Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: The Case of Joining Two Tawaf ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَ٠ْزَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَطُوفُ يَقْرُنُ بَيْنَ أُسْبُوعَيْنِ فَقَالَ إِنْ شِئْتَ رَوَيْتُ لَكَ عَنْ أَهْلِ ٠َكَّةَ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لا وَالله ٠َا لِي فِي ذَلِكَ ٠ِنْ حَاجَةٍ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ وَلَكِنِ ارْوِ لِي ٠َا أَدِينُ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بِهِ فَقَالَ لا تَقْرُنْ بَيْنَ أُسْبُوعَيْنِ كُلَّ٠َا طُفْتَ أُسْبُوعاً فَصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَأَ٠َّا أَنَا فَرُبَّ٠َا قَرَنْتُ الثَّلاثَةَ وَالأَرْبَعَةَ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ إِنِّي ٠2.

A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn abu Hamzah who has said the following: “I once asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.), about a man who joins two Tawaf. He (the Imam) said, ‘If you like I can narrate to you from people of Makkah.’ I then said, ‘No, by Allah, I do not need that, I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, but narrate to me by which I can worship Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious.

He (the Imam) said, ‘Do not join two Tawaf (each of walking seven times around the House). Perform two Rak‘at Salat (prayer) after each Tawaf (of walking seven times around the House). I, however, perform Tawaf and join three and four Tawaf together.’ I then looked at him (the Imam). He (the Imam) said, ‘I am with these people.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/42))