Simple rule to remember when you are in doubt about the...

Simple rule to remember when you are in doubt about the number of circuits or rounds: The following doubts should be ignored: • All doubts after the completion of Tawaaf or after having moved from the place of Tawaaf, should be ignored. • When you are certain of having completed the seven rounds, but are doubtful whether you went round more than seven times, such doubts should also be ignored. • If you were doing Tawaaf that is Wajib, all doubts during Tawaaf would render Batil.

When in doubt whether the round is third or fourth, for example you will decide that it is third, complete the Tawaaf, and do it all over again. So the rule is that, determine the lesser number, complete the doubtful Tawaaf,…