The Obligation of Consecutiveness in Tawaf
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A man performed five rounds of tawaf and felt extreme fatigue and exhaustion due to the heavy crowd. It was ten o'clock at night, so he rested until after the Fajr prayer and slept lightly. Should he resume the tawaf from the sixth round, or must he repeat the five rounds?
He must resume the tawaf if he separated its parts with a long interval. As for a short interval, such as if the iqamah is called and he prays, he builds upon what he has already done. According to the stronger opinion, he does not need to start from the beginning of the round; rather, he completes from the place where he stopped. Likewise, if a funeral is present and he prays over it, the tawaf is not broken. However, if his wudu' is invalidated, according to the opinion that wudu' is a condition for the validity of tawaf, and then he goes to perform wudu', he must resume the tawaf from the beginning.And based on this, regarding the issue you mentioned, we say: He must repeat the tawaf from its beginning. If he does not, he remains in his 'Umrah. He must remove his clothes, avoid all the prohibitions of ihram, and go to Makkah. He must perform tawaf from the beginning, sa'y, and shorten his hair. As for the prohibitions he committed in this state, he was ignorant of them, and he owes nothing.
Because consecutiveness is necessary; for the act of worship is one, and it is necessary that some of it be built upon the rest. However, some scholars—this issue is not a matter of consensus—He said: said that if he is separated by an obligatory prayer or a funeral, there is no harm.
He must resume the tawaf if he separated its parts with a long interval. As for a short interval, such as if the iqamah is called and he prays, he builds upon what he has already done. According to the stronger opinion, he does not need to start from the beginning of the round; rather, he completes from the place where he stopped. Likewise, if a funeral is present and he prays over it, the tawaf is not broken. However, if his wudu' is invalidated, according to the opinion that wudu' is a condition for the validity of tawaf, and then he goes to perform wudu', he must resume the tawaf from the beginning.And based on this, regarding the issue you mentioned, we say: He must repeat the tawaf from its beginning. If he does not, he remains in his 'Umrah. He must remove his clothes, avoid all the prohibitions of ihram, and go to Makkah. He must perform tawaf from the beginning, sa'y, and shorten his hair. As for the prohibitions he committed in this state, he was ignorant of them, and he owes nothing.
Because consecutiveness is necessary; for the act of worship is one, and it is necessary that some of it be built upon the rest. However, some scholars—this issue is not a matter of consensus—He said: said that if he is separated by an obligatory prayer or a funeral, there is no harm.