significance

Assalamu Alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh:Please explain the significance (if any) of the number seven in Islam, such as in  Tawaf and Saee as well as washing of the bowl when a dog eats or drinks from it?Jazakum Allah Khayr.Wassalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh

Is there a significance of human hands? Is there anything in the Qur’an or Hadith about the person’s hands and how they might be used as a sign of God? I know for one that on the palms we see the apparent numbers of 81and 18, totaling 99 which is as many names as Allah has! I ask this because of a Jewish Doctor who was interested in what Islam has to say about hands (he says, to him, in Judaism hands relate to the two tablets that the ten commandments were written on, and how the right hand extends from God and the left extends from man or something like that). Thank you and Allah bless you!

What is the significance of doing Tawaf around the Ka`bah seven times?

Dear sheikh, as-salamu `alaykum wa rahamatullah wa barakatuh. In these blessed days, pilgrims travel to the sacred sites in Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj. Please, enlighten me as to the ethics and significance of this Islamic rite. Jazakum Allah Khayran.