Can a woman perform তাওয়াফ while she is menstruating?

The majority of scholars from all four schools agree that ritual purity is a condition for the validity of তাওয়াফ, just as it is for সালাত. Therefore, a menstruating woman should not perform তাওয়াফ until her menstruation ends and she performs গোসল. This is based on নবী করীম's instruction to Aisha when she began menstruating during হজ্জ: 'Do everything the হাজী does, except do not perform তাওয়াফ around the House until you are pure.' She was instructed to continue with all other rites of হজ্জ but to delay her তাওয়াফ.

Sheikh Ibn Baz stated that a menstruating woman must wait until she becomes pure and then perform গোসল before doing তাওয়াফ. If she is performing হজ্জ, she can do the standing at আরাফাত, stay at মুযদালিফা, stone the জামারাত, and perform all other rites except তাওয়াফ, which she delays until she is pure. He emphasized that there is no time limit for তাওয়াফ al-Ifadah, so she should not rush or compromise her purity.

Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen mentioned that in cases of extreme necessity — such as when a woman's travel group must leave and she cannot stay behind — some scholars from the Hanbali school permitted তাওয়াফ with menstruation as a concession, citing the principle that conditions are waived when impossible to fulfill. However, this is a minority view, and the stronger position according to the majority is that she must wait. Modern travel arrangements generally allow women to delay their departure, reducing the need for this concession.