Umrah duas

Now the Islamic brothers with their heads uncovered and the Islamic sisters with their heads covered should make the following intention of ‘Umraĥ.

Translation: Yā Allah, I make the intention of ‘Umraĥ, make it easy for me and accept it from me. Help me in performing it and make it blessed for me. I have made intention for ‘Umraĥ and put on its Iḥrām for the sake of Allah.

Labbayk

After making the intention, it is essential to recite Labbayk at least once; reciting it thrice is preferable. Labbayk is as follows:

I am in attendance. Yā AllahI am in attendance. I am in attendance (and) You have no partners. I am in attendance. No doubt, all glorification and bounties are for You and also the sovereignty (is Yours), You have no partners.

O pilgrims to Madīnaĥ! You are now in the state of Iḥrām. This Labbayk is the most important invocation for you. Recite it abundantly while sitting, standing and walking.

Du’ā of first round

Translation: Allahis pure (from all shortcomings). All glorifications are for Allahand no one is worthy of worship except Allah. And Allahis the Greatest. And the power (to refrain from sins) and the strength (to incline towards worship) is (bestowed) by AllahWho is dignified and glorified. May blessings and salutations of Allahbe upon Rasūl of Allah. Yā Allah! I believe in You and testify Your commandments and affirm the oath made with You following the Sunnaĥ of Your Beloved Prophet Muhammad(I have started Ṭawāf). Yā Allah! I beg forgiveness from You (for my sins) and safety (from every affliction) and everlasting security (from every trouble) in our religion and in the world and in the Hereafter, and the gaining of Paradise and deliverance from the fire of Hell.

Complete this Du’ā before reaching Rukn Yamānī. Now touch Rukn Yamānī (for acquiring blessings) with both hands or with right hand provided that there is no risk of trouble for you and for others due to crowd. Do not touch with left hand only. If you get a chance, kiss Rukn Yamānī. If you do not get the chance of kissing or touching it, you are not required to kiss the hands having pointed them to Rukn Yamānī. (As people apply a lot of fragrance to Rukn Yamānī these days, those in the state of Iḥrām should take care before they touch or kiss Rukn Yamānī.)

Now after completing the Ṭawāf of three corners of the Holy Ka’baĥ, you are approaching the fourth sacred corner Rukn Aswad. The wall between Rukn Yamānī and Rukn Aswad is called Mustajāb. Here 70,000 angels are deputed to say Āmīn for Du’ā. Ask whatever you desire in your mother tongue, for yourself as well as for all Muslims, or recite Ṣalāt-‘Alan-Nabī once on behalf of the entire Ummaĥ – including me, a sinful devotee of Madīnaĥ – recite this Quranic Du’ā as well:

Yā Allah! Bless me with goodness in this world and goodness in the Hereafter and save me from the torment of Hell.

[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)]

Now you have reached Ḥajar-ul-Aswad, completing the first round. Here people are seen waving their hands from far away, imitating each other as they pass. Doing so is not a Sunnaĥ. As described earlier, turn towards Ḥajar-ul-Aswad standing in the direction of the green tube light. There is no need to make intention as it has already been made. To start the second round, raise both hands up to ears and recite this Du’ā:

Perform Istilām, i.e. if there is an opportunity, kiss Ḥajar-ul-Aswad, otherwise kiss the hands having signalled to it with them. Now keeping face towards the Holy Ka’baĥ, move a little towards your right. As soon as Ḥajar-ul-Aswad is not in front of you, start Ṭawāf such that the Holy Ka’baĥ is on your left side. Reciting Ṣalāt-‘Alan-Nabī, recite Du’ā of the second round.

Du’ā of second round

Translation: Yā Allah! No doubt, this House is Your House, this Ḥaram is Your Ḥaram, the peace and security (here) has been bestowed by You. And every servant is Your servant and I am also Your servant and I am a son of Your servant. This is the place to beg protection against the fire of Hell from You. So make our flesh and skin Ḥarām for the fire of Hell. Yā Allah! Bless us with utmost devotion to (Islamic) faith and inculcate fondness for it in our hearts. And make infidelity, sin and transgression a displeasing thing for us and include us among those who are on the True Path. Yā Allah! Save us from torment on the day when You will resurrect Your servants and Yā Allah! Bestow upon me Paradise without accountability.

Finish this Du’ā before reaching Rukn Yamānī. If you get a chance, kiss it. Otherwise just touch it (i.e. Rukn Yamānī), and move towards Ḥajar-ul-Aswad reciting Ṣalāt-‘Alan-Nabī as well as this Quranic Du’ā:

Yā Allah! Bless me with goodness in this world and goodness in the Hereafter and save me from the torment of Hell.

[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)]

Look! You have again approached Ḥajar-ul-Aswad. Now your second round has also completed. Then, like before, recite the following Du’ā raising both hands up to ears:

Then, perform Istilām of Ḥajar-ul-Aswad and complete the third round like previous ones. Reciting Ṣalāt-‘Alan-Nabī recite the following Du’ā:

Du’ā of third round

Translation: Yā Allah! I seek Your refuge from doubting (in Your commandments) and from polytheism (in Your Being or in Your Attributes), and from discord and hypocrisy, from bad manners, and from bad condition and from doom of wealth and family. Yā Allah! I beg for Your pleasure and Paradise, and I seek Your refuge from Your wrath and from Hell. Yā Allah! I seek Your refuge from the calamity of the grave and seek Your refuge from every affliction of life and death.

Finish this Du’ā before reaching Rukn Yamānī. If possible, kiss it. Otherwise only touch it (Rukn Yamānī) and move towards Ḥajar-ul-Aswad reciting Ṣalāt-‘Alan-Nabī and this Quranic Du’ā:

Yā Allah! Bless me with goodness in this world and goodness in the Hereafter and save me from the torment of Hell.

[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)]

Look! You have again reached Ḥajar-ul-Aswad. Now your third round has completed. Then, like before, recite the following Du’ā raising both hands up to ears:

Then, perform Istilām of Ḥajar-ul-Aswad and start the fourth round like previous ones. You do not need to perform Raml any longer as Raml is to be performed in the first three rounds only. Now you have to complete remaining rounds by walking at medium pace. Reciting Ṣalāt-‘Alan-Nabī, recite the following Du’ā of the fourth round:

Du’ā of fourth round

Translation: Yā Allah! Make this (‘Umraĥ of mine) an accepted one, a successful effort and a basis for the forgiveness of my sins and an accepted pious deed and a trading with no loss. O the Knower of the affairs of hearts! Bring me out from darkness (of sins) towards the refulgence (of pious deeds). Yā Allah! I ask You (the means of) that which makes Your mercy indispensable for me and the means of that which guarantees my forgiveness from You. I ask You to grant me protection from every sin and ability to adopt every good deed and to enter Paradise and to get freedom from Hell. Yā Allah! Whatever sustenance You have bestowed upon me, make me content with it, increase virtue in the bounties which You have provided to me and, by Your grace, provide me with good substitute for every loss.

• As usual, complete the foregoing Du’ā before reaching Rukn Yamānī. Then, reciting Ṣalāt-‘Alan-Nabī, recite the following Du’ā:

Yā Allah! Bless me with goodness in this world and goodness in the Hereafter and save me from the torment of Hell.

[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)]

You have reached Ḥajar-ul-Aswad once again. Then, like before, recite the following Du’ā raising both hands up to ears:

Then, perform the Istilām of Ḥajar-ul-Aswad and begin the fifth round of Ṭawāf. Reciting Ṣalāt-‘Alan-Nabī, recite the Du’ā for the fifth round of Ṭawāf which is as follows:

Du’ā of fifth round

Translation: Yā Allah! Bless me with the shade of Your ‘Arsh on the day when there will be no shade except the shade of Your ‘Arsh and nothing would survive except You. Let me drink such a pleasant and tasty sip from Your Prophet’s pond (Kawšar) that I would never feel thirst thereafter. Yā Allah! I ask You for the goodness of those things which Your Prophet had asked from You, I ask You protection from the evil of the things which Your Prophet Muhammadhad sought protection from. Yā Allah! I ask for Paradise and its bounties, and (the strength to adopt) all those statements, acts and deeds which would bring me closer to Paradise. I ask You for protection from Hell and (the strength to refrain from) all those statements, acts and deeds which may bring me closer to Hell.

As usual, complete the foregoing Du’ā before reaching Rukn Yamānī. Then, reciting Ṣalāt-‘Alan-Nabī, recite the following Du’ā:

Yā Allah! Bless me with goodness in this world and goodness in the Hereafter and save me from the torment of Hell.

[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)]

Then, recite the following facing Ḥajar-ul-Aswad with both hands raised up to ears:

Thereafter, perform the Istilām of Ḥajar-ul-Aswad and begin the sixth round. Its Du’ā is as follows:

Du’ā of sixth round

Translation: Yā Allah! There are many obligations (upon me) in the affairs between You and me, and there are many obligations (upon me) in the affairs between Your creation and me. Yā Allah! Forgive me (for my sluggishness) in the fulfilment of those which I owe to You and kindly take on responsibility to get me forgiven for those which I owe to Your creation. Yā Allah! Bless me with Ḥalāl sustenance saving me from Ḥarām, with obedience saving me from disobedience and with Your grace making me independent of everyone else. O the One who is the Greatest Forgiver. Yā Allah! Without doubt, Your House is indeed gracious and You are indeed Glorious and Yā Allah, You are Gracious, Grand, Mighty and the One who likes forgiveness, so forgive my mistakes.

As usual, complete this before arriving at Rukn Yamānī. Then, reciting Ṣalāt-‘Alan-Nabī, recite the following Du’ā:

Yā Allah! Bless me with goodness in this world and goodness in the Hereafter and save me from the torment of Hell.

[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)]

Then, recite the following facing Ḥajar-ul-Aswad with both hands raised up to ears:

Thereafter, perform Istilām of Ḥajar-ul-Aswad and begin the seventh round. Its Du’ā is as follows:

Du’ā of seventh round

Translation: Yā Allah! I implore You to bless me with perfect faith and undoubted belief and plentiful sustenance and a humble heart and a tongue glorifying You, Ḥalāl and pure sustenance, true repentance by heart, forgiveness before death, and tranquillity at the time of death, forgiveness and mercy after death, forgiveness at the time of accountability, entry in Paradise and protection from the fire of Hell (all this I beg You) by virtue of Your grace. O the most respected One and the most forgiving. O my Creator, increase my knowledge and include me among (Your) pious servants.

As usual, complete the foregoing Du’ā before reaching Rukn Yamānī. Then, reciting Ṣalāt-‘Alan-Nabī, recite the following Du’ā:

Yā Allah! Bless me with goodness in this world and goodness in the Hereafter and save me from the torment of Hell.

[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)]

Now on reaching Ḥajar-ul-Aswad, your all seven rounds of Ṭawāf have completed. Now, pick up both hands to your ears and recite the following for the eighth time:

Remember that a Ṭawāf consists of seven rounds and eight Istilāms.

Translation: O Allah! You are aware of all my concealed and open deeds; hence accept my apology. And You are aware of my needs, bestow upon me what I seek. And You are aware of my inner being; hence forgive my sins. O Allah! I ask You for such a faith which overwhelms my heart and a true belief that I will be facing only what has been predestined for me, and contentment with what is in my fate from You, O the Most Merciful of all!

Translation: O Allah! O Creator of this ancient House! Free our necks and those of our ancestors, our mothers (and sisters), our brothers and children from the fire of Hell! O the Forgiver, the Most Merciful, the Most Beneficent, the Most Kind, the Bestower and the Most Generous. O Allah, bless us with good end in all our affairs and save us from remorse in this world and torment in the Hereafter. O Allah! I am Your servant and the son of Your servant. I am standing beneath Your sacred door. I have clung to its doorstep and I am expressing my humbleness before You and I am begging for Your mercy and I fear the torment of Hell, O Ever-Kind (be kind with me at this moment). I implore You to raise my name and lighten the burden of my sins and reform my affairs, cleanse my inner self, illuminate my grave, and forgive my sins and I am begging You for high status in Paradise. Āmīn

Translation: O Allah! I ask You for useful knowledge, increased sustenance and cure for all diseases.

How to make Du’ā whilst drinking Zamzam water

The exegetist of Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim Sayyidunā Imām Nawavī Shāfi’īhas stated, ‘If a person desires forgiveness or a cure for some disease etc by drinking Zamzam water, it is Mustaḥab for him to stand facing the Qiblaĥ and reciteand then say: O Allah ()! I have heard a Ḥadīš of Your Prophetwho has said, ‘The purpose for which Zamzam is drunk will be fulfilled.’ (Musnad Imām Aḥmad, vol. 5, pp. 136, Ḥadīš 1855) O Allah ()! I am going to drink it so that You would forgive me or O Allah ()! I am going to drink it to be cured of my disease. O Allah ()! You grant me the cure. Many other Du’ā’s may be made in the same way. (Al-Īḍāḥ fī Manāsik al-Hajj lin-Nawavī, pp. 401)

1 As intention is not a condition for the Ramī of Jamarāt and Wuqūf in ‘Arafāt etc. it is not a condition for Sa’ī as well. If the Sa’ī is performed even without an intention, it will still be valid. However, it is Mustaḥab to make intention. One will not get the reward if there is no intention.

Translation: Allahis the Greatest, Allahis the Greatest, Allahis the Greatest. Only Heis worthy of all glorification. AllahWho has guided us on the right path deserves all glorification. And AllahWho has blessed us with bounty deserves glorification. Only Allahis worthy of glorification Who has guided us to the path of virtues. All glorifications are for Allahonly Who has blessed us with righteousness and if Hehad not blessed us with righteousness, we could not get it (by our own). Allahis alone deserving of worship, no one is His partner. For Him is sovereignty. Heis worthy of all sort of admiration. Life and death are under His omnipotence. Heis alive such that Hecannot die. Goodness and virtues are under His authority. Heis Omnipotent. No one is worthy of worship except AllahWho is One and His promise is true and Hehelped His servant and honoured his forces with victory and Hedefeated alone all the battalions of evil doers. Nobody is worthy of worship except Allah. We purely worship Him only even though the unbelievers get annoyed. O Allah! It is Your saying and Your saying is truth: ‘Make Du’ā to Me, I will accept.’ And You don’t go against Your promise. So O Allah! You have blessed me with the wealth of Islam. Now I beg You not to withdraw this wealth from me. Keep me a Muslim till I die. Allahis free from all shortcomings and only Heis worthy of all glorifications. Nobody is worthy of worship except Him and Allahis the Greatest. There is no strength except that bestowed by Allah. O Allah! Shower blessings and salutations on our sovereign Sayyidunā Muhammadand on his kinfolk and his companions and his pious wives and his dynasty and his followers till the Day of Judgement. Yā Allah! Forgive me, my parents, and all Muslim men and women and send Salām on all Prophets. And all glorifications are for Allah Who is the Rab of all the worlds.

Completing the Du’ā, recite Ṣalāt-‘Alan-Nabī, lower your hands and make the intention of Sa’ī in your heart. However, it is better to make verbal intention provided you understand its meaning. Make the following intention:

O Allah! Make me one who acts upon the Sunnaĥ of Your Beloved Prophet, let me die in his religion, and save me from evils of heresy with Your mercy, O the Most Merciful!

Whilst busy with Żikr and Ṣalāt-‘Alan-Nabī, walk from Ṣafā towards Marwaĥ at a medium pace. (Nowadays this passage has marble flooring and air coolers. There was a time when Sayyidatunā Ĥājiraĥhad performed Sa’ī. Just for a moment think of that heart-breaking situation when this area was barren with no sign of water and vegetation. Sayyidunā Ismā’īlwas an infant crying desperately out of extreme thirst and Sayyidatunā Ĥājiraĥwas restlessly searching for water in the scorching heat of this rocky land).

On reaching the first green mark, Islamic brothers should begin to run (but in a dignified way, not uncontrollably) and those on wheel-chairs should step up their speed. If there is a crowd, wait for a moment when there is hope of the crowd being decreased. Whilst running, take care that neither you nor any body else gets hurt as running here is a Sunnaĥ but causing pain to a Muslim is Ḥarām. Islamic sisters should not run. Now, Islamic brothers whilst running and Islamic sisters whilst walking should recite the following Du’ā.

Translation: O my Rab, forgive me and have mercy on me. Forgive my wrongdoings that are known to You. Without doubt, You are fully aware but we are not. Without doubt, You are Great and Glorified. Keep me on the straight path. O Allah! Accept my ‘Umraĥ, make my Sa’ī fruitful and forgive my sins.

When you arrive at the next green mark, slow down and proceed towards Marwaĥ. Look! You are now at the blessed mount of Marwaĥ. Most people try to go as high as possible but you do not do so; rather abide by the Sunnaĥ, i.e. go uphill a little only. Even by reaching as far as the check-marble floor starts, you will be considered to have climbed Marwaĥ.