Ṭawāf (طواف)

Circumambulating the Ka’bah

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ وَ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ طُفْ بِالْبَيْتِ سَبْعَةَ أَشْوَاطٍ وَ تَقُولُ فِي الطَّوَافِ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي يُمْشَى بِهِ عَلَى طَلَلِ الْمَاءِ كَمَا يُمْشَى بِهِ عَلَى جَدَدِ الْأَرْضِ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي يَهْتَزُّ لَهُ عَرْشُكَ وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِي تَهْتَزُّ لَهُ أَقْدَامُ مَلَائِكَتِكَ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, and Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Al Fazl Bin Shazaan, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, and Safwan Bin Yahya, from Muawiya Bin Ammar,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Perform Tawaaf by the House (Kaaba), seven circuits and you should be saying during the Tawaaf, ‘O Allah-azwj! I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Name by which one can walk upon the surface of the water just as one can walk upon the hard ground. And I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Name by which Your Throne can be shaken for him. And I ask You-azwj by Your-azwj Name by which the feet of the Angels would Shake for him (an extract).[1]


[1] Al Kafi – V 4 – The Book of Hajj Ch 123 H 1

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