Is Sa`i before Tawaf Valid?

Question: 109274

I went to do `Umrah but I did not know that Tawaf should come before Sa`i, so I did Sa`i before Tawaf. What is the ruling on my `Umrah?

Summary of answer

If someone performs Sa`i before offering Tawaf, he does not have to repeat his Sa`i. A man asked the Prophet about performing Sa`i before Tawaf, and the Prophet replied, “There is no sin.”

Answer

Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.

The Standing Committee for Academic Research and Issuing Fatwas said:

“If someone perform Sa`i before offering Tawaf , he does not have to repeat his Sa`i , because of the report narrated by Abu Dawud with an authentic chain of narrators going back to Usamah ibn Sharik who said: I went out with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) for Hajj, and the people were coming to him, saying: O Messenger of Allah, I did Sa`i before Tawaf , or I did one thing sooner and another thing later, and he kept saying: “There is so sin, there is no sin, except for a man who vilified the honour of a Muslim man; he is a wrongdoer who has sinned and is doomed.”

And Allah is the Source of strength. May Allah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions.” (Shaykh `Abd Al-`Aziz ibn `Abdullah ibn Baz, Shaykh `Abd Ar-Razzaq `Afifi, Shaykh `Abdullah ibn Ghadyan, Shaykh `Abdullah ibn Qa`ud, Fatwa Al-Lajnah, 11/320)

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And Allah knows best.

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