After the prescribed seven traversals of sa’y, additional voluntary tawaf in Mecca is a separate activity. Yaṭūfu bi-l-bayt means circling the Kaaba, not repeating Safa–Marwa walks.
Both rites involve the number seven, but one consists of circuits and the other of one-way traversals.
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Book of Hajj: Sa’y between Safa and Marwa and the Day of Tarwiyah
After the prescribed seven traversals of sa’y, additional voluntary tawaf in Mecca is a separate activity. Yaṭūfu bi-l-bayt means circling the Kaaba, not repeating Safa–Marwa walks.
Both rites involve the number seven, but one consists of circuits and the other of one-way traversals.