Tawaf: Circling the Ka'bah

On reaching al-Masjid al-Haram, go to the Ka'bah for the tawaf, which Allah commands: ﴿وَلْيَطَّوَّفُوا۟ بِٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْعَتِيقِ﴾ (“and let them circle the Ancient House”). Begin at the corner of the Black Stone. Touch and kiss it if you can, as 'Umar did, saying he did so only because he had seen the Prophet ﷺ kiss it. If you cannot reach it, point to it and say "Allahu akbar", as the Prophet ﷺ did.

Walk around the Ka'bah seven times with it on your left, each circuit beginning and ending at the Black Stone. Go around the outside of the low semicircular wall (al-Hijr), since the area inside it is part of the House. Touch the Yemeni Corner if you can; the Prophet ﷺ touched only these two corners. Between the Yemeni Corner and the Black Stone he said the words below; for the rest of the tawaf, remember Allah and make du'a as you wish.

Men have two further sunnahs in this tawaf. Idtiba': wearing the upper sheet under the right armpit with its ends over the left shoulder. Raml: walking briskly with short steps in the first three circuits and normally in the last four. The Prophet ﷺ first ordered raml to show the people of Makkah his Companions' strength, and he kept it in his Farewell Pilgrimage.

Be in wudu for the tawaf. The Prophet ﷺ made wudu before his tawaf, and he said that tawaf around the House is like prayer, except that speaking is allowed in it. The schools differ on whether wudu is a condition of its validity.