5-Endless Bliss Fifth Fascicle - Hakikat Kitabevi

Women do not shave or clip their hair. But they cut a little of it with
scissors.
5 - For those hadjis who are Âfâqî, that is, who come to Mekka
from places that are farther from the places called Mîqât, to make
Tawâf-i-sadr, that is, Tawâf-i-wadâ’ (farewell visit), the day before
departing from Mekka. This tawâf is not wâjib for a menstruating
woman.
6 - To stay at ’Arafât for a while after sunset. It is written in the
books Jawhara and Majmû’a-i-Zuhdiyya, “A person who leaves
’Arafât before sunset will have to kill a qurbân. You can stay at
’Arafât when you are junub.
7 - During tawâf-i-ziyârat, to make three more turns after going
round the Kâ’ba-i-mu’azzama four times. The night after tawâf-iziyârat
is spent at Minâ.
8 - Not to be without an ablution or a ghusl while making the
tawâf.
9 - To wear clean clothes.
10 - To make the turns by taking the place called the Hatîm
within the circle while making the tawâf.
11 - To make the tawâf with the Kâ’ba-i-mu’azzama always on
your left hand side.
12 - To have made the tawâf-i-ziyârat by the sunset of the third
day of ’Iyd.
13 - To cover the awrat parts [1] while making the tawâf. This is
very important for women.
14 - While making sa’i between the mounts of Safâ and Merva,
to begin from Safâ.
Getting on top of the mount of Safâ, you turn towards the Kâ’ba.
You make tekbîr (say: “Allâhu akber”) and tehlîl (say: “lâ ilâha
illallah”), and say the prayer of salawât. Then, stretching both arms
forward on a level with your shoulders and opening your palms
toward the sky, you say your prayers. Next you walk towards
Merva. You walk four times from Safâ to Merva and thrice from
Merva to Safâ.
15 - To perform two rak’ats of namâz in the Masjîd-i-harâm
after each tawâf.
16 - To do the devil-stoning (the Jumarats) during the ’Iyd days.
[1] See Chapter 8 of fourth fascicle of Endless Bliss.
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