LessonsBook of Hajj: Entering Mecca and Tawaf al-QudumQuiz

A pilgrim arriving from beyond Mecca may perform arrival tawaf; juristic texts call such a pilgrim āfāqī in the relevant context.

Meccan residents have no separate arrival tawaf. The Umrah tawaf and the sequences of tamattuʿ or qirān have their own rules; not every tawaf is called Qudum.

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Visiting pilgrim versus Meccan resident

Book of Hajj: Entering Mecca and Tawaf al-Qudum

A pilgrim arriving from beyond Mecca may perform arrival tawaf; juristic texts call such a pilgrim āfāqī in the relevant context.

Meccan residents have no separate arrival tawaf. The Umrah tawaf and the sequences of tamattuʿ or qirān have their own rules; not every tawaf is called Qudum.