Mistakes made during the Farewell tawaaf

What are the mistakes that some pilgrims makeduring the farewell tawaaf?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:"It
was proven in al-Saheehayn that Ibn 'Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased
with him) said: "The people were commanded that the lastthing they
should do in Makkah was to circumambulate the Ka'bah, but an
exceptionwas made for menstruating women." Narrated by
al-Bukhaari,1755; Muslim, 1328.
So tawaaf should be the last action of Hajj that a person does.
People make several mistakes when performing the farewell tawaaf:
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Some people do not make tawaaf the last thing that they do, rather
they go down to Makkah and do the farewell tawaaf when they still have
to stone the jamaraat, then they go out to Mina and stonethe jamaraat
and then leave. This is a mistake and that does not sufficeas the
farewell tawaaf inthis case, because it is not the last thing that the
person does in Makkah, rather the last thing that he does is stoning
the jamaraat.
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Some people do the farewell tawaaf and then stay in Makkah after that.
This means that their farewell tawaaf is invalidated, and they must do
another one when they are going to leave. But ifa person stays in
Makkahafter doing the farewell tawaaf in order to buy something or to
load his luggage etc, there is nothing wrong with that.
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Some people, when theydo the farewell tawaaf and want to leave the
Mosque, walk backwards, saying that they do not want to turntheir
backs to the Ka'bah. This is a bid'ah (innovation) which was not done
by the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
or by any of his companions. The Messenger of Allaah (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) venerated Allaah and HisHouse and if
this were indeed an act of veneration towards Allaah and His House,
theProphet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) would have done
it. The Sunnah is, when a person has completed the farewell tawaaf, to
leave the Mosque walking forwards, even if he turns his back towards
the Ka'bah in this situation.
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Some people, after doing the farewell tawaaf, stop at the door when
leaving the mosque and turn to face the Ka'bah, as if bidding farewell
to it, and they make du'aa' or say salaams and so on. This is also a
kind of bid'ah, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) did not do that. If it were something good the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) would have done it.
From Daleel al-Akhta' allati yaqa' fiha al-Haaj wa'l-Mu'tamir
(Mistakes made by pilgrims performing Hajj and 'Umrah).

Delaying stoning the Jamaraat during the days of Tashreeq for a necessary reason

I stoned the Jamaraat onthe second night at 10 p.m., but I had no
choicein the matter. Is there any sin on me in that or not? There were
two women and a man with me and they were all sick.
Praise be to Allaah.
Whoever delays stoning the Jamaraat on the eleventh day of
Dhu'l-Hijjah until night comes – and delays it for a legitimate shar'i
reason – and stones the Jamaraat at night, does not have to do
anything to expiate for that.
Similarly if a person delays the Ramiy (stoning of the Jamaraat) on
the twelfthday and does it at night, that is acceptable and there is
no sin on him, but he has to spend that night in Mina and do theRamiy
on the thirteenth day after noon, because he did not do it on the
twelfth day before the sun set. But to be on the safe side he should
try todo the Ramiy during the day in the future.
And Allaah is the Source of strength. May Allaah send blessings and
peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.
Al-Lajnah al-Daa'imah li'l-Buhooth al-'Ilmiyyah wa'l-Iftaa' – Fataawa
al-Lajnah, 11/281.

Meaning of the verse “Whoever hastens to leave in two days”

My question is about hastening to leave during Hajj. Why does the one
who hastens leave depart on the twelfth (of Dhu'l-Hijjah) and the one
who stays departs on the thirteenth, when Allaah says "Whoever hastens
to leave in two days" [al-Baqarah 2:203]? Wouldn't that mean that the
one who hastens would leave on the eleventh?.
Praise be to Allaah.
The meaning of the verse is one who hastensto leave within two daysof
the days of al-Tashreeq, which are the eleventh, twelfth and
thirteenth. So hastening to leave means leaving on the twelfth.
Perhaps the questioner assumed thatthat first day was the day of Eid,
but this is incorrect.
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:
I would like to alert our brother pilgrims to this mistake, because
many pilgrims assume that what is meant by the verse "Whoever hastens
to leave in two days" [al-Baqarah 2:203 – interpretation of the
meaning] is leaving on the eleventh, so they count the two days as the
day of Eid and the eleventh of Dhu'l-Hijjah. But this is not the case,
rather this is a misunderstanding, because Allaah says (interpretation
of the meaning):
"And remember Allaah during the appointed Days. But whosoever hastens
to leave in two days, there is no sin on him"
[al-Baqarah 2:203]
The appointed days are the days of al-Tashreeq, and the first of the
days of al-Tashreeq is the eleventh. Based on this, the phrase
"whoever hastens to leave in two days" means in two daysof the days of
al-Tashreeq, which is thetwelfth. So people should make sure that they
understand this matter correctly, so that they will not make mistakes.
Fataawa Arkaan al-Islam, p. 566.

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The Righteous Beggar

The following incident took place in Dhaka which is the capital city
of Bangladesh.
There was a beggar in the city who used to begbeside a Masjid on
Fridays after Jumah prayer. Begging was permissible for him due to his
adverse condition.Though he was a beggar, he would pay attention to
the sermonsthat were delivered during the Khutbah. Onesuch sermons was
about the importance of earning halal income. Helearnt that
supplications (dua) will not be accepted from those people whose
income are from forbidden sources. He immediately decided to accept
moneyfrom only those individuals that he knewhad halal income. His
daily earnings decreasedas a result but he was committed to his
decision.
Then came a day when the beggar died. Eventhough he lived as abeggar,
his funeral was like that of a king. Many dignitaries of the area
attended his funeral because they knew of that great sacrifice he used
to make daily in order to keep up with the commandment of Almighty
Allah.
Dear readers, we too should sincerely adopt the commandments of Allah
in our lives regardless of our social status. In this way, Allah will
elevate us in this world and in the hereafter.