Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) did not consider it objectionable for someone performing Tawaf to perform Tawaf three or five times and then offer prayer.

Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) used to combine several circuits of Tawaf (perform several Tawafs and then offer prayer).

Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said that there is no harm if a person performs three or five Tawaf together and then offers two Rak'ahs.

Hazrat Mujahid once performed (several) circuits of Tawaf together.

Hazrat Mujahid denied this and said that except for one Quraishi, no one else did this, whose name is Miswar bin Makhramah.

Hazrat Tawoos performed six circuits (Tawaf) together and then offered six units (Rak'ahs) together afterwards.

Hazrat Tawus and Hazrat Miswar bin Makhramah used to combine several circuits (Tawaf) together, and Hazrat Ata saw no harm in doing so.

Hazrat Abdul Malik narrates that I stayed in Makkah Mukarramah, where Hazrat Saeed bin Jubair and Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) bin Hussain were also present. Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) bin Hussain performed three Tawafs consecutively, and then for each Tawaf (for the seven circuits), he offered two rak'ahs, and then he went to the Hajar Aswad and touched it. Hazrat Saeed bin Jubair used to do this during the day.

People mentioned before Hazrat Qasim that Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) used to combine several circuits of Tawaf together. He said, "O people! Fear Allah and do not say such things about the Mother of the Believers which she did not use to do."

Hazrat Zuhri says that it is an established Sunnah that after every seven circuits, it is necessary to perform two rak‘ahs.

Hazrat Khalid bin Abu Bakr says that I saw Hazrat Qasim bin Muhammad, Hazrat Salim, and Hazrat Ubaidullah bin Abdullah; they would perform two rak'ahs after every seven circuits of Tawaf, and they would not combine multiple Tawafs together.

Hazrat Zaid bin Sa’ib narrates that I saw Hazrat Kharijah bin Zaid perform two rak’ahs after every seven circuits of Tawaf.

Hazrat Urwah did not combine several circuits (Tawaf) together, and he used to perform two rak'ahs after each Tawaf.

Hazrat Thabit bin Qais narrates that I saw Hazrat Iraq bin Malik perform two rak'ahs after every tawaf (of seven circuits).

Hasan says that for every seven circuits of Tawaf, there are two rak‘ahs; no nafl or obligatory prayer will suffice in their place.