performing ifrad, or qiran, or tamattu'?
The Shaykh : We were performing ifrad, and we performed sa'y after the tawaf of arrival? May Allah bless you. The matter of sa'y is finished. You still have the tawaf of ifadhah. You must perform tawaf before the end of this month.
The questioner : But there is no exam on Thursday.
The Shaykh : Yes, how?
The questioner : Hajj.
The Shaykh : By Allah, I do not know. It appears you can manage now, the people have dispersed. Try it. If you cannot, then perhaps later. But note that Allah says, "Hajj is in the well-known months," and that it ends with the end of the month of dispute. Try[At-Talaq 65:4].
The questioner : We combined the tawaf, the two tawafs, we combined them.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is the tawaf of ifadhah, and if
The Shaykh : What I understood from this question is that you performed seven laps with the intention of the tawaf of ifadhah? Is that the reality? Where is the questioner? The first seven, seven laps, you completed the first seven, right? And what are they saying together? What I understand now from this question is that you performed seven complete laps for the tawaf of ifadhah, then seven laps for the farewell, but you did not complete the last lap, and in the last condition you did not complete it. Do you understand now? First, you must know that you have not performed the tawaf of ifadhah, because it must be seven laps. If you have a wife, do not approach her, because the second state of release (tahallul) is still pending for you. It is obligatory for you now to go to Makkah before this month ends to perform the tawaf of ifadhah. You have time tomorrow, Wednesday; you can go at the end of the day, you and your mother, and perform the tawaf of ifadhah on Thursday and return, because a pillar of Hajj is still pending for you. The obligatory thing is to go to Makkah. Then, if it is facilitated for you to perform an 'Umrah before the tawaf by entering ihram from the miqat with the intention of 'Umrah, and you perform tawaf and sa'y, and you shorten your hair or shave, and your mother shortens her hair, then you come to the tawaf of ifadhah.
The questioner : And what about the sa'y? Did you not perform sa'y while you were performing ifrad, or qiran, or tamattu'?
The Shaykh : We were performing ifrad, and we performed sa'y after the tawaf of arrival? May Allah bless you. The matter of sa'y is finished. You still have the tawaf of ifadhah. You must perform tawaf before the end of this month.
The questioner : But there is no exam on Thursday.
The Shaykh : Yes, how?
The questioner : Hajj.
The Shaykh : By Allah, I do not know. It appears you can manage now, the people have dispersed. Try it. If you cannot, then perhaps later. But note that Allah says, "Hajj is in the well-known months," and that it ends with the end of the month of dispute. Try
And whoever fears Allah - He will make for him of his matter ease.
وَمَن يَتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَجْعَل لَّهُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ يُسْرًاThe questioner : We combined the tawaf, the two tawafs, we combined them.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is the tawaf of ifadhah, and if
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لقاء بمسجد الطلاب بالمدينة الجامعية - 1 — archive.org (1:20:16)
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