Warning Against a Pamphlet That Assigns a Specific Supplication to Each Circuit of Tawaf
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Question : We have now left the Black Stone, so what do we say as we proceed toward our tawaf?
Answer : There are pamphlets containing religious innovations (bid'ah), yes, which have no basis in the Shari'ah. They have lessons where each circuit has a specific supplication: the supplication for the first circuit, the supplication for the second circuit, and so on. Is this correct? Yes, we have reached...
Among the harms of this pamphlet, in addition to it being an innovation and every innovation being misguidance, is that a person reads it without knowing what it means. Consequently, he distorts it severely, to the point that sometimes he distorts the supplication itself until it becomes a curse upon him. He does not know this; I hear people cursing themselves with this pamphlet, and then they do not realize it. That is the case.
Second, among its harms is that sometimes, if the tawaf area is empty, he moves quickly and finishes the circuit before finishing the supplication. You find him saying, "O Allah, our Lord," and when he reaches the Black Stone, or when he says, "O Allah, our Lord," he answers the supplication. But when he reaches the Yemeni Corner, which is after the supplication has ended, he sees the supplication is over and stops. This is one of the harms. Another harm is that if the tawaf area is crowded, the supplication will be finished before the circuit is complete. What does he do? Start over?
Oh, oh, the second circuit is not obligatory because the second circuit is not prohibited. So, the important point about this pamphlet is that I warn you against it and say that you must proceed and you must heed the commands from it. You say, "My brother, supplicate to Allah," so that it becomes clear. Every person has a need different from the next person's, right? So, if you supplicate to Allah with presence of heart and you know what you are saying and what you are supplicating for, that is better than reading something you are just reciting, yes?
Answer : There are pamphlets containing religious innovations (bid'ah), yes, which have no basis in the Shari'ah. They have lessons where each circuit has a specific supplication: the supplication for the first circuit, the supplication for the second circuit, and so on. Is this correct? Yes, we have reached...
Among the harms of this pamphlet, in addition to it being an innovation and every innovation being misguidance, is that a person reads it without knowing what it means. Consequently, he distorts it severely, to the point that sometimes he distorts the supplication itself until it becomes a curse upon him. He does not know this; I hear people cursing themselves with this pamphlet, and then they do not realize it. That is the case.
Second, among its harms is that sometimes, if the tawaf area is empty, he moves quickly and finishes the circuit before finishing the supplication. You find him saying, "O Allah, our Lord," and when he reaches the Black Stone, or when he says, "O Allah, our Lord," he answers the supplication. But when he reaches the Yemeni Corner, which is after the supplication has ended, he sees the supplication is over and stops. This is one of the harms. Another harm is that if the tawaf area is crowded, the supplication will be finished before the circuit is complete. What does he do? Start over?
Oh, oh, the second circuit is not obligatory because the second circuit is not prohibited. So, the important point about this pamphlet is that I warn you against it and say that you must proceed and you must heed the commands from it. You say, "My brother, supplicate to Allah," so that it becomes clear. Every person has a need different from the next person's, right? So, if you supplicate to Allah with presence of heart and you know what you are saying and what you are supplicating for, that is better than reading something you are just reciting, yes?
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 522- التحذير من كتيب يضع دعاءً خاصًّا لكل شوط في الطواف. II ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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