Al-Hajj Al-Mabroor

For instance, some prefer to perform Tawâf at the narrow side,
close to the Ka‘bah, and do not want to perform it at the wide side,
though if each of us circumambulate without trying to outstrip his
companion or disturb him or knock against him, everything would
go peacefully and smoothly.
A hundred and twenty mercies in the Ka‘bah
The Truth, all praise and glory be to Him, intends for us ease, and
everyone present in the Meccan Sanctuary is to win a reward. The
Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless and grant him peace) said:
“Verily, Allah sends down in the Sanctuary (the Ka‘bah) a hundred
and twenty mercies…sixty to the performers of Tawâf [The
devotional act of circumambulating the Ka‘bah while reciting
prayers and supplications], forty to the prayers and twenty to the
watchers.”
If you just sit looking at the Ka‘bah mercy will be sent down upon
you. When you see the Ka‘bah and gaze at it all your worries fade
away and nothing occupy your mind save Allah, all praise and
glory be to Him. If you sit for hours before the Ka‘bah your eyes
will not be diverted away from it, and you will be unable to
disengage yourself as long as you are sitting in front of it. If you
seek an interpretation, learn that in the human soul are faculties
known only to Allah, all praise and glory be to Him.
After finishing the Ifadah Tawâf, you perform the Major Ending of
Ihrâm, after which you become relieved of all the prohibitions of
Ihrâm. The pilgrim who first performs ‘Umrah (Minor Pilgrimage)
[It consists essentially of Ihrâm, Tawâf (i.e. circumambulation) around
the Ka‘bah (seven times), and Sa‘y (i.e. running) between As-Safâ and
Al-Marwah (seven times). It is called minor Hajj since it need not be
performed at a particular time of the year and its performance requires
fewer ceremonies than the Hajj proper] then ends his state of Ihrâm
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