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Question: ihram

hi


when should someone doing the tawaaf open up his right shoulder? is it the first three tawaafs or for the full seven?


i think its called iztibaah



thanks
 
 
Answered by: Ulamaa ID 05 (Batley, England)
Date: 09/12/2005 12:24pm

Answer


In the name of Allah the Majestic

When one is performing the act of Tawaaf it is Sunnah to have the upper garment of the cloth in such a manner that the right shoulder is exposed and the left shoulder is covered. Doing this is called "Ijtibaah". It is Sunnah in all of the seven Tawaaf (Fatawa Shami, Vol. 2 Pg 181).

To expose the right shoulder is only for the act of Tawaaf and should not be preformed for the reminder of the Umrah or Hajj.

And Allah knows best

27th Nov 2005

Mufti Abubakr Karolia
Batley, U.K
Founder of the "Islamic Foundation for Theology and Research" (I.F.T.A.R)
 
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