Praise
be to Allah
Undoubtedly,
in our times it is difficult for many pilgrims, if they are doing
tamattu‘, to do the tawaf of ‘umrah and the sa‘i of ‘umrah, then to do
the tawaf of Hajj and the sa‘i of Hajj, then to do the farewell tawaf (tawaf
al-wadaa‘). So some women think that they should do qiraan, so when they
reach Makkah, they do tawaf al-qudoom (the tawaf of arrival), and they
do one sa‘i for both Hajj and ‘umrah, and they do not repeat sa‘i. In
this regard, qiraan is easier than tamattu‘. It is also easier than
tamattu‘ from another angle, because if a person does qiraan, he can
delay tawaf until after he has done Hajj. In other words, it is
permissible for him not to do tawaf upon arrival and not to do sa‘i;
rather he enters ihraam for Hajj and ‘umrah together, then he goes out
to Mina and completes Hajj, then after that he does tawaf and sa‘i when
he is able to, even if that is after the 13th or 14th
or 15th days of Dhu’l-Hijjah, or at the end of the month. So
qiraan is easier than tamattu‘ in two ways:
1.
The pilgrim only has to do one tawaf and one sa‘i;
2.
The one who is doing qiraan does not have to do tawaf or sa‘i
as soon as he arrives; rather he may go out to Mina and complete Hajj, then
when it is easy for him, he can do tawaf and sa‘i.
Based on that,
we say, if this is easier, then the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be
upon him) was never given the choice between two things but he chose the
easier of the two, so long as it was not a sin. Qiraan is not a sin; rather
it is one of the ways of doing Hajj, and the one who does it does ‘umrah and
Hajj and also offers a sacrifice, because the one who is doing qiraan must
offer a sacrifice, like the one who does tamattu‘. End quote.
Ends.