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 Rh wear any other garment than the Ihrám. Immediately on his arrival at Mecca he performs the legal ablutions, and proceeds to the Musjid-ul-Harám, or Sacred Mosque, and kisses the Hajr-ul-aswad, or the black stone, and then encompasses the Kʾaba seven times. This act, which is called Tawáf, is performed by commencing on the right and leaving the Kʾaba on the left. The circuits are made thrice with a quick step or run, and four times at a slow pace. He then proceeds to the Maqám-i-Ibrahím (the place of the prophet Abraham) and performs two rakʾat prayers, after which he returns to the black stone and kisses it. He then goes to the gate of the temple leading to Mount Safá, and from it ascends the hill and