وَهَذَا الطَّوَافُ طَوَافُ الْقُدُومِ، وَهُوَ سُنَّةٌ وَلَيْسَ بِوَاجِبٍ.
Translation: This tawaf is the arrival tawaf; it is a Sunnah and not obligatory.
Qudūm means arrival, so this is the tawaf associated with the arriving pilgrim. Al-Quduri explicitly calls it Sunnah, not obligatory.
It must be distinguished from the later Tawaf al-Ziyarah, which has a different, obligatory status in the rites of Hajj.
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Book of Hajj: Entering Mecca and Tawaf al-Qudum
وَهَذَا الطَّوَافُ طَوَافُ الْقُدُومِ، وَهُوَ سُنَّةٌ وَلَيْسَ بِوَاجِبٍ.
Translation: This tawaf is the arrival tawaf; it is a Sunnah and not obligatory.
Qudūm means arrival, so this is the tawaf associated with the arriving pilgrim. Al-Quduri explicitly calls it Sunnah, not obligatory.
It must be distinguished from the later Tawaf al-Ziyarah, which has a different, obligatory status in the rites of Hajj.