When do the acts of Hajj and the Tawaf of Ifadah end?
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The questioner : When do the acts of Hajj end? The Tawaf of Ifadah?
The Shaykh : According to the Hanbali scholars, there is no time limit for the Tawaf, Sa'y, and shaving the head. One may shave whenever he wishes and perform the Tawaf and Sa'y whenever he wishes, even if he remains for ten years, but he remains in the state of the second release (tahallul).
However, I see that it is not permissible to delay it beyond the last day of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah, because these are the months of Hajj, so the acts of Hajj must be performed within those months.
Except for one who has an excuse, such as a woman who gives birth before the Tawaf of Ifadah and does not become pure until after the month of Dhu al-Hijjah has passed, or a person who is struck by an illness and is unable to perform the Tawaf before the end of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah. In that case, there is no blame on him; he performs the Tawaf when the obstacle is removed.
The questioner : Now, if we say that he delayed it without an excuse, not following the opinion of the Hanbalis.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And the months of Hajj have ended, is he in a state of ihram or ...?
The Shaykh : I do not know what they say in this issue. Do they say that he makes it up just as a missed prayer is made up, or is it said that it is a worship whose time has passed and is not made up, so his Hajj is not completed and no Hajj is recorded for him? I do not know what they say in this matter?
The Shaykh : According to the Hanbali scholars, there is no time limit for the Tawaf, Sa'y, and shaving the head. One may shave whenever he wishes and perform the Tawaf and Sa'y whenever he wishes, even if he remains for ten years, but he remains in the state of the second release (tahallul).
However, I see that it is not permissible to delay it beyond the last day of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah, because these are the months of Hajj, so the acts of Hajj must be performed within those months.
Except for one who has an excuse, such as a woman who gives birth before the Tawaf of Ifadah and does not become pure until after the month of Dhu al-Hijjah has passed, or a person who is struck by an illness and is unable to perform the Tawaf before the end of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah. In that case, there is no blame on him; he performs the Tawaf when the obstacle is removed.
The questioner : Now, if we say that he delayed it without an excuse, not following the opinion of the Hanbalis.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And the months of Hajj have ended, is he in a state of ihram or ...?
The Shaykh : I do not know what they say in this issue. Do they say that he makes it up just as a missed prayer is made up, or is it said that it is a worship whose time has passed and is not made up, so his Hajj is not completed and no Hajj is recorded for him? I do not know what they say in this matter?