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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Manner of the Two Rak'ahs of Tawaf and the Place of Their Performance

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Question:
Praise be to Allah. Also, you ask: What is the manner of the two rak'ahs of tawaf, and do they have specific supplications and dhikr?

Answer:
The two rak'ahs of tawaf are a confirmed sunnah (recommended practice). They have the same dhikr and recitations as the other prayers: reciting Surat al-Fatihah and reciting the surah
Say, O you disbelieversقل يا أيها الكافرون
in the first rak'ah, and reciting "Say, O you disbelievers" and "Say, He is Allah, One" in the second rak'ah. One says in them what he says in all other prayers, and he prays them
behind the Maqam Ibrahim, if it is feasible, meaning he places it between himself and the Ka'bah. If that is not feasible for him due to the heavy crowd, he prays them in any place in al-Masjid al-Haram, or even in the Haram, even outside al-Masjid al-Haram. There is no obligatory place for them; rather, the recommended place is at the Maqam Ibrahim, as Allah the Exalted said:
And take, [O believers], from the standing place of Abraham a place of prayer.وَاتَّخِذُوا مِن مَّقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مُصَلًّى
[Al-Baqarah 2:125]
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Following the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), for he prayed them in this location. However, this is not obligatory. If he prays them in any place in the Haram, that suffices him, because the entire Haram is called the Maqam Ibrahim. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 18 من 27|أحكام المرأة في الصيام|أحكام العمرة المتعلقة بالمرأة المسلمة|صالح الفوزان|فقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (2:04)

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