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Is it permissible to look at the Ka’bah Shareef during tawaaf?

Published as Looking at the Ka'bah Shareef during Tawaaf

· 23 Dhuʻl-Qiʻdah 1438 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

Is it permissible to look at the Ka’bah Shareef during tawaaf?

Answer

It is permissible to look at the Ka’bah Shareef while making tawaaf, though looking down is better.

One should refrain from turning his chest towards the Ka’bah Shareef while making tawaaf. Turning one’s chest towards the Ka’bah Shareef during tawaaf is impermissible. The only time one will face his chest towards the Ka’bah Shareef while making tawaaf is at the time of istilaam.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

وأما محرماته فابتداء الطواف من غير الحجر ولو مما بين الركنين، وأداء شيء من الطواف مع استقبال البيت، قيل: إلا قبالة الحجر الأسود في ابتداء الطواف خاصة كما مر، وترك شيئ منه ولو أقل من شوط، وترك كل واجب. (غنية الناسك ص126)

وينبغي أن لايجاوز بصره محل مشيه كالمصلي لايجاوز بصره محل سجوده لأنه الأدب الذي يحصل به اجتماع القلب (غنية الناسك ص65)

أحسن الفتاوى 4/558

Answered by
Mufti Zakaria Makada
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Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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