Islam Question and Answer - Ruling on doing tawaaf wearing shoes

Fri 14/7/1434 - 24/5/2013

» How can a seeker of knowledge make a schedule to organise his time?.

» After becoming Muslim, should she ask those who were her friends in the past to remove pictures of her that they have on Facebook?.

» Announcing wedding invitations in the mosque.

» Does carrying a child on whom there is some najaasah (impurity) render the prayer and wudoo’ invalid?.

» If someone loses his wudoo’ whilst praying and goes and does wudoo’, can he resume his prayer from where he left off or should he start all over again?.

» Is there a specific age at which animals may be slaughtered?.

» He does not have any children and he wants to give his wealth to his wife and his brother’s daughter and donate the rest to charity.

» The wisdom behind the Prophet’s marrying more than four wives.

» Is it permissible to buy the house that was bequeathed to some of the heirs and not others without their consent?.

» Wife's Prayers When Visiting Husband Living in Another State.

161709

Principles of Fiqh » Jurisprudence and Islamic Rulings » Acts of Worship » Pilgrimage

Ruling on doing tawaaf wearing shoes

ar - ru - en - fr - es - zh - hi

Share |

I made hajj this year,and i made tawaaf-ifadah near the kaaba with my shoes on,and i also made saee with my shoes on.is this permissible.if no, then do i have to repeat my tawaaf and saee.(my shoes was very clean).

Praise be to Allaah.

It is permissible to do tawaaf wearing shoes if they are clean. The Sunnah is to pray wearing shoe sometimes. If prayer wearing shoes is valid, then it is even more likely that doing tawaaf and sa‘i in shoes is also valid. For more information please see the answer to question no. 69793.

It is better not to do tawaaf wearing shoes, so that people who are careless and who do not take care to avoid najaasah (impurities) will not follow your example, which would lead to the mosque being contaminated and made dirty.

The pilgrim may need to do tawaaf and sa‘i wearing shoes because of injuries to his feet and so on. So there is nothing wrong with him doing tawaaf in his shoes, after making sure that they are clean, because the Prophet (blessing and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “When one of you comes to the mosque, if he sees some dirt on his shoes, let him wipe them and pray in them.”

Narrated by Abu Dawood (555) and classed as saheeh by Shaykh al-Albaani (may Allah have mercy on him).

And Allah knows best.

Islam Q&A