Q 3: is it obligatory upon women during their menstrual and postpartum periods, the disabled, and the sick to perform Tawaf-ul-Wada` (circumambulation of the Ka`bah on leaving Makkah)? I asked some of the scholars while I was at Mina, but they have differed on this point. Some of them said that they were not required to perform Tawaf-ul-Wada`. Others said that they should perform it.

(Part No. 11; Page No. 308)  A: Menstruating women and those in postpartum period are not required to perform Tawaf-ul-Wada`. The disabled have to perform it while being carried, and likewise the sick. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “None should leave (Makkah) until the last thing he does is to circumambulate the House.” It was authentically reported in the Two Sahih (authentic) Books of Hadith (i.e. Al-Bukhari and Muslim) that Ibn `Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The people were ordered to perform the Tawaf of the Ka`ba (Tawaf-al-Wada`) as the last thing, before leaving (Makkah), except the menstruating women who were excused." It was reported in another Hadith that a woman who is in her postpartum period is not required to perform Tawaf-ul-Wada` just as a menstruating woman.May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.