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Must a Hajj pilgrim performing Tamattu' who experienced menstruation after 'Umrah and before Tawaf Al-Ifadah and Al-Wada', then purified on the fourteenth day, repeat Tawaf Al-Ifadah and Sa'y, and is her sacrifice and distribution to the poor sufficient?

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A woman in ihram for Hajj who experiences her menstrual cycle performs all the rituals of Hajj except for the circumambulation (tawaf) of the Kaaba until she becomes pure. Once pure, she performs tawaf, then the ritual walking (sa'i), and then exits ihram.

If a woman in ihram returns to her country without performing the tawaf al-ifadah (circumambulation of outpouring) or the sa'i, and then returns as an 'umrah pilgrim and performs tawaf and sa'i for her Hajj, her obligation is thus fulfilled.

Tawaf al-ifadah is a pillar of Hajj, and a person in ihram does not achieve the major exiting from ihram (tahallul al-akbar) except by performing it. Whoever does not perform it remains in ihram. He must abstain from marital relations until he performs tawaf al-ifadah and exits ihram.

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