Explanation:
*Tawāf involves going round the Kacbah seven times in a state of purity.
*It is the performed for Ḥajj and cUmrah.
*There are essentially three types but perfomed in the same manner.
*These are:Tawāf –Qudūm (Arrival Tawāf)
*Its time of performance depends on when the pilgrim arrives at Makkah.
*It is to be performed before the standing at cArafah.
*The second Tawāf is variously called Tawāf al-Ifadah, or Tawāf az-Ziyārah or Tawāf ar-Rukn.
*It is compulsory of the three kinds.
*It is performed on the Day of cId al-Aḍhā.
*The final Tawāf is Tawāf al-Wada (farewell Tawāf).
*It is performed when a pilgrim first perfoms ritual bath.
*The pilgrim begins and ends the movement from the Ḥajar al-Aswad.
*The pilgrim begins by saying: Bismillahi Allāhu Akbar.
*The Black stone is kissed, touched or signalled at every round of the circumambulation.

*The pilgrim touches the Rukni Yamāni in every circuit.
*The pilgrim also recites certain supplications during the Tawāf.
*Pilgrims do the first three rounds faster than the last four of the seven rounds.
*Two Rakcah of Nāfilah is to be observed at Maqām Ibrāhīm at the end of it.