Thus the ‘Place of Ibrahim’ was removed from that place to...

Thus the ‘Place of Ibrahim’ was removed from that place to its existing location [140] . In a Sermon, Amir ul-Momineen -asws said, if I would insist on restoring the status of Islam to the time of Rasool Allah –saww , then all my soldiers would depart from me except for a limited number of Shias.

The later ones are those who have recognised my status and Imamat in the light of Book of Allah -azwj and traditions of Rasool Allah –saww , Do you want to see what happens if I order to relocate ‘Muqam-e-Ibrahim’ back to the place where it was installed by Rasool Allah –saww and Fadak may be given…..(Sermon continues, see, Ahtjaj-e-Tabrasy [141] )…….

The Boundaries of Tawaaf: Upon asking from Imam -asws regarding the boundaries of Tawaaf and who moves out of these boundaries, Imam -asws replied, during the time of Rasool Allah –saww , people used to perform Tawaaf of ‘Bait’ (Kabah) and the ‘Muqam-e- Ibrahim’ (since Place of Ibrahim was very close to the wall of Kabah) but now you perform Tawaaf while walking between the ‘Place’ and ‘Kabah’ (due to Ummer’s act). Thus this is the boundary and whoever exceeds this limit his Hajj becomes invalid.

This limit has always been there but now its boundaries are between the ‘Kabah’ and ‘Place’. Therefore anyone who performed Tawaaf outside these limits, he will be performing the Tawaaf of Kabah but instead will be doing Tawaaf of Mosque of Alharam (Masjid Alharam). This Tawaaf will be outside the limits so this will not be a valid Tawaaf [142] . I asked should we move fast or walk slowly during the Tawaaf, Imam -asws replied, walk gently (neither too fast nor too slow) [143] .

روى أبان، عن محمد بن علي الحلبي قال: ” سألت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام عن الطواف خلف المقام، قال: ما أحب ذلك وما أرى به بأسا، فلا تفعله إلا أن لا تجد منه بدا One should not perform Tawaf outside ‘Muqam-e-Ibrahim’, unless one is forced to do so.

[144] What if Tawaaf is Interrupted: Upon being asked regarding the status of Tawaaf of a person who could not complete (7 circles) due to some reason and had to abandon it, Imam -asws replied, if he was performing an obligatory Tawaaf then he has to start all over again if he was carrying out a non-obligatory then he can complete the remaining rounds upon returning [145] . Someone asked what shall one do if someone’s Ablution is broken [146] while in the process of Tawaaf?