The Obligation of the Farewell Tawaf
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Honorable Shaykh! What is the ruling on leaving the Farewell Tawaf on the excuse that there is severe congestion?
It is not permissible; it is obligatory for him to perform the tawaf for farewell, even if he is carried. For this reason, when Umm Salamah said to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the Farewell Tawaf that she was ill,He said: (Perform the tawaf from behind the people while you are riding) and he did not excuse her, so the Farewell Tawaf is obligatory.But it has no relation to the Hajj in the sense that: If a person leaves it, his Hajj is complete, but he is sinful if he did so intentionally, and he owes, according to the scholars, a fidyah (ransom payment) that is slaughtered in Makkah and distributed to the poor.
It is not permissible; it is obligatory for him to perform the tawaf for farewell, even if he is carried. For this reason, when Umm Salamah said to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the Farewell Tawaf that she was ill,He said: (Perform the tawaf from behind the people while you are riding) and he did not excuse her, so the Farewell Tawaf is obligatory.But it has no relation to the Hajj in the sense that: If a person leaves it, his Hajj is complete, but he is sinful if he did so intentionally, and he owes, according to the scholars, a fidyah (ransom payment) that is slaughtered in Makkah and distributed to the poor.