A
precaution to be taken during Sa'ī
At times people are offering Ṣalāh
at Mas'ā [the place where Sa'ī is performed]. For a Ṭawāf-performing person to
pass across the front of a Ṣalāh-offering person is permissible but for a
Sa'ī-performing person to do so is impermissible. Therefore, if you come across
such a situation during Sa'ī, wait unless the Ṣalāh-offering person has
finished his Ṣalāh. However, you can pass across the front of the
Ṣalāh-offering person using an already passing person as Sutrah¹.
Ṣalāh
of Sa'ī is Mustaḥab
If it is not a Makrūh time for
Ṣalāh, perform two Rak'āt Ṣalāh in Masjid-ul-Ḥarām, as it is Mustaḥab. It is
reported that the Holy Prophet ﷺ offered two Rak'āt
Ṣalāh having performed Sa'ī at the border of Maṭāf in the direction of
Ḥajar-ul-Aswad.
(Musnad
Imām Aḥmad, vol. 10, pp. 354, Ḥadīš 27313; Rad-ul-Muḥtār, vol. 3, pp. 589)
¹ Sutrah: A barrier placed in front
of the Ṣalāh-offering person so that others may pass across the front of him
without committing the sin.
Ḥalq
or Taqṣīr
Men should now do either Ḥalq, i.e.
get their entire head shaved or Taqṣīr, i.e. get their hair trimmed. It is
preferable for them to get Ḥalq done.
Definition
of Taqṣīr
Taqṣīr implies cutting the hair of a
quarter of the head equal to a finger digit¹ in length. As a caution, cut a bit
more than this length to ensure that the shorter hair present in the centre of
the head also gets cut equal to a finger digit in length. Some people just cut
a few strands of hair with a pair of scissors, which is absolutely wrong for
the Ḥanafīs, and the restrictions of Iḥrām will not also be terminated in this
case.
Taqṣīr
for Islamic sisters
It is Ḥarām for Islamic sisters to
shave their entire head. They should perform Taqṣīr only. An easy way of it is
to cut hair from the end of the plait of hair a little more than the length of
a finger digit. It is important that at least the hair of one quarter of the
head must be cut.
Congratulations! You have performed
'Umrah.
Sharaf mujh
ko 'Umrah kā Maulā diyā hay
Karam mujh gunahgār per yeh baṛā hay
You have
granted me the privilege of 'Umrah
It is a great grace for me, Yā Allah!
صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْبْ ۔ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
¹ Each finger has 3 digits and the
thumb has 2.
Very
important caution
It is often observed that some
people keep their shoes/slippers outside the sacred gates of Masjid-ul-Ḥarām
and Masjid-un-Nabawī and, on their return from the Masjid, they wear any pair
of shoes they like. The person using such slippers/shoes without Shar'ī
permission will be sinner for as many times as he wears them. For example, if
he wears them 100 times, he will become sinner 100 times for wearing them even
if he has taken just one pair of shoes. The rulings for such shoes are like
those of Luqṭah (i.e. lost belongings of someone else). If the owner could not
be traced, whoever finds this Luqṭah can use it only when he is Faqīr.
Otherwise, he has to donate it to some Faqīr.
Ruling
on taking others shoes unlawfully
Whoever has committed such a mistake
anywhere in the world is a sinner. It is Farḍ for the one who has made personal
use of Luqṭah (i.e. lost belongings of someone else) to repent of it and return
slippers, shoes and all such things to their owners. If the owners have passed
away, he must give these things to the heirs of the owners. If it is not
possible either, he must give the things to some Miskīn. If he has lost the
things, he must pay their price to the Miskīn or some Masjid or Madrasah,
provided it is impossible to pay the price to the owners or to their heirs.
(For
detailed rulings on Luqṭah, study from page 471 to 484 of Bahār-e-Sharī'at,
volume 2.)
صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْبْ ۔ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
Advice
for Islamic sisters
Islamic sisters should offer Ṣalāh
where they are staying. For them to come to Masjidayn Karīmayn to offer Ṣalāh
is a mistaken idea. The objective is to earn reward, and our Beloved and
Blessed Prophet ﷺ has stated, 'There is
more reward for woman in offering Ṣalāh at her home rather than offering it in
my Masjid (i.e. Masjid-un-Nabawī).'
(Musnad
Imām Aḥmad Bin Ḥanbal, vol. 10, pp. 310, Ḥadīš 27158)
Seven
Ḥarām acts during Ṭawāf
The following acts are Ḥarām in
Ṭawāf, even if it is a Nafl one:
1. To perform Ṭawāf without Wuḍū.
2. To make Ṭawāf on some carriage or on
someone's back without a valid excuse.
3. To crawl or drag oneself whilst
sitting during Ṭawāf without a valid excuse.
4. To make Ṭawāf in the opposite
direction keeping the Ka'bah at right side.
5. To pass from inside the Ḥaṭīm during
Ṭawāf.
6. To perform less than seven rounds.
7. Unveiling of a quarter of that part
of the body which is included in 'Satr'. For example, unveiling of a quarter of
thigh is Ḥarām. Likewise, unveiling of a quarter of the ear or the wrist of an
Islamic sister is Ḥarām.
(Bahār-e-Sharī'at,
vol. 1, pp. 1112)
Islamic sisters pay very little
attention to this ruling. During Ṭawāf, especially when doing Istilām of
Ḥajar-ul-Aswad, a quarter of the wrists of several Islamic sisters is unveiled,
even sometimes complete wrist is unveiled, which is Ḥarām. Unveiling the ear or
the wrist to a non-Maḥram male is Ḥarām even besides Ṭawāf. (In order to learn
detailed rulings about Islamic veiling, study the book 'Parday kay bāray
mayn Suwāl Jawāb' published by Maktaba-tul-Madīnah, the publishing
department of Dawat-e-Islami.)
Eleven
Makrūh acts during Ṭawāf
1. Useless talking.
2. To make Du'ā, do Zikr, recite Na'at,
etc. aloud.
3. To recite couplets other than the
ones containing Ḥamd, Ṣalāt and Manqabat.
4. To perform Ṭawāf in unclean clothes
(as a caution, don't carry used shoes/slippers with you during Ṭawāf).
5. Raml
6. Iḍṭibā'
7. Not to kiss Ḥajar-ul-Aswad whenever
required.
8. To perform Ṭawāf with longer
intervals in between the rounds of Ṭawāf. However, there is no harm if one
needs to go to the toilet or to make Wuḍū. He may leave. He should resume Ṭawāf
from where he had left; there is no need to restart from the beginning.
9. To start the next Ṭawāf without
offering the two Rak'āt Ṣalāh of the previous one. However, if the time is
Makrūh for Ṣalāh, there is no harm in doing so. For example, several Ṭawāfs may
be performed without offering Ṣalāh of Ṭawāf from Ṣubḥ-e-Ṣādiq till 20 minutes
after the appearance of the edge of the sun at sunrise or after offering
Ṣalāt-ul-'Aṣr till sunset. However, after the elapsing of Makrūh timing, two
Rak'āt Ṣalāh will have to be offered for each Ṭawāf.
10. To eat anything during Ṭawāf.
11. To perform Ṭawāf in the intense need
of passing urine or breaking wind etc.
(Bahār-e-Sharī'at,
vol. 1, pp. 1113; Al-Maslak-ul-Mutaqassiṭ lil-Qārī, pp. 165)
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