Jurisprudential Analysis of Priority of Performing Tawaf of Hajj and Sa’i over Wuqufin

The forthcoming study examines the ruling on the permission to perform Tawaf of the Hajj and sa’i between Ṣafā and Marwa over wuqufin in Arafat and Mash’ar. The words of the jurists reveal different opinions regarding the ruling on the priority of performing these rituals. From the popular point ofview of the jurists, it is not permissible for the public to perform these rituals in their own time. Based on some authentic narrations, the jurists believe that only the excused pilgrims such as the elderly, the sick, the disabled, and women who are afraid of the occurrence of menstruation can put the rituals before wuqufin; on the contrary, some other jurists believe that it is permissible, and of course disgusting, for pilgrims to perform Tawaf of the Hajj and sa’i before wuqufin; and pilgrims, if they have no excuse, should delay these rituals and perform them in their own time. The findings of this library-andsoftware-based research by analyzing the evidence and narrations indicate that the religious documents indicating the permission of priority of performing the rituals are not in line with the well-known opinions of jurists and the permission of perfuming rituals in their own time, albeit disgusting, seems closer to the spiritual merit (Thawāb).