The pilgrim says: If he goes out on the Day of Tarwiyah intending to leave the Haram for the open area, intending to go to 'Arafah, is the farewell tawaf obligatory for him or not?
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The questioner : The listener, Salih Muhammad Salih, the pilgrim, also says: If he goes out on the Day of Tarwiyah intending to leave the Haram for the open area, intending to go to 'Arafah, is the farewell tawaf obligatory for him or not?
The Shaykh : The farewell tawaf is not obligatory for him, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went out from Makkah to Mina, then to 'Arafah, and did not perform the farewell tawaf. If someone were to say, "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was still in his state of ihram," we would say: But many of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) exited from the ihram of 'Umrah because they had not brought sacrificial animals, and they started Hajj anew on the eighth day, and yet they were not ordered to go to the House and perform the farewell tawaf.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Therefore, the farewell tawaf is not prescribed in this case. Yes.
The Shaykh : The farewell tawaf is not obligatory for him, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went out from Makkah to Mina, then to 'Arafah, and did not perform the farewell tawaf. If someone were to say, "The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was still in his state of ihram," we would say: But many of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) exited from the ihram of 'Umrah because they had not brought sacrificial animals, and they started Hajj anew on the eighth day, and yet they were not ordered to go to the House and perform the farewell tawaf.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Therefore, the farewell tawaf is not prescribed in this case. Yes.