Tawaf

TYPE OF TAWAF • Tawaful Qudoom: Initial Tawaf when pilgrims enter for the first time in the Masjid ul-Haram.

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After they don the ihram, the Hajjaaj begin a ritual known as the Tawaf (tahwaf; to turn), in which they walk around the ka'ba (kah-bah), a cubelike structure located in the middle of the masjid al-Haraam (mas-jeed al-hah-ram; The Sacred Mosque of Mecca).

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The Tawaf is the name of the circumambulation [walking around] of the Kaaba 7 times in the Witches walk, aka walking widdershins or going anti-clockwise of the object.

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“Tawaf,” the name given to the sets (Ashwat) of seven circuits with the left shoulder presented to the Holy House, that is walking “widdershins” or “against the sun” (“with the sun” being like the movement of a watch).

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From Medina, the Hajjaaj walk to the hill of Arafat, then to the city of Mina, before returning to the ka'ba for a final Tawaf.

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After the Tawaf, the Hajjaaj walk to the hills of Safa and Marwah before walking to Medina, the city where the Prophet Muhammad is buried.

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Umrah and Hajj, is that in the former the standing on Arafat and the Tawaf al-Ifazah are necessarily omitted.

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