Women in menses can skip tawaf wida in hajj
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
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this question:
Is it
true that a menstruating women is exempt from Vidai Tawaaf? A little background
- The woman in question was performing Haj Ifraad and was a resident of
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Answer:
Women in menses can
skip tawaf wida in hajj
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
Both Bukhari and Muslim report from Hadrat
Abdullah Ibn Abbas (r.a.) that he said, "A menstruating woman (pilgrim) is
permitted to depart (without performing the ‘tawaaf ul wida’)." According
to another report, he said: "People were ordered to make the ‘tawaaf ul wida’
of the Ka'bah their last rite of Hajj; the menstruating women were, however,
excused from it."
It is also reported by Muslim and Bukhari
that Hadrat Safiyah (r.a.), the wife of the Prophet (saws) had her monthly
period during Hajj. When the Prophet (saws) was informed about this, he (saws)
said, "Is she going to hold us here (till she performs her rites of
Hajj)?" He (saws) was told that she
had already performed all her Hajj rites except the Farewell Tawaf. The Prophet
(saws) said, "There is no harm then, (let us go)."
Regardless of whether the woman pilgrim was performing
Hajj Tamatto, Qiraan or Ifraad, if she was experiencing her menstruation she is
excused from performing the ‘tawaaf ul wida’.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister