ثُمَّ طَافَ بِالْبَيْتِ سَبْعَةَ أَشْوَاطٍ
Translation: Then he circumambulates the House seven circuits.
Thumma[ marks the next act. Al-bayt[ is the Ka'bah, while sabʿata ashwat specifically refers to seven complete circuits.
The seven circuits of this tawaf are counted separately from the seven pebbles at the Aqabah Jamarah and from the seven circuits of Tawaf al-Ziyarah. Similar numbers do not make separate rites interchangeable.
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Book of Hajj: Farewell Tawaf, Muhassab and Departure from Makkah
ثُمَّ طَافَ بِالْبَيْتِ سَبْعَةَ أَشْوَاطٍ
Translation: Then he circumambulates the House seven circuits.
Thumma[ marks the next act. Al-bayt[ is the Ka'bah, while sabʿata ashwat specifically refers to seven complete circuits.
The seven circuits of this tawaf are counted separately from the seven pebbles at the Aqabah Jamarah and from the seven circuits of Tawaf al-Ziyarah. Similar numbers do not make separate rites interchangeable.