Fatwa ID: 06909

Answered by: Maulana Mohammed Dilwar Hussain

Question:

If wudu breaks during tawaf, do you restart from the beginning after making wudu or pick up from where you left?

In the name of Allāh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Answer:

If your Wudhu breaks during Tawāf, you should immediately stop performing Tawāf. If possible, try to keep track of where exactly your Wudhu broke so you can return and restart from this point after renewing your Wudhu. If that is not possible then you can restart that circuit again. At no cost should you complete Tawāf without Wudhu. There is no need to restart the entire Tawāf again. [Badā’i as-Sanā’i: vol. 2, pg. 129] [1]

Only Allāh Ta’ālā knows best.

Written by Maulana Mohammed Dilwar Hussain

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham

فَإِذَا طَافَ مِنْ غَيْرِ طَهَارَةٍ فَمَا دَامَ بِمَكَّةَ تَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ الْإِعَادَةُ؛ لِأَنَّ الْإِعَادَةَ جَبْرٌ لَهُ بِجِنْسِهِ، وَجَبْرُ الشَّيْءِ بِجِنْسِهِ أَوْلَى؛ لِأَنَّ مَعْنَى الْجَبْرِ، وَهُوَ التَّلَافِي فِيهِ أَتَمُّ ثُمَّ إنْ أَعَادَ فِي أَيَّامِ النَّحْرِ فَلَا شَيْءَ عَلَيْهِ، وَإِنْ أَخَّرَهُ عَنْهَا فَعَلَيْهِ دَمٌ فِي قَوْلِ أَبِي حَنِيفَةَ، وَالْمَسْأَلَةُ تَأْتِي إنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فِي مَوْضِعِهَا، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَعُدْ، وَرَجَعَ إلَى أَهْلِهِ فَعَلَيْهِ الدَّمُ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ إنْ كَانَ مُحْدِثًا فَعَلَيْهِ شَاةٌ، وَإِنْ كَانَ جُنُبًا فَعَلَيْهِ بَدَنَةٌ؛ لِأَنَّ الْحَدَثَ يُوجِبُ نُقْصَانًا يَسِيرًا فَتَكْفِيهِ الشَّاةُ لِجَبْرِهِ كَمَا لَوْ تَرَكَ شَوْطًا