The majority of scholars hold that طواف is not valid during menstruation because ritual purity (taharah) is a condition for طواف. A menstruating woman should wait until she is pure, perform غسل, then complete her طواف. If she cannot wait due to travel, she may perform طواف in a state of necessity according to some scholars, but the majority require her to delay.
The majority of scholars from all four schools agree that ritual purity is a condition for the validity of طواف, just as it is for نماز. Therefore, a menstruating woman should not perform طواف until her menstruation ends and she performs غسل. This is based on نبی کریم's instruction to Aisha when she began menstruating during حج: 'Do everything the حاجی does, except do not perform طواف around the House until you are pure.' She was instructed to continue with all other rites of حج but to delay her طواف.
Sheikh Ibn Baz stated that a menstruating woman must wait until she becomes pure and then perform غسل before doing طواف. If she is performing حج, she can do the standing at عرفات, stay at مزدلفہ, stone the جمرات, and perform all other rites except طواف, which she delays until she is pure. He emphasized that there is no time limit for طواف 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 طواف 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.
نبی کریم (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) said to me when I began menstruating: 'Do everything that the حاجی does, except do not perform طواف around the House until you are pure.'
نبی کریم (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) said to me when I began menstruating: 'Do everything that the حاجی does, except do not perform طواف around the House until you are pure.'
We set out with نبی کریم (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) with no other purpose but حج. When we arrived at Sarif, I got my menses. نبی کریم came to me while I was weeping and said: 'This is something that Allah has decreed for the daughters of Adam.'
We set out with نبی کریم (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) with no other purpose but حج. When we arrived at Sarif, I got my menses. نبی کریم came to me while I was weeping and said: 'This is something that Allah has decreed for the daughters of Adam.'
Scholars from different schools of Islamic jurisprudence offer varying perspectives on this matter.
Purity is a condition for the validity of طواف. A menstruating woman must delay طواف until she is pure. If she performs طواف while menstruating, it is invalid and she must repeat it.
Al-Hidayah: طواف is like نماز in its requirement of purity.
طواف requires purity. A menstruating woman must wait until she is pure. If she performs طواف during menses, she must offer a sacrifice (dam) and repeat it if possible.
Al-Mudawwanah: purity is a condition for طواف as it is for نماز.
Purity is an absolute condition for طواف. A menstruating woman may not perform طواف under any circumstance until she is pure. There is no concession for necessity in this matter.
Al-Majmu' by al-Nawawi: purity from both minor and major impurity is required for طواف.
Purity is a condition for طواف. However, Ibn Taymiyyah from the Hanbali school held that in cases of extreme necessity, a menstruating woman may perform طواف, as conditions are waived when impossible to fulfill.
Al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah: purity is required, but Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah noted the principle of necessity.
This is a scholarly summary, not a personal fatwa. Consult your scholar for personal rulings.
نبی کریم (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) said to me when I began menstruating: 'Do everything that the حاجی does, except do not perform طواف around the House until you are pure.'
Sahih al-Bukhari #305 (sahih)We set out with نبی کریم (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) with no other purpose but حج. When we arrived at Sarif, I got my menses. نبی کریم came to me while I was weeping and said: 'This is something that Allah has decreed for the daughters of Adam.'
Sahih al-Bukhari #294 (sahih)