The Rulings of the Masdood (The Person Barred from Performing Hajj & Umrah)

·         The Masdood is he who is barred [from performing the Hajj or Umrah], after declaring and assuming the ihram, regardless of whether this barring was at the two woquf’s (Arafat and the Mash‘ar), if his ihram was only for the Hajj, or he was barred from entering Mecca to perform the tawaf and saey when he was in state of ihram for Umrah, and thus not being able to perform the tawaf and saey until their time had ran out. In that case he should release himself from the ihram by Had’y, i.e. by slaughtering the animal, at the place he was barred [from proceeding further on].

·         It is permissible for the Masdood to slaughter the animal before the day of Eid, and as a precaution, one should also perform the halq –shaving – on the same day too.

·         It is permitted for the Masdood to remain in his ihram, and release himself from it by performing the Mufradah Umrah, which is by performing the tawaf around the Ka‘bah, then the prayer of the tawaf by the Maqaam or behind it, then the saey between Safa and Marwah, then the taqseer, then Tawaf al-Nisa’, and then its prayer by the Maqaam or behind it.

·         The Masdood has discharged his duty to the Hajj if he acted accordingly, as mentioned above, unless he had become mostatee‘ – liable to performing the Hajj in the previous year or before it [by meeting all the criteria required for the Hajj], or if he continued to meet those criteria in the next year(s).

·         If he managed to observe the two woquf’s (Arafat and Mash‘ar) but from there he was barred from performing the rites of Mina – the Ram’y [stoning], the Had’y (slaughtering), and the Shaving/Trimming – if he was barred from entering Mecca and performing its rites too throughout the month of Dhil-Hejjah, the previous ruling applies to him.

·         If the barring covered the rites of Mina only, and it was possible for him to perform them by proxy, it is obligatory for him to do so, i.e. to arrange for someone to perform those rites – stoning, slaughtering, shaving – on his behalf. On the completion of those acts, he is released from his ihram, and he then should perform the rest of the rites. If he could not do them by proxy, and he was not able to find an agent to do them for him on his behalf, as a precaution he should slaughter his animal, and remain in his ihram until he can be released [from it] by the Mufradah Umrah.

·         If he completed the rites of Mecca, which are the tawaf and its prayer, the saey, Tawaf al-Nisa and its prayer, but was then barred from returning to Mina for the mabeet there for the Nights of Tashreeq, and for the Ram’y of the Jamaraat during their days, he is obliged to perform the Ram’y by proxy, and he could engage in acts of worship in Mecca during the nights of the mabeet in Mina, if possible. Otherwise, as a precaution, he should give a penalty for not observing the mabeet in Mina. If it was not possible to perform the Ram’y by proxy in that year, he should do so in the following year, and his Hajj is correct.