Is it permissible to make a long break during tawaf or sa'y, such as going to pray tarawih, for example?

Question : And is it permissible to make a long break during tawaf or sa'y, such as praying tarawih and then returning to complete the tawaf with the sa'y?

Answer : The answer is no, one does not break between the parts of tawaf and sa'y with tarawih, because tarawih is a voluntary prayer. As for the obligatory prayer, yes, if the obligatory prayer is established while he is in the middle of tawaf or sa'y, let him pray the obligatory prayer. But if he has prayed the obligatory prayer and wants to continue, where does he start? Some scholars said he starts from the corner, meaning from the Black Stone, even if he was in the middle of the tawaf, in the middle of the lap. The correct view is that he starts from where he stopped, because what has passed of the lap has been completed in a valid manner, so it cannot be invalidated by any means, by any evidence.