Iltizam Between
the Corner and the Door
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And he may cling to the place between the corner and the Door - placing his
chest and face and forearms upon this place. [45]
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And there is no particular dhikr for
tawaf
- so he may read Quran or say any dhikr he pleases, according to the Prophet's
saying : Tawaf around the House is prayer, except that Allah has allowed speech
in it, so he who speaks then let him not say except, good things and in a
narration : so let him limit his talk in it.� [46]
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And it is forbidden for a naked person or a menstruating woman to make tawaf
of the House, as he said: A naked person may not make tawaf of the House.�
[47] And his saying to �Aa'ishah when she came to make
�Umrah
in the final Hajj : Do as anyone making Hajj does, except do not make tawaf
of the House (and do not pray) until you become clean. [48]
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So when he finished the seventh round he covers his right shoulder and moves
to the Place of Ibrahim and recites: Wattakhidhu min-maqami ibrahima musalla.
And take ye the Station of Abraham as a place of prayer.
[Noble Quran 2:125]
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And he places the Maqami Ibrahim (Place of Abraham) between himself and the
Ka'bah and then prays two
rak'ahs.
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And he recites therein Surat-ul-Kafirun and Surat-Qul Huwallahu Ahad.
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And he should not walk between the hands of any praying person there, nor
allow anyone to walk in front of him while he is praying - as the
ahadith
forbidding that are general - and there is no established exception for the
Haram Masjid, let alone the rest of
Mecca.
[49]
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Then after praying he goes to
Zamzam
and drinks thereof, and pours some of the water onto his head, as he said:
�Zamzam water is for what it drunk for� [50] and he said �It is blessed and
it is a food and a cure for illness� [51] and he said: The best water upon
the face of the earth is Zamzam water, in it is nourishment and a cure from
illness. [52]
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Then he returned to the Black Stone, says
takbir
and touches it - as before.