Ibn Juraij said, " 'Ata informed us that when Ibn Hisham forbade women to perform Tawaf with men he said to him, 'How do you forbid them while the wives of the Prophet (saws) used to perform Tawaf with the men ?' I said, 'Was this before decreeing of the use of the veil or after it ? 'Ata took an oath and said, 'I saw it after the order of veil.' I said, 'How did they mix with the men?' 'Ata said, 'The women never mixed with the men, and 'Aishah used to perform Tawaf separately and never mixed with men. Once it happened that 'Aishah was performing the Tawaf and woman said to her, 'O Mother of believers! Let us touch the Black stone.' 'Aishah said to her, 'Go yourself,' and she herself refused to do so. The wives of the Prophet (saws) used to come out in night, in disguise and used to perform Tawaf with men. But whenever they intended to enter the Ka'bah, they would stay outside till the men had gone out. I and 'Ubaid bin 'Umair used to visit 'Aishah while she was residing at Jauf Thabir." I asked, "What was her veil?" 'Ata said, "She was in a Turkish tent with a covering over it, and that was the only thing (weal) which was screen between us and her. I saw a pink cover on her."

Narrated Um Salama: (the wife of the Prophet) I informed Allah's Apostle that I was ill. So he said, "Perform the Tawaf while riding behind the people." I did so, and at that time the Prophet was praying beside the Ka`ba and reciting Surat-at-Tur.

Narrated Ibn `Abbas: While the Prophet was performing Tawaf of the Ka`ba, he passed by a person who had tied his hands to another person with a rope or string or something like that. The Prophet cut it with his own hands and said, "Lead him by the hand."

Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet saw a man performing Tawaf of the Ka`ba tied with a string or something else. So the Prophet cut that string.

Narrated Abu Huraira: In the year prior to the last Hajj of the Prophet when Allah's Apostle made Abu Bakr the leader of the pilgrims, the latter (Abu Bakr) sent me in the company of a group of people to make a public announcement: 'No pagan is allowed to perform Hajj after this year, and no naked person is allowed to perform Tawaf of the Ka`ba.' (See Hadith No. 365 Vol. 1)

What is the ruling if one stops in the middle of performing Tawaf? Regarding a person who was performing Tawaf and the prayer was established, or he was removed from his place, Ata used to say that he should resume from where he left off (i.e., he should start again from the same place). This is also narrated from Ibn Umar and Abdur Rahman bin Abi Bakr, may Allah be pleased with them, in the same manner.

And Nafi’ narrated that Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to pray two rak’ahs after every seven circuits (of Tawaf). Isma’il bin Umayyah said: I asked Zuhri that Ata used to say that the prayer of Tawaf can also be performed with an obligatory prayer, so he replied: Acting upon the Sunnah is better. It never happened that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) completed seven circuits and did not pray two rak’ahs.

Narrated `Amr: We asked Ibn `Umar: "May a man have sexual relations with his wife during the Umra before performing Tawaf between Safa and Marwa?" He said, "Allah's Apostle arrived (in Mecca) and circumambulated the Ka`ba seven times, then offered two rak`at behind Maqam Ibrahim (the station of Abraham), then performed Tawaf between Safa and Marwa." Ibn `Umar added, "Verily! In Allah's Apostle you have a good example."

And I asked Jabir bin `Abdullah (the same question), and he replied, "You should not go near your wives (have sexual relations) till you have finished Tawaf between Safa and Marwa. "

Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The Prophet arrived at Mecca and performed Tawaf of the Ka`ba and Sa`i between Safa and Marwa, but he did not go near the Ka`ba after his Tawaf till he returned from `Arafat.