Allah (27), then when he turns away, he does not stop or look back; if he looks back, he returns and bids farewell again. Hanbal narrated in his "Manasik" from al-Muhajir (28) who said: I said to Jabir ibn Abdullah: A man performs circumambulation (tawaf) of the House, prays, and when he is finished (29), he leaves, then faces the Qiblah and stands? He said: I did not think anyone did that except (30) the Jews and the Christians. Abu Abdullah said: I dislike that. Abu Abdullah's statement: "if he looks back, he returns and bids farewell" is on the basis of desirability, as we know of no evidence to make it obligatory upon him. Mujahid said: When you are about to exit the mosque door, look back, then look at the Kaaba, then say: "O Allah, do not make this the last of our connection."

664 - Issue: He said: (And whoever leaves the Farewell Tawaf, he returns from his country in the state of Ihram until he performs the tawaf around the House.)

The sum of this is that the Tawaf of Visitation (tawaf al-ziyarah) is a pillar of Hajj that is not complete without it. One is not released from his Ihram until he performs it. If he returns to his country before it, his Ihram is not dissolved, and he must return as a muhrim (one in a state of Ihram) whenever it is possible for him; nothing else suffices. This is the opinion of Ata', al-Thawri, Malik, al-Shafi'i, Ishaq, Abu Thawr, the People of Opinion (Ashab al-Ra'y), and Ibn al-Mundhir. Al-Hasan said: He performs Hajj in the coming year. A similar view was narrated from Ata' as a second opinion. He said: He comes in the coming year for Hajj or Umrah. Our argument is the statement of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, when it was mentioned to him that Safiyyah had menstruated. He said: "Is she going to hold us back?" It was said: She had performed the Ifadah tawaf on the day of Sacrifice. He said: "Then let her depart" (1). This indicates that this tawaf is indispensable and that it holds back one who has not performed it. If he intended to exit the state of Ihram and rejected his Ihram, he is not released by that, because one does not exit Ihram by the mere intention to exit. Whenever he returns to Mecca and performs the tawaf around the House, he is released by his tawaf, because the time for tawaf does not pass, as we have previously established.