Question 519 - Whenever a person cannot perform prayer of...

Question 519 - Whenever a person cannot perform prayer of Tawaf behind Maqam because of congestion of crowd or reaching the time of obligatory prayers then should he/she wait until congestion of crowd reduces or should perform prayer the prayer immediately in a place that it is possible, although it is possible to perform the prayer in closer places in the next hours? Answer: He/she can perform in a place that it is possible to perform and waiting for performing closer is not necessary.

Question 520 - If a person performs prayer in a place other than Maqam of Ibrahim and by having certainty about correctness of his/her act performs the next acts then what is his/her duty? Answer: He/she should only perform prayer again. Question 521 - An article has been published in one of newspapers in Saudi Arabia under the title “Is it proper to move Maqam of Ibrahim?” and some matters about the necessity of this act for facilitation for Tawaf-performers has been introduced.

Please say that: A) What is religious ruling of such act? Answer: Moving Maqam of Ibrahim doesn’t harm Tawaf, because it is permitted to perform Tawaf on both sides of Maqam of Ibrahim, but as Maqam of Ibrahim is a criterion for the place of prayer (obligatory Tawaf) and this change causes the foresaid criterion to be disordered then changing that is not religious permitted. B) If this plan becomes practical then what is the duty of Hajjis about Tawaf and prayer of Tawaf?

Answer: As it has been mentioned before it doesn’t make any problem for Tawaf, because performing Tawaf is also permitted behind Maqam, but if they perform such illegal act absit omen! then pilgrims should consider the approximate present place of that for prayer (obligatory Tawaf) and act according to that.

Question 522 - Sometimes, a person knows that if he/she starts prayer of Tawaf then Tawaf performers move and displace him/her but however starts the prayer, if he/she finishes this prayer then is it correct? Answer: If he/she performs with hope of completing that and he/she has not been displaced then his/her prayer is correct, and if he/she moves a little in the way the it doesn’t disorders the feature of prayer and keeps silence during displacing then it doesn’t have problem too.

Question 523 - A person was performing prayer of Tawaf that Tawaf-performers move him. He repeated the invocation that he was reciting during movement after staying but they move him again, he also repeated that invocation again.