Is it valid to perform tawaaf al-wadaa‘ (farewell tawaaf) when I am not certain as to whether I am in a state of purity? Praise be to Allah, I performed the obligatory Hajj for the first time this year, but I am not sure about one of the rituals, namely the farewell tawaaf. I did the farewell tawaaf on the Thursday, but I had been sleeping in the Haram since Wednesday. When I went to sleep I was in a state of purity, praise be to Allah, but when I woke up at dawn on Thursday and went to do wudoo’, I was not sure whether I was junub (in a state of major impurity) or not, because a very small amount of maniy (semen) may have come out, but I could not be sure. I could not be certain, hence I checked carefully so that I could be certain, to the extent that I checked the private part itself and not just the garment – I apologise for the expression – and I thought that there was nothing there, but I found there was some semen on my garment, although I am not certain about that either, because it may have been an old mark on the garment. The point is that I did not do ghusl; I only did wudoo’ and I prayed Fajr and did the farewell tawaaf, and I went back to Riyadh, where I work. Is the fact that I did not do ghusl in order to be on the safe side regarded as neglect of my religious duty and bad etiquette towards Allah? Should I have taken a new garment with me to do ghusl after waking up – whether I was junub or not – especially since this often happens to me with regard to janaabah. What is the ruling of the validity of my Hajj?


Praise be to Allah.

Firstly: 

Tawaaf without
being in a state of purity is a topic concerning which there is a difference
of opinion among the fuqaha’. The view of the majority of scholars is that
tawaaf without wudoo’ is invalid. 

This has been
discussed previously in the answer to question no.
34695

Secondly: 

What happened
in your case of uncertainty as to whether you were junub or not does not
affect anything, because you are not certain that semen had come out. The
basic principle concerning purity is that it is not rendered invalid unless
there is something to prove that. 

An-Nawawi (may
Allah have mercy on him) said: If a person is certain that he was in a state
of purity and is uncertain as to whether it has been rendered invalid, then
he is still in a state of purity because certainty cannot be cancelled out
by uncertainty.

End quote from
al-Majmoo‘, 1/331 

Shaykh Ibn
‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said: If a person is certain that
he was in a state of purity, and is uncertain as to whether it has been
rendered invalid, then he should proceed on the basis of certainty. This is
general in application and has to do with the things that necessitate ghusl
or wudoo’. 

Then he gave
an example and said: A man woke up and noticed some wetness on him, but he
did not see an erotic dream and he is not sure whether it is maniy or not?
He does not have to do ghusl when he is uncertain.

End quote from
ash-Sharh al-Mumti‘, 1/190 

Based on that,
your tawaaf is valid and there is no blame on you for what you did. 

For more
information, please see question no.
83025.