Those who considered it recommended to leave after an odd number of tawafs

Ata used to like that one should not leave without having completed an odd (witr) number of tawafs.

Sa'id bin Jubayr says that leaving after two tawafs is dearer to me than leaving after one tawaf.

Whenever Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) left, by day or by night, he would leave after an odd number of tawafs.

Ata used to like leaving after an odd number of tawafs.

He said: Al-Hasan used to say: Ten (tawafs) are dearer to me than nine, and eight are dearer to me than seven.

Sa'id bin Jubayr says that performing two tawafs is dearer to me than leaving after one tawaf.

It is narrated from Ata that Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) was performing tawaf during the governorship of Sa'id. Sa'id came out for the prayer, and Abd al-Rahman said: Wait for me until I leave after an odd number of tawafs. He waited for him. He left after three circuits, and then he did not repeat it.

Ata says that leaving after three tawafs (each of seven circuits) is dearer to me than leaving after four.