In Islamic context, Tawaf refers to the ritual of circumambulating the Ka'bah (the holiest building in Mecca) during the Hajj (pilgrimage). Muslims walk around the Ka'bah four times at a hurried pace, followed by three times, more closely, at a leisurely pace, in a counter-clockwise direction. Islam (Arabic: ; ( ⶠ(help· info)), the submission to God) is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions and the worlds second-largest religion. ... The Kaaba or Kaabah, is a building located inside the mosque known as Masjid al Haram in Mecca (Makkah). ... This article is about the city in Saudi Arabia. ... The Hajj or Haj (Arabic: ) is the Pilgrimage to Mecca (or, Makkah) and is the fifth of the Five Pillars of Islam in Sunni Islam and one of the ten Branches of Religion in Shia Islam. ... A Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. ...
Before beginning the Tawaf, it is sunnat to wrap the Ihram round the upper part of body, with the middle part of the ihram under the right arm and its two ends on the left shoulder.
And she performs the tawaf and the sa'i when she is canonically clean.
It is makruh to postpone the tawaf- i-ziyarat and the haircutting till after the sunset of the third day of the 'Iyd, and doing this necessitates killing a qurban.