Tawaaf for another
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's
Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:
Salaam Burhan Bahi
My questions is simple. Can some person perform tawf for another
person regardless of being related by blood? Also can a man perform for tawf
for a women also regardless of relation? Please advise according to the Quran,
Sunnah and Hadith.
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Answer:
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 no one (no idol, no
person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai, nobody!) worthy of
worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His
slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Ibn 'Abbas narrates that a woman from the tribe of Johainah came
to the Prophet (SAWS) and said: "My mother had vowed to perform Hajj but
she died before fulfilling her vow, should I perform Hajj on her behalf?” The Prophet (SAWS) said: "Yes, perform
Hajj on her behalf. Would you not pay
off any debts your mother might have left behind upon her death? Pay off what you owe to Allah, for He is most
deserving of settlement of His debt."
Related by Bukhari.
Al-Fadl ibn 'Abbas narrated that:
"A woman of Khath'am came to the Messenger of Allah and said, 'O Prophet
of Allah (saws)! Allah has prescribed Hajj for His servants. (Now that) I am
grown up, I find that my father is an old man, and he cannot ride on the camel
(for long). Should I perform Hajj on his
behalf?' The Prophet (saws) said:
'Yes.'" This happened during the Farewell Hajj.
Related by Bukhari, Muslim, Ibn
Maajah, Abu Dawood, Tirmidhi.
In light of the above authentic narrations, the
majority of the scholars in Islam are of the opinion that when one is permitted
to do the whole pilgrimage on behalf of another, there is absolutely no harm if
one wishes to perform the tawaaf on behalf of his believing brother or sister,
regardless of whether one is a mehram or not.
Whatever
written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance,
and whatever of error is of me. Allah
Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Burhan