or remain silent, and in another marfūʿ report from him: “Part of a person’s excellence in Islam is to leave what does not concern him.”

It is recommended for the pilgrim in ihram to devote himself to the talbiyah, the remembrance of Allah, recitation of the Quran, enjoining right, forbidding wrong, guarding his time from anything that would spoil it, purifying his intention for Allah alone, and yearning for His reward—for he is in a state of consecration, on the threshold of a great act of worship, and approaching sacred precincts and blessed stations.

When he reaches Mecca, if he is in the state of tamattuʿ he performs the rites of ʿumrah: he circumambulates the House seven times; afterwards he prays two rakʿahs, preferably behind the Station of Abraham if possible, otherwise anywhere within the Mosque. Then he proceeds to al-Ṣafa to perform saʿy between it and al-Marwah, making seven circuits, beginning at al-Ṣafa and ending at al-Marwah, each leg—outward or return—counting as one circuit. During both tawaf and saʿy he should fill his time with supplication and humble entreaty to Allah, exalted is He.

Upon completing the seventh circuit, the male pilgrim trims the hair of his head, while the female shortens her hair by the length of a fingertip.