Manāsik al-Ḥajj - Ibn Taimiya - (77)

she had previously remained in the mosque while in a state of minor impurity. (1)

Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal said in his work “The Rites of Pilgrimage” (2), narrated by his son ʿAbd Allāh: “Sahl ibn Yūsuf related to us; Shuʿbah informed us, on the authority of Ḥammād and Manṣūr, who said: I asked them about a man who performs tawaf around the House while not in a state of wudu, and they saw no harm in it. (3)

ʿAbd Allāh said: I asked my father about this, and he replied:

‘I would prefer that he not perform tawaf around the House while not in a state of wudu, (4) because tawaf around the House is prayer.’ (5)

The transmitted reports from Aḥmad differ over whether purity is a condition for tawaf and whether it is obligatory; this is also one of the two opinions in the school of Abū Ḥanīfah, yet within Abū Ḥanīfah’s school there is no dispute that purity is not a prerequisite.

Whoever performs tawaf in socks or the like so as not to tread on impurities from pigeon droppings (6) in the Sacred Precinct (7), or covers his hands (8) so that he does not touch a woman (9), and similar precautions, has

(1) The words placed between square brackets are absent from manuscript B. (2) Manuscript B reads: “mansak.” (3) Manuscript D reads: “bihima.” (4) The word “wahuwa” (and he/it) is omitted in manuscript D. (5) Masail ʿAbd Allah, p. 211. (6) Manuscripts A and B read: “kharaʾ.” (7) The phrase “min diraq al-hamam” (from pigeon droppings) is missing in manuscript B. (8) Manuscripts A and B read: “yadahu” (his hand). (9) Manuscript D reads: “al-marʾa” (the woman).

كانتْ تَلْبَثُ في المسجدِ] (١) وهي مُحْدِثَةٌ. قالَ أحمدُ بنُ حنبلٍ في «مناسكِ (٢) الحجِّ» لابنِهِ عبدِ اللهِ: حَدَّثَنَا سهلُ بنُ يوسفَ، أنبأنَا شعبةُ، عنْ حمادٍ ومنصورٍ، قالَ: سألتُهما عنِ الرجلِ يطوفُ بالبيتِ وهو غيرُ متوضِّئٍ؟ فلمْ يَرَيَا بهِ (٣) بأسًا. قالَ عبدُ اللهِ: سألتُ أبِي عنْ ذلِكَ، فقالَ: (أَحَبُّ إلَيَّ ألَّا يطوفَ بالبيتِ وهو (٤) غيرُ متوضِّئٍ؛ لأنَّ الطوافَ بالبيتِ صلاةٌ) (٥) . وقدِ اختلفتِ الروايةُ عنْ أحمدَ في اشتراطِ الطهارةِ فيهِ ووجوبِها؛ كما هو أَحَدُ القولَيْنِ في مذهبِ أبي حنيفةَ، لكنْ لا يختلفُ مذهبُ أبِي حنيفةَ أنَّها ليستْ بشرطٍ. ومَنْ طافَ في جَوْرَبٍ ونحوِه؛ لئلَّا يَطَأَ نجاسةً مِن ذَرقِ (٦) الحمامِ (٧) ، أو غَطَّى يَدَيه (٨) لئلَّا يمسَّ امرأةً (٩) ، ونحوُ ذلِكَ؛ فقدْ

(١) ما بين معقوفين سقط من (ب). (٢) في (ب): (منسك). (٣) في (د): (بهما). (٤) قوله: (وهو) سقط من (د). (٥) مسائل عبدالله ص ٢١١. (٦) في (أ) و (ب): (خرؤ). (٧) قوله: (من ذرق الحمام) سقط من (ب). (٨) في (أ) و (ب): (يده). (٩) في (د): (المرأة).