He left Mina, as he was “hastening on”, but he did not do the farewell tawaaf until the following day. What is the ruling on that?
Question I have two questions. The first question is: I did Hajj last year, and after stoning the Jamaraat on the twelfth (of Dhu’l-Hijjah) at noon, I went to the Haram with the intention of hastening on, but I did not do the farewell tawaaf (tawaaf al-wadaa‘) until the thirteenth at noon. My second question…
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The first question is: I did Hajj last year, and after stoning the Jamaraat on the twelfth (of Dhu’l-Hijjah) at noon, I went to the Haram with the intention of hastening on, but I did not do the farewell tawaaf (tawaaf al-wadaa‘) until the thirteenth at noon.
My second question is: I shaved my head before offering a sacrifice on the day of sacrifice. Is there any sin on me or do I have to offer a sacrifice for these two things?
Praise be to Allah.
Firstly:
What matters with regard to “hastening on”
is that the pilgrim should leave Mina before sunset on the twelfth (of
Dhu’l-Hijjah). If he leaves at that time, then it does not matter after that
if he delays the farewell tawaaf until the following day.
Secondly:
There is no problem, in sha Allah, with
shaving the head before offering the sacrifice on the day of sacrifice,
especially in the case of one who already did that in the past and is not
looking for concession ahead of time.
Al-Bukhaari (124) narrated that ‘Abdullah
ibn ‘Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I saw the Prophet (blessings
and peace of Allah be upon him) at the Jamrah as he was being asked
questions. A man said: O Messenger of Allah, I offered the sacrifice before
stoning the Jamrah. He said: “Stone it; it does not matter.” Another man
said: I shaved my head before offering the sacrifice. He said: Offer the
sacrifice; it does not matter.” He was not asked about anything that had
been done sooner (ahead of its time) or later (delayed from its time) but he
said: “Do it; it does not matter.”
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have
mercy on him) said: One of the things that we learn from the verse – “and
do not shave your heads until the Hady reaches the place of sacrifice” [al-Baqarah
2:196] – is that it is not permissible to shave the head until after
offering a sacrifice, because Allah, may He be exalted, says, “until the
Hady reaches the place of sacrifice”. This is the view of many of the
scholars, who quoted as evidence the words of the Prophet (blessings and
peace of Allah be upon him): “I have stuck my hair together (talbeed –
whereby the pilgrim uses some sticky substance to stick his or her hair
together in order to keep it orderly and protect against lice) and garlanded
my sacrificial animal, so I will not exit ihram until I have offered my
sacrifice.” Those who held this view based it on the apparent meaning of the
verse, as well as the actions of the Messenger (blessings and peace of Allah
be upon him), when he said: “so I will not exit ihram until I have offered
my sacrifice.”
But there are several hadeeths which
indicate that it is permissible to bring forward or delay these actions, so
as to make things easier for the ummah. On the day of Eid the Prophet
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) was asked about bringing some
deeds forward and delaying others. He was not asked about doing anything
before or after something else but he (blessings and peace of Allah be upon
him) said: “Do it; it does not matter.”
End quote from Tayseer al-Qur’an by
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen.
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Based on that, your Hajj is valid, and you
do not have to do anything, praise be to Allah.
And Allah knows best.
