If someone says that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed tawaf while riding due to the crowd, is it permissible for a person to perform tawaf while riding due to the crowd?
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The questioner : If someone says that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed tawaf while riding, and the crowd now is even more crowded, is it permissible to ride or perform tawaf while riding?
The Shaykh : If we were to say that the crowd permits it, meaning the usual crowd, so that a person may ride and be on a cart, the mosque would fill up with carts and with those people who break people’s heads and wood, and it would become a great hardship. But we say that if a person goes beyond the usual, as I told you, due to illness, paralysis, lameness, or weakness, then there is no harm in being carried. Yes.
The Shaykh : If we were to say that the crowd permits it, meaning the usual crowd, so that a person may ride and be on a cart, the mosque would fill up with carts and with those people who break people’s heads and wood, and it would become a great hardship. But we say that if a person goes beyond the usual, as I told you, due to illness, paralysis, lameness, or weakness, then there is no harm in being carried. Yes.