Chapter: If one stops during the tawaf. And Ata said, regarding one who is performing tawaf and the prayer is called, or he is pushed from his place: When he finishes the prayer, he returns to where he was interrupted.
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The Reciter: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send blessings and peace upon His servant and messenger, our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions and those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment. The Imam al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) said in his Sahih, in the Book of Hajj: Chapter: If one stops during the tawaf. And Ata said, regarding one who is performing tawaf and the prayer is called, or he is pushed from his place: When he finishes the prayer, he returns to where he was interrupted. And something similar is reported from Ibn Umar and Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with them).
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Bukhari said: "If one stops during the tawaf," meaning if he interrupts it or stops while standing, what does he do? Ata said, regarding one who is performing tawaf and the prayer is called, or he is pushed from his place: "When he finishes the prayer, he returns to where he was interrupted". And something similar is reported from Ibn Umar and Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with them). The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) differed regarding interrupting the tawaf. If one interrupts the tawaf, does he return and complete it, or does he start over, or is there a distinction between a long duration and a short one? The correct view is that if he interrupts it for a legitimate religious purpose, such as the congregational prayer, a funeral that has arrived, or something similar, or a dispute that occurred around him and he went to reconcile them, the important thing is that it is for a legitimate religious purpose, then there is no harm in it. Then, does he start over the lap in which he interrupted the tawaf, or does he complete it from where he stopped? There is disagreement on this as well. Some said that he must repeat the lap from the beginning. So if it is determined that he interrupted the tawaf from the western door of the Black Stone or from the Yemeni Corner, then when the obstacle is removed, he returns from the Black Stone and starts the lap over. If he wishes, he may return, or if he wishes, he may continue walking from his place. If the Black Stone is closer to him, he continues walking from his place without the intention of the lap. When he reaches the Black Stone, he intends the lap that he interrupted. However, the stronger view, of which there is no doubt, is that he does not start the lap over, but rather he begins from where he was interrupted. There is no need to start the lap over because it has not become invalid. If we said it became invalid, we would say all seven laps become invalid, but they do not become invalid, neither all seven nor the single lap. As for if he interrupts it due to a state of ritual impurity, for example, according to the view of those who say that ritual purity is a condition, it is interrupted, he performs purification, and he starts the seven laps anew. And according to the stronger view, if he becomes ritually impure during the tawaf, he continues and there is no need for him to go out; he continues and completes it, because there is no evidence indicating that the tawaf is invalidated by a state of ritual impurity, or that wudu' is a condition for tawaf. As for the phrase "it is reported," he mentioned it in the form of uncertainty (tamrid). When something is mentioned in the form of uncertainty, it indicates that it is weak in his estimation, but he mentions it in case someone looks into other chains that might be authentic.
The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Bukhari said: "If one stops during the tawaf," meaning if he interrupts it or stops while standing, what does he do? Ata said, regarding one who is performing tawaf and the prayer is called, or he is pushed from his place: "When he finishes the prayer, he returns to where he was interrupted". And something similar is reported from Ibn Umar and Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with them). The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) differed regarding interrupting the tawaf. If one interrupts the tawaf, does he return and complete it, or does he start over, or is there a distinction between a long duration and a short one? The correct view is that if he interrupts it for a legitimate religious purpose, such as the congregational prayer, a funeral that has arrived, or something similar, or a dispute that occurred around him and he went to reconcile them, the important thing is that it is for a legitimate religious purpose, then there is no harm in it. Then, does he start over the lap in which he interrupted the tawaf, or does he complete it from where he stopped? There is disagreement on this as well. Some said that he must repeat the lap from the beginning. So if it is determined that he interrupted the tawaf from the western door of the Black Stone or from the Yemeni Corner, then when the obstacle is removed, he returns from the Black Stone and starts the lap over. If he wishes, he may return, or if he wishes, he may continue walking from his place. If the Black Stone is closer to him, he continues walking from his place without the intention of the lap. When he reaches the Black Stone, he intends the lap that he interrupted. However, the stronger view, of which there is no doubt, is that he does not start the lap over, but rather he begins from where he was interrupted. There is no need to start the lap over because it has not become invalid. If we said it became invalid, we would say all seven laps become invalid, but they do not become invalid, neither all seven nor the single lap. As for if he interrupts it due to a state of ritual impurity, for example, according to the view of those who say that ritual purity is a condition, it is interrupted, he performs purification, and he starts the seven laps anew. And according to the stronger view, if he becomes ritually impure during the tawaf, he continues and there is no need for him to go out; he continues and completes it, because there is no evidence indicating that the tawaf is invalidated by a state of ritual impurity, or that wudu' is a condition for tawaf. As for the phrase "it is reported," he mentioned it in the form of uncertainty (tamrid). When something is mentioned in the form of uncertainty, it indicates that it is weak in his estimation, but he mentions it in case someone looks into other chains that might be authentic.