How Should Tawaf Al-Tahiyya Be Performed, and Is Performing Arbitrary Rounds Around the Kaaba Permissible?

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch

Question 

Is Tawaf al-Tahiyya performed in seven rounds? Can it be shortened? Is there any issue with performing an arbitrary number of rounds around the Kaaba outside of Umra?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate

The minimum of a nafl Tawaf is seven rounds just as the minimum for a nafl prayer is two units. [Ibn ‘Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar]

Hope this helps

Allah knows best

[Shaykh] Yusuf Weltch

Shaykh Yusuf Weltch is a teacher of Arabic, Islamic law, and spirituality. After accepting Islam in 2008, he went on to study at Darul Uloom Seminary in New York and completed his studies in Darul Mustafa in Tarim, Yemen. There he completed the memorization of the Qur’an and his study of the Islamic Sciences. Throughout his years of study he was blessed to learn from many great scholars: al-Habib Umar bin Hafiz, al-Habib Kazhim al-Saqqaf, al-Shaykh Umar bin Husayn al-Khatib, and others. Upon returning, he joined the SeekersGuidance faculty in the summer of 2019.