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'''Ṭawāf''' (Arabic:{{InlineArabic| الطواف}}) consists in seven turns of circumambulation around the [[Ka'ba]], which is one of the obligatory rituals of [[hajj]] and [['umra]]. Each turn of this circumambulation is called a "shawt". All kinds of hajj and 'umra have two tawafs: tawaf al-ziyara (tawaf of pilgrimage) and tawaf al-nisa' (tawaf of women), except 'umra al-tamattu' that does not involve tawaf al-nisa'. When one does not wear [[ihram]], they can also practice recommended tawafs. After each tawaf, two [[rak'a]]s of prayers should be said behind [[Maqam Ibrahim (a)]].

There is no tawaf al-nisa' in the [[fiqh]] of Sunni Muslims.

The word "tawaf" means to surround something or to turn around something on foot. "Ta'if" (the subject-adjective form) refers to someone who turns around a house. In the terminology of [[fiqh]], "tawaf" refers to the circumambulation around the Ka'ba.

In Islamic jurisprudence, "tawaf" around the Ka'ba is an obligatory ritual of hajj. The pilgrim should circumambulate around the Ka'ba seven times with certain conditions: one should start in each turn (shawt) from the [[Black Stone]] (Hajar al-Aswad) and finish with it. Tawaf consists in 7 "shawt"s.