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And it will be sufficient to point out to the black stone from far,
saying: God is Greater, without stopping in front of it, and he is
not allowed to obstruct and interrupt others, or harm them. Then
the Umrah performer has to proceed through the seven rounds
(Ashwat).In the meantime he has to avoid harming other umrah
performers by pushing or raising his voice and other causes of
disturbance.
Some remarks about tawaf
1-To stay near each of the Honored K’aabah corners. Perhaps
its walls, to cling to it touching and caressing its curtains, all of
these is not allowed as these are baseless innovations in Sha-
rey’iah, as it was not previously performed by our Prophet (May
God prayers and peace Be upon him).
2-Overcrowdng of women and men, especially near the Black
Stone, and near Ibrahim (Peace Be upon him) Place, that is im-
proper and is not allowed, so the pilgrims must be away from
this.
When Completing Tawaf the Performer must do the following
1-He has to cover the right side of his shoulder.
2-To make two genuflects and make supplications “prayers”
behind Ibrahim Place if that is possible, otherwise he has to pray
two prostrations in any place in the Mosque, it is a confirmed
sunnah. In the first prostration he has to read surat “Al Fatiha”
and surat “Al Kaferoon” The cavirs. And in the second pros-
tration he has to read the Sincerity surat “Al-Ekhlas”. And if he
reads other Surats no harm for that.
The intention for making Umrah
He must say O’Lord I intend to make Umrah please make it easy
and accept it from me, and assist me for it. I wore Ihram for the

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