Mālik as well that the first thing a pilgrim should do on reaching Mecca is to enter the Mosque and circumambulate the House seven times. In the first three circuits he performs ramal—a brisk trot short of running—and in the remaining four he walks. If he forgets to trot in the first three rounds he must not make it up during the last four, for those are rounds of walking in which no ramal is prescribed. Even if he deliberately omits the ramal and walks all seven, nothing is due from him, for he has not left out an essential act, only a recommended manner. Some have said that he must offer a compensatory sacrifice, but the first opinion is the sound position of the school.
Mālik considered it preferable to stop reciting the talbiyah during the tawāf of Hajj, yet if one continues there is no harm; he likewise saw no objection to doing so on Ṣafā and Marwah. As for the pilgrim performing ʿUmrah, he does not pronounce the talbiyah during either his tawāf or his saʿy. He begins his circumambulation by touching the Black Stone; if he cannot reach it he faces it and proclaims “Allāhu akbar.” At the start of the tawāf and when touching the Stone he says: “In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate. Allah is greatest. O Allah, I believe in You, affirm the truth of Your Book, fulfill my covenant with You, and follow the sunnah of Your Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him.” If he omits this, there is no blame.
Each time he passes the Black Stone during the three circuits in which he is trotting he says: “O Allah, make this a Hajj that is accepted, a sin forgiven, and an endeavor that is thanked.” In the remaining four circuits he says: “O Allah, forgive, have mercy, and pardon what You know, for You are the Mighty, the Most Generous. O Allah, grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.” If he leaves these supplications, there is no sin; Mālik prescribed no fixed wording for any of them.
When he begins the tawāf from the Black Stone—or from a point level with it—he turns to his right after touching it, keeping the House on his left,