Is it permissible to push the worshippers in the Tawaf area when the crowd is very dense?
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The questioner : May Allah reward the honorableThe Shaykh : There is often a great crowd in the Tawaf area, and some ignorant people pray near the Maqam, blocking people from performing their Tawaf. Some of them may even form circles around one another. Do we bear any sin if we push them, especially in cases of severe crowding?
The Shaykh : Yes, those who pray behind the Maqam and insist on praying there, while the people performing Tawaf need that space, have wronged themselves and wronged others. They are sinful, transgressing, and unjust. They have no right to that place. You may push them, you may pass in front of them, and you may step over them while they are in prostration, because they have absolutely no right to that place. Their insistence on being in that place is undoubtedly due to their ignorance, because the two rak'ahs of Tawaf are permissible anywhere in the mosque. A person can move away from the area of the people performing Tawaf and pray the two rak'ahs. Even the Commander of the Faithful, 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), (may Allah be pleased with him), prayed the two rak'ahs of Tawaf at Dhu Tuwa. Dhu Tuwa means a place far from the Sacred Mosque, let alone being inside the Sacred Mosque. Therefore, a person must fear Allah regarding himself and fear Allah regarding his brothers. He should not pray behind the Maqam of Ibrahim when people need that space for Tawaf. If he does so, his prayer has no sanctity. We may push him, we may interrupt his prayer, and we may step over him while he is in prostration, because he is the transgressor and the wrongdoer, refuge with Allah. Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, those who pray behind the Maqam and insist on praying there, while the people performing Tawaf need that space, have wronged themselves and wronged others. They are sinful, transgressing, and unjust. They have no right to that place. You may push them, you may pass in front of them, and you may step over them while they are in prostration, because they have absolutely no right to that place. Their insistence on being in that place is undoubtedly due to their ignorance, because the two rak'ahs of Tawaf are permissible anywhere in the mosque. A person can move away from the area of the people performing Tawaf and pray the two rak'ahs. Even the Commander of the Faithful, 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), (may Allah be pleased with him), prayed the two rak'ahs of Tawaf at Dhu Tuwa. Dhu Tuwa means a place far from the Sacred Mosque, let alone being inside the Sacred Mosque. Therefore, a person must fear Allah regarding himself and fear Allah regarding his brothers. He should not pray behind the Maqam of Ibrahim when people need that space for Tawaf. If he does so, his prayer has no sanctity. We may push him, we may interrupt his prayer, and we may step over him while he is in prostration, because he is the transgressor and the wrongdoer, refuge with Allah. Yes.