Mistakes made during the Farewell tawaaf/Reminder Time-unrestricted Takbir from the beginning of Dhul-Hijjah

 

Mistakes made during the Farewell tawaaf

Q. What are the mistakes that some pilgrims make during the farewell tawaaf?.
A. Praise be to Allaah. 
Shaykh Muhammad ibn …Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: ’It was proven in al-Saheehayn that Ibn …Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: ’The people were commanded that the last thing they should do in Makkah was to circumambulate the Ka‘bah, but an exception was made for menstruating women.“ Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1755; Muslim, 1328.
So tawaaf should be the last action of Hajj that a person does.
People make several mistakes when performing the farewell tawaaf:
-1- Some people do not make tawaaf the last thing that they do, rather they go down to Makkah and do the farewell tawaaf when they still have to stone the jamaraat, then they go out to Mina and stone the jamaraat and then leave. This is a mistake and that does not suffice as the farewell tawaaf in this case, because it is not the last thing that the person does in Makkah, rather the last thing that he does is stoning the jamaraat.
-2- Some people do the farewell tawaaf and then stay in Makkah after that. This means that their farewell tawaaf is invalidated, and they must do another one when they are going to leave. But if a person stays in Makkah after doing the farewell tawaaf in order to buy something or to load his luggage etc, there is nothing wrong with that.
-3- Some people, when they do the farewell tawaaf and want to leave the Mosque, walk backwards, saying that they do not want to turn their backs to the Ka‘bah. This is a bid‘ah (innovation) which was not done by the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) or by any of his companions. The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) venerated Allaah and His House and if this were indeed an act of veneration towards Allaah and His House, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) would have done it. The Sunnah is, when a person has completed the farewell tawaaf, to leave the Mosque walking forwards, even if he turns his back towards the Ka‘bah in this situation.
-4- Some people, after doing the farewell tawaaf, stop at the door when leaving the mosque and turn to face the Ka‘bah, as if bidding farewell to it, and they make du‘aa‘ or say salaams and so on. This is also a kind of bid‘ah, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not do that. If it were something good the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) would have done it.
From Daleel al-Akhta‘ allati yaqa‘ fiha al-Haaj wa‘l-Mu‘tamir (Mistakes made by pilgrims performing Hajj and …Umrah).

 

Time-unrestricted Takbir from the beginning of Dhul-Hijjah

Q: I hear some people reciting Takbir (saying: “Allahu Akbar [Allah is the Greatest]“) after each Salah (Prayer) during the Days of Tashriq (11th, 12th and 13th of Dhul-Hijjah) until the ‘Asr (Afternoon) Prayer of the third day. Is this correct or not?

A: It is prescribed to recite an unrestricted [in terms of time. Ed] or a restricted Takbir during ‘Eid-ul-Adha (the Festival of the Sacrifice).

The unrestricted Takbir can be recited at any time from the beginning of Dhul-Hijjah until the last Day of Tashriq.

The restricted Takbir should be recited after the Obligatory Daily Prayers starting from the Fajr (Dawn) Prayer of the Day of ‘Arafah until the ‘Asr Prayer on the last Day of Tashriq.

The evidence for the permissibility of doing this is the Ijma‘ (consensus of scholars) and the practice of the Sahabah (Companions of the Prophet, may Allah be pleased with them).

May Allah grant us success! May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions!

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How is the Takbeer to be made for the Two Eeds and the Days of Tashreeq?
Question: What is the wording of the takbeer and the tahmeed?
Response: That one says:

Allaahu Akbar Allaahu Akbar laa ilaaha ill-Allaah, wallaahu Akbar Allaahu Akbar wa lillaahil-Hamd

or one says:

Allaahu Akbar Allaahu Akbar Allaahu Akbar laa ilaaha ill-Allaah, Allaahu Akbar Allaahu Akbar Allaahu Akbar wa lillaahil-Hamd

Shaykh Ibn al-Uthaymeen
Fataawa Ramadhaan – Volume 2, Page 948, Fatwa No.936;
Fiqh al-Ibaadaat libni ‘Uthaymeen – Page 216