Question 1627: If a person's wudu (ablution) becomes invalid during the obligatory tawaf, what is their duty?
Answer
✅ Answer: Pay attention to the following narrations:
1 عَنْ مُعَاوِیَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ لَا بَأْسَ بِأَنْ یُقْضَی الْمَنَاسِکُ کُلُّهَا عَلَی غَیْرِ وُضُوءٍ إِلَّا الطَّوَافُ بِالْبَیْتِ وَ الْوُضُوءُ أَفْضَلُ.
📚 Al-Faqih, Vol. 2, p. 399
Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: There is no issue with performing all the rituals of Hajj without wudu, except for the tawaf of the Kaaba, and having wudu (for the other rituals) is preferable!
2 عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ رَزِینٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَحَدَهُمَا عَنْ رَجُلٍ طَافَ طَوَافَ الْفَرِیضَةِ وَ هُوَ عَلَی غَیْرِ طَهُورٍ قَالَ یَتَوَضَّأُ وَ یُعِیدُ طَوَافَهُ وَ إِنْ کَانَ تَطَوُّعاً تَوَضَّأَ وَ صَلَّی رَکْعَتَیْنِ.
📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 4, p. 420
Muhammad ibn Muslim said: I asked Imam Baqir or Imam Sadiq (peace be upon them) about a person who performs the obligatory tawaf without wudu. The Imam said: He must perform wudu and repeat the tawaf, and if it is a voluntary (non-obligatory) tawaf, he performs wudu and prays the two rak'ahs of the tawaf prayer!
3 عَلِیُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِیمَ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِی عُمَیْرٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا فِی الرَّجُلِ یُحْدِثُ فِی طَوَافِ الْفَرِیضَةِ وَ قَدْ طَافَ بَعْضَهُ قَالَ یَخْرُجُ فَیَتَوَضَّأُ فَإِنْ کَانَ جَازَ النِّصْفَ بَنَی عَلَی طَوَافِهِ وَ إِنْ کَانَ أَقَلَّ مِنَ النِّصْفِ أَعَادَ الطَّوَافَ.
📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 4, p. 414
Imam Baqir or Imam Sadiq (peace be upon them) said regarding a person whose wudu becomes invalid during the obligatory tawaf after completing part of it: He goes out, performs wudu, and if he has completed more than half of the tawaf, he continues the tawaf; if less than half, he repeats the tawaf!
✅ Based on the above narrations and others, having wudu is obligatory for the obligatory tawaf. If a person's wudu becomes invalid during the obligatory tawaf, they must go perform wudu. If they have completed more than half of the tawaf, they continue the tawaf, but if less than half, they must repeat the tawaf.
If they performed the obligatory tawaf from the beginning without wudu, they must repeat the tawaf.
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْر
Recommendation to recite the Khidr supplication
(Peace be upon our Prophet and his family)
(Known as the Du'a Kumayl)
On the night of mid-Sha'ban:
From the virtues of visiting Imam Husayn (peace be upon him)
On the night of mid-Sha'ban:
عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ خَارِجَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: إِذَا كَانَ لَيْلَةُ النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ- نَادَى مُنَادٍ مِنَ الْأُفُقِ الْأَعْلَى زَائِرِي الْحُسَيْنِ ارْجِعُوا مَغْفُوراً لَكُمْ ثَوَابُكُمْ عَلَى رَبِّكُمْ وَ مُحَمَّدٍ نَبِيِّكُمْ
📚 Al-Tahdhib, Vol. 6, p. 49
Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said:
When the night of mid-Sha'ban arrives, a caller from the highest horizon proclaims: O visitors of Husayn! Return while you have been forgiven, and your reward is with your Lord and with Muhammad (peace be upon him and his family), your Prophet!