Is it permissible for a woman to appoint someone to perform the circumambulation on her behalf for the departure if she is unable to perform the circumambulation?
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The questioner : If it becomes difficult, meaning returning to Makkah and ... the 'Umrah and the circumambulation, she appoints someone ... .
The Shaykh : She does not appoint someone.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : If she is unable, then she is considered one who is prevented, and if we consider her one who is prevented, it means her Hajj is not valid. She exits the state of ihram with a sacrificial animal if she is able, and in that case, her Hajj is not complete. She is in a difficult situation, meaning if it was an obligatory Hajj, it means she has not fulfilled her obligation.
The questioner : Meaning she has to repeat the Hajj?
The Shaykh : And how?
The questioner : I mean...
The Shaykh : Meaning if we consider her one who is prevented.
The questioner : Yes, and she returned to her country.
The Shaykh : If she returned, if she is in the Kingdom, for example, in the Kingdom it is simple. Praise be to Allah.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : If she is abroad?
The Shaykh : Abroad, she is considered one who is prevented. She is considered one who is prevented, except according to the opinion of those who hold that if at that hour she believes she is unable to stay and that she performed the circumambulation out of dire necessity, but our case is not of this type. Yes.
The reader: Chapter: The use of perfume on the head and the beard. Ishaq ibn Nasr narrated to us ...
The Shaykh : She does not appoint someone.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : If she is unable, then she is considered one who is prevented, and if we consider her one who is prevented, it means her Hajj is not valid. She exits the state of ihram with a sacrificial animal if she is able, and in that case, her Hajj is not complete. She is in a difficult situation, meaning if it was an obligatory Hajj, it means she has not fulfilled her obligation.
The questioner : Meaning she has to repeat the Hajj?
The Shaykh : And how?
The questioner : I mean...
The Shaykh : Meaning if we consider her one who is prevented.
The questioner : Yes, and she returned to her country.
The Shaykh : If she returned, if she is in the Kingdom, for example, in the Kingdom it is simple. Praise be to Allah.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : If she is abroad?
The Shaykh : Abroad, she is considered one who is prevented. She is considered one who is prevented, except according to the opinion of those who hold that if at that hour she believes she is unable to stay and that she performed the circumambulation out of dire necessity, but our case is not of this type. Yes.
The reader: Chapter: The use of perfume on the head and the beard. Ishaq ibn Nasr narrated to us ...