Takbir in Tawaf

Question:
The questioner asks: If I begin the tawaf, do I say "Bismillah" and "Allahu Akbar," and for the remaining circuits do I say "Allahu Akbar"? And do I conclude the seventh circuit with takbir?

Answer:
What is prescribed in tawaf is to say takbir at the beginning, if you are able to touch the Black Stone and kiss it. Otherwise, you point to it from a distance and say "Allahu Akbar" without "Bismillah." "Bismillah" is not prescribed in this place. Rather, takbir is what is prescribed at the beginning of every circuit, at the beginning of every circuit, and also at the end. At the end, you also say "Allahu Akbar," then you exit the area of tawaf. You begin and conclude with what you began with, which is takbir. Yes.