Ruling on doing tawaaf during the Friday khutbah

The scholars differed concerning the ruling on doing tawaaf
during the Friday khutbah, whether that is an obligatory tawaaf such as
tawaaf al-ifaadah, the farewell tawaaf and the tawaaf of ‘umrah, or it is
mustahabb. 

The Maalikis are of the view that it is not allowed, by
analogy with prayer, because the one who is praying behind the imam is not
allowed to pray during the Friday khutbah, except for tahiyyat al-masjid
(“greeting the mosque”, two rak’ahs performed upon entering the mosque).
That is because it involves ignoring the khateeb and his khutbah, and tawaaf
is like prayer in this regard. 

See Mawaahib al-Jaleel (3/78). 

The Shaafa’is are of the view that it is permissible to do
tawaaf during the Friday khutbah, and they rejected the analogy with prayer,
because tawaaf does not prevent one from listening to the khutbah, unlike
prayer which is a greater distraction. 

See al-Ghurar al-Bahiyyah (2/29) and al-Fataawa
al-Fiqhiyyah al-Kubra (1/239). 

Shaykh Ibn Jibreen was of the view that tawaaf during the
Friday khutbah is not allowed. He was asked: What is the ruling on residents
and travellers doing tawaaf when the khateeb is delivering the khutbah on
Friday? 

He replied: Once the khateeb begins his khutbah, the
worshippers must listen attentively to the khutbah and stay where they are,
and it is not permissible to busy oneself with something other than that,
except for one who comes in during the khutbah, who may pray two rak’ahs but
he should make them short, whether he is one of the people of Makkah or not.
The evidence that it is forbidden to move and speak during the khutbah is
general in meaning, to such an extent that the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “If you say to your companion,
‘Listen attentively’ when the imam is delivering the khutbah, then you have
engaged in idle speech.” Thus he warned against asking someone to be quiet
even though it is done for the right reason. Based on this, we think that it
is not permissible to do tawaaf at all so long as the imam is delivering the
Friday khutbah. The imams of old forbade doing tawaaf during the khutbah,
but the later imams were more lenient and claimed that they could not
prevent those people who were doing tawaaf and those who gave the reason
that they were travelling and were bidding farewell to the Ka’bah in this
tawaaf, or who think that tawaaf is superior to listening attentively to the
khutbah. But this is not correct, and we think that they should be prevented
until the Friday prayer is over. With regard to the Eid khutbah, there is
nothing wrong with doing tawaaf during this khutbah, because it is sunnah,
and the worshippers are not obliged to stay until it ends.  

End quote from Majallat al-Haras al-Watani, issue no.
272, dated 1/1/2005. 

And Allaah knows best.