Is Tawaf around the House considered a substitute for the greeting of the Sacred Mosque?
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The questioner : Is Tawaf a substitute?
The Shaykh : This statement is incorrect. However, this applies to the person who arrives and enters the mosque, then performs Tawaf immediately. As is well known, after finishing Tawaf, one prays two rak'ahs at the Maqam. The phrase "the greeting of the mosque is Tawaf" is, first of all, not a hadith traced to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); rather, it is the statement of some jurists from the Hanafi school. The intended meaning is for the arriving person who performs Tawaf al-Qudum, and after Tawaf, he goes to the Maqam of Ibrahim to pray two rak'ahs. So he has performed Tawaf and prayed two rak'ahs. This is better than the one who enters the mosque and prays two rak'ahs as the greeting of the mosque, because this includes an additional act of worship, which is Tawaf. However, it is not the complete greeting of the mosque for a resident of Makkah or for a non-resident who stays for days. For example, you or others who arrive to perform 'Umrah or Hajj: he performs Tawaf and Sa'y, and shaves or shortens his hair and removes his Ihram clothes. This completes the 'Umrah. He then frequents the Sacred Mosque for the remaining prayers. So when he enters, it is not prescribed for him, based on the previous statement that the greeting of the House is Tawaf, to perform Tawaf and pray two rak'ahs.
The questioner : So is it better, or is it not necessarily better?
The Shaykh : No, it is undoubtedly not Tawaf. But perhaps they cannot do so, as happened with Abu Muhammad and as happened with you. He did not start with Tawaf because the time was tight. You started one or two laps but were unable to complete it, so you entered between completing Tawaf and performing two rak'ahs at the Maqam, and you prayed the obligatory prayer. The point is that it is not appropriate for us to distinguish the Sacred Mosque in the issue that the greeting of the Sacred Mosque is the two rak'ahs. But for the arriving 'Umrah performer or pilgrim, the two rak'ahs naturally come after Tawaf.The questioner : In my case, I was praying the two rak'ahs of the obligatory prayer before the time for 'Asr arrived.
The Shaykh : In this case, there is no need for you to pray the greeting of the mosque, unless you have time and want to earn more reward. Then, without a doubt, you pray two rak'ahs as the greeting, and then you perform the obligatory prayer if you have time.
The Shaykh : This statement is incorrect. However, this applies to the person who arrives and enters the mosque, then performs Tawaf immediately. As is well known, after finishing Tawaf, one prays two rak'ahs at the Maqam. The phrase "the greeting of the mosque is Tawaf" is, first of all, not a hadith traced to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); rather, it is the statement of some jurists from the Hanafi school. The intended meaning is for the arriving person who performs Tawaf al-Qudum, and after Tawaf, he goes to the Maqam of Ibrahim to pray two rak'ahs. So he has performed Tawaf and prayed two rak'ahs. This is better than the one who enters the mosque and prays two rak'ahs as the greeting of the mosque, because this includes an additional act of worship, which is Tawaf. However, it is not the complete greeting of the mosque for a resident of Makkah or for a non-resident who stays for days. For example, you or others who arrive to perform 'Umrah or Hajj: he performs Tawaf and Sa'y, and shaves or shortens his hair and removes his Ihram clothes. This completes the 'Umrah. He then frequents the Sacred Mosque for the remaining prayers. So when he enters, it is not prescribed for him, based on the previous statement that the greeting of the House is Tawaf, to perform Tawaf and pray two rak'ahs.
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انقطع الصوتThe questioner : So is it better, or is it not necessarily better?
The Shaykh : No, it is undoubtedly not Tawaf. But perhaps they cannot do so, as happened with Abu Muhammad and as happened with you. He did not start with Tawaf because the time was tight. You started one or two laps but were unable to complete it, so you entered between completing Tawaf and performing two rak'ahs at the Maqam, and you prayed the obligatory prayer. The point is that it is not appropriate for us to distinguish the Sacred Mosque in the issue that the greeting of the Sacred Mosque is the two rak'ahs. But for the arriving 'Umrah performer or pilgrim, the two rak'ahs naturally come after Tawaf.The questioner : In my case, I was praying the two rak'ahs of the obligatory prayer before the time for 'Asr arrived.
The Shaykh : In this case, there is no need for you to pray the greeting of the mosque, unless you have time and want to earn more reward. Then, without a doubt, you pray two rak'ahs as the greeting, and then you perform the obligatory prayer if you have time.