Manāsik al-Ḥajj - Ibn Taimiya - (74)

be disliked, whether the person passing in front of him is a man or a woman; and this ruling is peculiar to Mecca.

Likewise, it is recommended in this tawaf (1) to perform idtibaʿ, which means exposing the right shoulder: he places the middle of his mantle beneath his right armpit and drapes both ends (2)(3)(4) over his left shoulder.

If he omits both raml and idtibaʿ, there is no consequence.

During tawaf it is commendable for him to remember Allah, exalted is He, and to supplicate with lawful invocations. Should he recite the Qur’an softly, there is no harm (5). No specific dhikr has been fixed for tawaf from the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—whether by his command, his words, or his instruction. Rather, he may employ any of the sound, sharʿī supplications. What many people recite of a particular supplication beneath the waterspout and the like has no foundation. However, he would conclude his tawaf between (7)

(1) Manuscripts A and B read: “this.” (2) Manuscript D adds the preposition “in.” (3) Manuscripts A and B read: “and its tip.” (4) The word “his shoulder” is absent from A and B. (5) Al-Ikhtiyarat, p. 175: “Reciting Qur’an during tawaf is recommended, but not aloud; if the recitation confuses those praying, it then becomes impermissible. In general, Qur’an recitation is superior to tawaf.” (6) Manuscript A reads: “he calls upon him.” (7) The phrase “but he was” appears in C and D as: “and the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was.”

يُكْرَهْ، سواءٌ مَرَّ أمامَهُ رجلٌ أو امرأةٌ، وهذا مِنْ خصائِصِ مكةَ. وكذلِكَ يُسْتَحَبُّ أنْ يَضْطَبِعَ في هذا (١) الطوافِ، والاضْطِبَاعُ: هو أنْ يُبْدِيَ ضَبْعَهُ الأيمنَ، فيضعَ (٢) وسطَ الرِّدَاءِ تحتَ إبْطِهِ الأيمنِ، وطرفَيه (٣) على عاتقِه (٤) الأيسرِ. وإنْ تَرَكَ الرَّمَلَ والاضطباعَ؛ فلا شيءَ عليه. ويُسْتَحَبُّ له في الطوافِ: أنْ يذكُرَ اللهَ تعالَى ويَدْعُوَهُ بما يُشْرَعُ، وإنْ قرأَ القرآنَ سِرًّا فلا بأسَ (٥) ، وليسَ فيه ذِكْرٌ محدودٌ عنِ النبيِّ صلَّى اللَّهُ عليهِ وسلَّمَ، لا بأَمْرِهِ، ولا بِقَوْلِهِ، ولا بتعلِيمِهِ، بلْ يدعُو (٦) فيه بسائرِ الأدعيةِ الشرعيةِ، ومَا يذكُرُهُ كثيرٌ مِنَ الناسِ مِنْ دعاءٍ معيَّنٍ تحتَ الميزابِ ونحوِ ذلِكَ فلَا أصلَ لَهُ، لكن كان (٧) يختِمُ طوافَهُ بينَ

(١) في (أ) و (ب): (هذه). (٢) زيد في (د): (في). (٣) في (أ) و (ب): (وطرفه). (٤) قوله: (عاتقه) سقطت من (أ) و (ب). (٥) قال في الاختيارات ص ١٧٥: (ويسن القراءة في الطواف، لا الجهر بها، فأما إن غلَّط المصلين؛ فليس له ذلك إذًا، وجنس القراءة أفضل من جنس الطواف). (٦) في (أ): (يدعوه). (٧) قوله: (لكن كان) هو في (ج) و (د): (وكان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم).