Response to a question: A woman performed tawaf around the Ka'bah while menstruating, and she did not inform her father or her family of this, and she completed her Hajj. Her father has since passed away. What is required of her?
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The questioner : O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The response, may Allah bless you, regarding the question about Hajj:
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : A paper from one of the sisters says: The tawaf was for 'Umrah, not for Hajj.
The Shaykh : Yes. It is the same thing, because the tawaf of 'Umrah is a pillar, and this is even more severe, because she did not exit her state of ihram, neither the first nor the second exit. She is now in her ihram exactly as it was, so she must avoid all the prohibitions of ihram.
The questioner : But it appears, O Shaykh, that she performed 'Umrah and then Hajj several times after that.
Answer: Well, she performed 'Umrah and Hajj. Did she intend to make up the missed acts? If she intended to make them up, then that is acceptable. If she did not intend to make them up, then the question remains: Was her 'Umrah that occurred within the first 'Umrah valid or not? I say—and I ask Allah for forgiveness and well-being for me—that these 'Umrahs are valid, if Allah wills, because she was ignorant. Otherwise, her ihram for an 'Umrah within an 'Umrah would not be valid. So we say: Her ihram is valid, if Allah wills, and her 'Umrah is valid. And since she did not intend to make it up, she must make it up.
The questioner : May Allah bless you, O Shaykh.
Another questioner: ... Buraydah, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Please go ahead.
The questioner : May Allah preserve you, O honorable Shaykh. Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : Peace and mercy and blessings of Allah be upon you.
The questioner : I have two sons, and I intend to travel with them to perform the obligatory Hajj. But when I consulted one of the tour groups, they asked for large sums, and the costs could reach close to twenty thousand riyals. And my income is limited. So is the obligation of Hajj lifted from them until they reach this amount?
The Shaykh : Yes. Yes, indeed. I say: If the understanding of the system is that a person must contract with a tour group from his country until he returns, and this costs him, and he cannot afford it, then Hajj is not obligatory upon him, because he is not able to perform it.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The response, may Allah bless you, regarding the question about Hajj:
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : A paper from one of the sisters says: The tawaf was for 'Umrah, not for Hajj.
The Shaykh : Yes. It is the same thing, because the tawaf of 'Umrah is a pillar, and this is even more severe, because she did not exit her state of ihram, neither the first nor the second exit. She is now in her ihram exactly as it was, so she must avoid all the prohibitions of ihram.
The questioner : But it appears, O Shaykh, that she performed 'Umrah and then Hajj several times after that.
Answer: Well, she performed 'Umrah and Hajj. Did she intend to make up the missed acts? If she intended to make them up, then that is acceptable. If she did not intend to make them up, then the question remains: Was her 'Umrah that occurred within the first 'Umrah valid or not? I say—and I ask Allah for forgiveness and well-being for me—that these 'Umrahs are valid, if Allah wills, because she was ignorant. Otherwise, her ihram for an 'Umrah within an 'Umrah would not be valid. So we say: Her ihram is valid, if Allah wills, and her 'Umrah is valid. And since she did not intend to make it up, she must make it up.
The questioner : May Allah bless you, O Shaykh.
Another questioner: ... Buraydah, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Please go ahead.
The questioner : May Allah preserve you, O honorable Shaykh. Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : Peace and mercy and blessings of Allah be upon you.
The questioner : I have two sons, and I intend to travel with them to perform the obligatory Hajj. But when I consulted one of the tour groups, they asked for large sums, and the costs could reach close to twenty thousand riyals. And my income is limited. So is the obligation of Hajj lifted from them until they reach this amount?
The Shaykh : Yes. Yes, indeed. I say: If the understanding of the system is that a person must contract with a tour group from his country until he returns, and this costs him, and he cannot afford it, then Hajj is not obligatory upon him, because he is not able to perform it.