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.