Is it necessary to offer Nawafil even after Nafl Tawaf? |
Darulifta Ahlesunnat |
(Dawateislami) |
Question |
What do respected scholars of Islam say about the following issue? Is it necessary to offer Nawafil at the Maqaam-e-Ibraheem after performing a Nafl Tawaf that is not the Tawaf of the ‘Umrah? Can these Nawafil be offered somewhere else? |
بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ |
اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ
الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ |
Tawaf means
moving around the blessed Ka’bah seven times with the intention of worship of
Tawaf. After one has performed the Tawaf, it is now Wajib for him to offer
two Rak’aat Salah of Tawaf no matter which type of Tawaf he has performed.
Therefore, it is Wajib to offer two Rak’aat Salah of Tawaf even after a Nafl
Tawaf. It is not necessary to offer this Salah at the Maqaam-e-Ibraheem but
it is preferable to offer it near the Maqaam-e-Ibraheem standing behind it in
such a position that the Maqaam-e-Ibraheem remain between him and the blessed
Ka’bah. After the Maqaam-e-Ibraheem, the most preferable place for this Salah
is the inside area of the Ka’bah, then at Hateem under the Meezab-e-Rahmah,
then anywhere at Hateem, then any nearest place to the blessed Ka’bah, then
anywhere in the Masjid-ul-Haraam and then anywhere in Haram-e-Makkah. Except
for these places, no other place is preferable. However, if offered outside
the Haram, this Salah will still be valid but will be Makruh Tanzeehi. (Sharh Lubab-ul-Manasik
li Mulla Ali Qaari, pp. 156) These days, Tawaf area is very vast and it is very difficult to offer the Salah of Tawaf at the Maqaam-e-Ibraheem at the time when there are crowds. In order to act upon this preferable deed, some people start offering Salah even among the Tawaf-performing ones, causing the Tawaf-performing ones to be shoved and to fall on the ground. When there is flexibility in this deed and one can offer Salah of Tawaf anywhere in the entire Masjid-ul-Haraam, so one should act accordingly when there are crowds. However, when there is no crowd and one gets the chance, so one should get the privilege of offering this Salah at the Maqaam-e-Ibraheem. |
وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَرَسُوْلُہ اَعْلَم صَلَّی اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم |
Answered
by:Mufti Abu Muhammad Ali Asghar Attari |
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