When does the pilgrim cover his shoulder after exposing it during the tawaf?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: When does the pilgrim cover his shoulder after exposing it during the tawaf?
The Shaykh : First, I will ask: What is the exposure of the shoulder? Brother, and by Allah, it is enough that you find either sleep or worries.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Do you not know what the exposure of the shoulder is? Did you perform the 'Umrah?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : What did you say about your outer garment? What did you do with the outer garment? The outer garment that is over the chest, what did you do with it? Did you put it on your head? What?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Did you put it on your shoulders, on your shoulders, from the beginning of the ihram to the end of it?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : What?
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The Shaykh : You exposed the left shoulder, here.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The right one? Okay, rest. This is the exposure of the shoulder. The exposure of the shoulder is for a person to place the middle of the outer garment under his right armpit and its ends on his left shoulder. This is a recommended practice (sunnah) in the tawaf only, meaning that a person does not do this except when he begins the tawaf. And when he finishes the tawaf, he returns the outer garment to its original state, so that he covers both shoulders. We see that Muslims, from the time they enter ihram from the miqat until they exit ihram, are in a state of exposing the shoulder. Thus, there is no distinction between the tawaf and other acts. This is undoubtedly ignorance. For a Muslim, indeed any person, it is more comfortable for the outer garment to be on what? On the shoulders, and it is more covering for him. But they are poor, ignorant people who expose the shoulder from the ihram to the exit. The exposure of the shoulder is only prescribed in what? In the tawaf only. It is prescribed in the tawaf only. If he begins the tawaf, he exposes the shoulder, and when he finishes, he returns the ihram garments to their state. Especially since after the tawaf he will pray, and it is prescribed for the one praying to cover both of his shoulders. Yes, that is right. What?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, no. The tawaf of arrival for Hajj or 'Umrah. The tawaf is the first thing when a person arrives, because when a person first arrives, he must be wearing the ihram garments.
The Shaykh : First, I will ask: What is the exposure of the shoulder? Brother, and by Allah, it is enough that you find either sleep or worries.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Do you not know what the exposure of the shoulder is? Did you perform the 'Umrah?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : What did you say about your outer garment? What did you do with the outer garment? The outer garment that is over the chest, what did you do with it? Did you put it on your head? What?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Did you put it on your shoulders, on your shoulders, from the beginning of the ihram to the end of it?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : You exposed the left shoulder, here.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The right one? Okay, rest. This is the exposure of the shoulder. The exposure of the shoulder is for a person to place the middle of the outer garment under his right armpit and its ends on his left shoulder. This is a recommended practice (sunnah) in the tawaf only, meaning that a person does not do this except when he begins the tawaf. And when he finishes the tawaf, he returns the outer garment to its original state, so that he covers both shoulders. We see that Muslims, from the time they enter ihram from the miqat until they exit ihram, are in a state of exposing the shoulder. Thus, there is no distinction between the tawaf and other acts. This is undoubtedly ignorance. For a Muslim, indeed any person, it is more comfortable for the outer garment to be on what? On the shoulders, and it is more covering for him. But they are poor, ignorant people who expose the shoulder from the ihram to the exit. The exposure of the shoulder is only prescribed in what? In the tawaf only. It is prescribed in the tawaf only. If he begins the tawaf, he exposes the shoulder, and when he finishes, he returns the ihram garments to their state. Especially since after the tawaf he will pray, and it is prescribed for the one praying to cover both of his shoulders. Yes, that is right. What?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : No, no. The tawaf of arrival for Hajj or 'Umrah. The tawaf is the first thing when a person arrives, because when a person first arrives, he must be wearing the ihram garments.