DEPARTING FROM BOUNDS OF TAWAAF

DEPARTING FROM BOUNDS OF TAWAAF

If a person departs from the limits of Tawaaf and enters the Holy Kaaba, the Tawaaf is invalidated and it must be repeated. It is preferable that the Tawaaf be first completed and then performed again if the departure took place after completion of half of the Tawaaf.

If a pilgrim departs from the Tawaaf to the ' Shadharwaan', the Tawaaf becomes invalid to the extent of the departure. As a matter of caution, after making good the distance, he should complete the Tawaaf and then repeat it. As a matter of caution, one should not, in the course of Tawaaf, extend one's arm towards the ' Shadharwaan' or the wall of the Holy Kaaba to touch a corner or whatsoever.

If a pilgrim enters Hijr Ismail in the course of a Tawaaf, by oversight or out of ignorance, the round in which this occurs is invalid and there is no option but to repeat it and it is better to repeat after completion of the entire Tawaaf: The same rule applies, as a matter of caution, to walking on the wall of the Hijr and a pilgrim in the course of Tawaaf must not touch the wall of the Hijr either.

If, without good reason, a pilgrim in the course of a Tawaaf departs from it to the outside before completing the fourth round, the Tawaaf is invalid and has to be repeated. If it was after completing the fourth round, as a matter of caution, the Tawaaf must be completed and then repeated. However, if the Tawaaf was optional, he may complete the remainder provided that he does not break the sequence.

If menstruation of a lady commences in the course of a Tawaaf, it is obligatory on her to depart from it and the Masjid-ul-Haraam immediately.

It is permissible for a pilgrim performing Tawaaf to depart from it in order to visit a sick person or to attend to his own matter or that of a brother in faith, and if the Tawaaf was obligatory and he had completed the fourth round, his Tawaaf is valid. However, if he leaves before completing the fourth round, his Tawaaf is invalidated. If the Tawaaf was a recommended one, he can continue from where he stopped, even though he had not completed four rounds.

It is permissible to sit down to rest in the course of a Tawaaf but it must not be prolonged so much that the sequence as generally accepted be broken for in that event the Tawaaf becomes invalid and has to be performed again.