The Ruling on the Farewell Tawaf for the One Performing 'Umrah
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Question:
The listener Abdullah Muhammad Ibrahim asks and says: I inform you that I performed the 'Umrah this year, and I performed it in the manner prescribed by the Shari'ah, except that when I left the Noble Makkah, I did not perform the Farewell Tawaf, because I believed that the Farewell Tawaf is only one of the obligatory acts of Hajj and has no relation to the completion of 'Umrah.
I ask for your ruling on the status of this 'Umrah of mine, and what is obligatory for me in the case that it is incomplete?
May Allah reward you with good, and my brother is from Amman, Jordan.
Answer:
The 'Umrah does not require a farewell; the farewell is a specific characteristic of Hajj. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not order the 'umrah performers to say farewell, but rather he ordered the pilgrims. He said, (peace and blessings be upon him): and he was addressing the pilgrims. And in the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas: "He ordered the people—meaning the pilgrims—that their last visit be to the House, except that he made it easier for the menstruating woman."
So the pilgrims must say farewell by performing seven circuits upon leaving, except for the menstruating woman and the woman with post-natal bleeding, for whom there is no farewell.
As for the 'Umrah, it has no farewell. However, if one says farewell upon leaving, there is no blame on him, and Tawaf is an act of worship and good. So if he performs Tawaf upon leaving, that is good, but he does not have an obligatory farewell. The 'umrah performer, whether he is in the days of Hajj or in other times, the people performed 'Umrah in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and he did not order them to perform the Farewell Tawaf. And the Muslims performed 'Umrah with him in the Farewell Pilgrimage and he did not order them to perform the Farewell Tawaf when they went out to Mina and 'Arafah. And he did not say: "Whoever leaves, let him say farewell." And they were leaving with their camels to graze them over long distances, and he did not order them to say farewell when they finished their 'Umrah. And so it was in the 'Umrah al-Qada', he left and it is not reported that he said farewell (peace and blessings be upon him). And in the 'Umrah of al-Ji'ranah, when he finished it, he left and did not say farewell (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
The listener Abdullah Muhammad Ibrahim asks and says: I inform you that I performed the 'Umrah this year, and I performed it in the manner prescribed by the Shari'ah, except that when I left the Noble Makkah, I did not perform the Farewell Tawaf, because I believed that the Farewell Tawaf is only one of the obligatory acts of Hajj and has no relation to the completion of 'Umrah.
I ask for your ruling on the status of this 'Umrah of mine, and what is obligatory for me in the case that it is incomplete?
May Allah reward you with good, and my brother is from Amman, Jordan.
Answer:
The 'Umrah does not require a farewell; the farewell is a specific characteristic of Hajj. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not order the 'umrah performers to say farewell, but rather he ordered the pilgrims. He said, (peace and blessings be upon him):
Let no one of you depart until his last visit is to the House
لا ينفر أحد منكم حتى يكون آخر عهده بالبيتSo the pilgrims must say farewell by performing seven circuits upon leaving, except for the menstruating woman and the woman with post-natal bleeding, for whom there is no farewell.
As for the 'Umrah, it has no farewell. However, if one says farewell upon leaving, there is no blame on him, and Tawaf is an act of worship and good. So if he performs Tawaf upon leaving, that is good, but he does not have an obligatory farewell. The 'umrah performer, whether he is in the days of Hajj or in other times, the people performed 'Umrah in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and he did not order them to perform the Farewell Tawaf. And the Muslims performed 'Umrah with him in the Farewell Pilgrimage and he did not order them to perform the Farewell Tawaf when they went out to Mina and 'Arafah. And he did not say: "Whoever leaves, let him say farewell." And they were leaving with their camels to graze them over long distances, and he did not order them to say farewell when they finished their 'Umrah. And so it was in the 'Umrah al-Qada', he left and it is not reported that he said farewell (peace and blessings be upon him). And in the 'Umrah of al-Ji'ranah, when he finished it, he left and did not say farewell (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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