Fatwa ID: 07633
Answered by: Maulana Yusuf Badshah
Question:
We are going for Umrah insha’Allah. My daughter has started to have her period today.
My questions are:
– What she should do? Does she do everything apart from tawaf?
– Also, can she do Umrah again if her period stops while we are in Makkah?
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Answer:
One in a state of major impurity such as during her period cannot enter the Masjid Al-Haram [1] nor perform Tawaf [2]. Thus, of the required acts of Umrah (i.e. Ihram, Tawaf, Sa’i and trimming the hair [3]), the one which she will be unable to perform during her period is the Tawaf [4].
She is first encouraged to do Ghusl before entering the state of Ihram [5]. She should then enter Ihram as normal, except that she will not perform the Sunnah two Rak’ah at the time of entering Ihram [6].
Upon reaching Makkah, she should try to delay performing the Tawaf until after her period ends. Should her period continue until the departure date, then she may perform Tawaf despite her period, perform Sa’I, trim her hair and pay Dam afterwards to compensate [7] (a small animal such as a sheep or goat or one-seventh of a large animal such as a camel or cow to be sacrificed in the Haram [8], approx. £160 – £200).
Only Allah knows best.
Written by Maulana Yusuf Badshah
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham
[1] Fatawa Hindiyyah, vol. 1, pg. 38, Darul Fikr:
(وَمِنْهَا) أَنَّهُ يَحْرُمُ عَلَيْهِمَا وَعَلَى الْجُنُبِ الدُّخُولُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ سَوَاءٌ كَانَ لِلْجُلُوسِ أَوْ لِلْعُبُورِ
[2] Fatawa Hindiyyah, vol. 1, pg. 38, Darul Fikr:
(وَمِنْهَا) حُرْمَةُ الطَّوَافِ لَهُمَا بِالْبَيْتِ وَإِنْ طَافَتَا خَارِجَ الْمَسْجِدِ (١) . هَكَذَا فِي الْكِفَايَةِ وَكَذَا يَحْرُمُ الطَّوَافُ لِلْجُنُبِ. هَكَذَا فِي التَّبْيِينِ
[3] Raddul Muhtar, vol. 2, pg. 472-473, Darul Fikr:
(وَهِيَ إحْرَامٌ وَطَوَافٌ وَسَعْيٌ) وَحَلْقٌ أَوْ تَقْصِيرٌ فَالْإِحْرَامُ شَرْطٌ، وَمُعْظَمُ الطَّوَافِ رُكْنٌ وَغَيْرُهُمَا وَاجِبٌ هُوَ الْمُخْتَارُ
[4] Bada’ius Sana’i, vol. 2, pg. 135, Darul Kutubul Ilmiyyah:
وَأَمَّا الطَّهَارَةُ عَنْ الْجَنَابَةِ وَالْحَيْضِ فَلَيْسَتْ بِشَرْطٍ فَيَجُوزُ سَعْيُ الْجُنُبِ وَالْحَائِضِ بَعْدَ أَنْ كَانَ طَوَافُهُ بِالْبَيْتِ عَلَى الطَّهَارَةِ عَنْ الْجَنَابَةِ وَالْحَيْضِ؛ لِأَنَّ هَذَا نُسُكٌ غَيْرُ مُتَعَلِّقٍ بِالْبَيْتِ
[5] Raddul Muhtar, vol. 2, pg. 480, Darul Fikr:
(تَوَضَّأَ وَغُسْلُهُ أَحَبُّ وَهُوَ لِلنَّظَافَةِ) لَا لِلطَّهَارَةِ (فَيُحَبُّ) بِحَاءٍ مُهْمَلَةٍ (فِي حَقِّ حَائِضٍ وَنُفَسَاءَ) وَصَبِيٍّ
[6] Fatawa Hindiyyah, vol. 1, pg. 38, Darul Fikr:
(مِنْهَا) أَنْ يَسْقُطَ عَنْ الْحَائِضِ وَالنُّفَسَاءِ الصَّلَاةُ فَلَا تَقْضِي. هَكَذَا فِي الْكِفَايَةِ إذَا رَأَتْ الْمَرْأَةُ الدَّمَ تَتْرُكُ الصَّلَاةَ مِنْ أَوَّلِ مَا رَأَتْ قَالَ الْفَقِيهُ وَبِهِ نَأْخُذُ. كَذَا فِي التَّتَارْخَانِيَّة نَاقِلًا عَنْ النَّوَازِلِ وَهُوَ الصَّحِيحُ
[7] Raddul Muhtar, vol. 2, pg. 551, Darul Fikr:
وَمِثْلُهُ فِي اللُّبَابِ حَيْثُ قَالَ: وَلَوْ طَافَ لِلْعُمْرَةِ كُلَّهُ أَوْ أَكْثَرَهُ أَوْ أَقَلَّهُ وَلَوْ شَوْطًا جُنُبًا أَوْ حَائِضًا أَوْ نُفَسَاءَ أَوْ مُحْدِثًا فَعَلَيْهِ شَاةٌ لَا فَرْقَ فِيهِ بَيْنَ الْكَثِيرِ وَالْقَلِيلِ وَالْجُنُبِ وَالْمُحْدِثِ لِأَنَّهُ لَا مَدْخَلَ فِي طَوَافِ الْعُمْرَةِ لِلْبَدَنَةِ وَلَا لِلصَّدَقَةِ، بِخِلَافِ طَوَافِ الزِّيَارَةِ
[8] Raddul Muhtar, vol. 2, pg. 514, Darul Fikr:
(قَوْلُهُ أَدْنَاهُ شَاةٌ) أَيْ وَأَعْلَاهُ بَدَنَةٌ مِنْ الْإِبِلِ وَالْبَقَرِ، وَفِي حُكْمِ الْأَدْنَى سُبْعُ بَدَنَةٍ شَرْحُ اللُّبَابِ
