Chapter on Combining Tawaf Rounds

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 3|Chapter 72

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 72

Chapter on Combining Tawaf Rounds
2 hadiths · 1 commentary
Hadith 1

رَوَى اِبْنُ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «إِنَّمَا يُكْرَهُ أَنْ يَجْمَعَ اَلرَّجُلُ بَيْنَ اَلسُّبُوعَيْنِ وَ اَلطَّوَافَيْنِ فِي اَلْفَرِيضَةِ فَأَمَّا فِي اَلنَّافِلَةِ فَلاَ بَأْسَ.

Ibn Muskan narrated from Zurara, who said that Abu Abdullah (a.s) said: "It is only disliked for a person to combine two sets of seven circuits (tawafayn) in the obligatory tawaf. However, in the case of voluntary tawaf, there is no issue."

Hadith 2

وَ قَالَ زُرَارَةُ: رُبَّمَا طُفْتُ مَعَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ وَ هُوَ مُمْسِكٌ بِيَدِي اَلطَّوَافَيْنِ وَ اَلثَّلاَثَةَ ثُمَّ يَنْصَرِفُ وَ يُصَلِّي اَلرَّكَعَاتِ سِتّاً.

Zurara said: "Sometimes I performed tawaf with Abu Ja'far (a.s) as he held my hand, completing two or three tawafs. Then he would leave and perform six units of prayer (rak‘at)."

Commentary 1

وكلما قرن الرجل بين طواف النافلة صلى لكل أسبوع أسبوع ركعتين ركعتين.

It is noted that whenever a person combines multiple tawafs of voluntary nature, they should pray two units of prayer for each set of seven circuits (tawaf).