A man who begins a voluntary tawaf

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Charity (is a voluntary act of worship); prayer, fasting and tawaf (if they are voluntary): if you wish, complete them, and if you wish, stop them.

Al-Hasan, Qatadah and Ibn Sirin said regarding a man who begins a voluntary tawaf and then breaks it off incomplete: He should make up that tawaf.

Ibrahim said: If the time of an obligatory prayer comes while you are performing tawaf, leave the tawaf and pray, then complete the circuits of the tawaf that remain.

Ata, Tawus and Mujahid said: If you wish, complete this same tawaf, and if you wish, perform a new tawaf afresh.

Salim was performing the sa'i between Safa and Marwah when the time for prayer came, so he offered the prayer, then went back to Safa and Marwah and completed the rounds that remained.

Abd al-Malik narrates from a shaykh of Makkah, who said: I saw Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) performing tawaf, and the time for prayer came. He joined the prayer, and when the prayer was completed he completed that same tawaf.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) completed the remaining rounds of his tawaf.

Sa'id bin Jubayr performed five rounds of tawaf, then the time for prayer came, so he offered the prayer; then he completed the remaining rounds of his tawaf and offered two rak'ahs.

Ibrahim bin Isma'il bin Dirham said: Mujahid sent me on some errand while I was performing tawaf with him. I said to him: My tawaf is not yet complete. He said: Come back and then complete it.

Al-Hasan said, concerning a person to whom some need arises during tawaf: He should leave the tawaf and later perform the tawaf anew.