hajj-umrah and tawaaf
Only umrah
Ihram—-Clean your body from unnecessary hair and nails. take a bath and if body is clean already then do ablution. Perform Two Rak’at.Give Something in Charity/sadaqa.
wear with the intention of umrah/Hajj, keep you right shoulder open during tawaaf,no stitched cloth, don’t cut/play with your hair, no perfume/hugging people, offer 2 rakat nafil prayer with the intention of umrah then read following:Labaik allahumma labaik,labaik la sharikalak labaik,innal hamd wan naymata lakaval mulk ,la sharikalak ………After wearing ehram and continually reciting Talbiyah till your reach makkah shariff
UMRAH
Niyyat e umrah
بَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ عُمْرَةً
Labbayk Allahumma Umrah (O Allah, here I am to perform Umrah).
الْعُمْرَةَ أُرِيْدُ
إِنِّيْ اللَّهُمَّ
Allāhumma innī urīdu l-‘umrata(O Allah, I intend to perform Umrah).
مِنِّيْ وَتَقَبَّلْهَا لِ فَيَسِّرْهَا الْعُمْرَةَ أُرِيْدُ إِنِّيْ اللَّهُمَّ
Allāhumma innī urīdu l-‘umrata fa yassirhā lī wa taqabbalhā minnī(O Allah, I intend to perform Umrah, so accept it from me and make it easy for me).
Niyat e umrah while entering miqat/boundary.
Niyyat e hajj during hajj days in makka .
Everytime when you visit Masjid —- keeping in your right foot first while reciting the following prayer:
bismilaahi was salaatu was salaamu alaa rasoolillah – allahummaf tah-lee aab-wa ba rahmatik.make niyyat of iteqaf in the masjid.
when stepping out of the mosque- bismilaahi was salaatu was salaamu alaa rasoolillah-allahumma inee asaluka min fazlika
Everytime you see Bait-ul-Allah (house of Allah), recite the following prayer for three times:
allahu akbar allahu akbar la illaha illalahu wallahu akbar wa illahil hamd. Pray for the success in this world and also in ahkirat (as this is the time of prayers’ acceptance) like
rabbanna atina fid duniya hasnautau fil akhirati hasnautau wa qina azaban naar or
radiyatau billahi rabbau bill islami deenau bi mohammadin (saws) nabiau wa rasoolan.
“O Allah, give me death when your pleased with me “ “O Allah, be pleased with me”( Everytime when you visit Masjid)
First Sight of the Kaaba
Wazu before entering haram shariff.
Entering through bab as salaam gate.
اللّهُ اِلّ اِلَهَ لآ أَكْبَرُ اللّٰهُ كْبَرُ اللّٰهُ
Allāhu akbar. Allāhu akbar. Lā ilāha illa-llāh(Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the Greatest. There is no God except Allah) (3 times)
اَللَّهُمَّ زِدْ أَهْلَ هَذَا الْبَيْتَ تَشْرِيفاً وَتَعْظِيماً وَتَكْرِيماً
وَمَهَابَةً، وَزِدْ مَنْ شَرَّفَهُ وَكَرَّمَهُ مِمَّنْ حَجَّهُ أَوْ اعْتَمَرَهُ تَشْرِيفاً وَتَكْرِيماً وَتَعْظِيماً وَبِرّاً
Allāhumma zid hādhā-l-Bayta tashrīfan wa ta’ẓīman wa takrīman wa mahābah, wa zid man sharrafahu wa karramahu mimman ḥajjahu awi-’tamarahu tashrīfan wa takrīman wa ta’ẓīman wa birrā(Allah, increase this House in honour, esteem, respect and reverence. And increase those who honour and respect it—of those who perform Hajj or ‘Umrah—in honour, respect, esteem and piety).
اَللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ السَّلاَمُ وَمِنْكَ السَّلَامُ، حَيِّنَا رَبَّنَا بِالسَّلاَمِ.
Allāhumma Anta-s-Salāmu wa minka-s-salām, ḥayyinā Rabbanā bi-s-salām(O Allah, You are Peace and from You is peace. Make us live, Lord, in peace).
Dua on first sight of kaaba sheriff =Be among those whose supplications are always accepted.
2 rakah of Tahiyatul Masjid (prayer for greeting the mosque) normal times BUT for umrah straight to tawaaf.
TAWAAF
Method of Tawaf (Circular Movement)— come to Hajr Aswad (Black Stone) at the opposite of which, a green light is fitted.
Showing both palms towards hajr al aswad and kissing hands .
Keeping crying face/Shedding tears while kissing hajr al aswad .
Don’t touch kaaba sheriff in ihram because of scent/perfume.
No talbiyah during tawaaf.
Don’t touch kaaba in ihram .
Raml= first 3 rounds walking quickly (especially between rukn e yamani and hajr al aswad) . Other 4 rounds should be with shoulders down.
Idtiba= right shoulder exposed during tawaaf .
Make niyyat before nafil tawaaf (“O’Allah accept it from me.”)
Nafil tawaaf +dua at multazam (between door of kabah and hajr e aswad)
Touching Rukn e yamani –saying bismillahi wallahu akber
Make atleast 50 tawaaf (free from all sins)
Start tawaaf from where you had stopped .
NIYYAT E TAWAAF
Make intention of the tawaaf and pray, “O’Allah accept it from me.” show your right arm and cover your left shoulder.
مِنِّيْ وَتَقَبَّلْهُ لِيْ فَيَسِّرْهُ الْحَرَامِ بَيْتِكَ طَوَافَ أُرِيْدُ إِنِّيْ اللَّهُمَّ
Allāhumma innī urīdu l-ṭawwafa baytika l-ḥarāmi fa yassirhu lī wa taqabbalhu minnī(O Allah, I intend to perform Tawaf of the Sacred Mosque, so accept it from me and make it easy for me).
1.Read at the beginning of Tawaf or when you’re kissing, touching or saluting the Hajar al-Aswad for the first time:
سْمِ اللَّهِ وَاللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللَّهُمَّ إِيْمَاناً بِكَ وَتَصْدِيْقاً بِكِتَابِكَ، وَوَفَاءً
ﷺ بِعَهْدِكَ، وَاتِّبَاعاً لِسُنَّةِ نَبِيِّكَ مُحَمَّدْ
Bismi llāhi wa llāhu akbar, Allāhumma īmānan bika wa taṣdīqan bi kitābika wa wafā’an bi ahdika wattibā’an li sunnati nabiyyika Muḥammadin ﷺ.(In the name of Allah, Allah is the greatest. O Allah, out of faith in You, conviction in Your book, in fulfilment of Your covenant and in emulation of Your Prophet’s Sunnah ﷺ).
Showing both palms towards hajr al aswad and kissing hands .
Bismillahi alaahu akbar wa lilahil hamd (from distance raise your hands till shoulders and kiss your palms directing towards Hajr Aswad ) Or bismillahi wal hamdulilahi walahu akber ,wa salatu was salamu ala rasoollillah (ﷺ )
2. Dua at mizab al rahmah
أَسْأَلُكَ الرَّاحَةَ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ وَالْعَفْوَ عِنْدَ الْحِسَابِ إِنِّي للَّهُمَّ
Allāhumma innī as’aluka r-rāḥata ‘inda l-mawti wa l-‘afwa ‘inda l-ḥisābi(O Allah, I ask You for comfort at the time of death and forgiveness at the time of reckoning).
3. Dua during tawaaf
وَالآخِرَةِ الدُّنْيَا فِي وَالْعَافِيَةَ الْعَفْوَ أَسْأَلُكَ إِنِّي للَّهُمَّ
Allāhumma innī as’aluka l-’afwa wa l-’āfīyata fi d-dunyā wa l-ākhirah (O Allah, I ask You for forgiveness and safety in the worldly life and Hereafter).
وَلاَ حَوْلَ وَلا اَكْبَرُ لّهُ وَالاللّهُ،اِلّا اِلهَ وَلآ لِلّهِ الْحَمْدُ وَ الِلّه سُبْحَان
عظيم العيل باللهل إلى قوات
Subḥāna llāhi wa l-ḥamdu lillāhi wa lā ilāha illa llāh(u), wa llāhu akbar(u), wa lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāhi l-’aliyyi l-’aẓīm. (3rd kalma)
Glory be to Allah. All Praise is due to Allah. There is no god besides Allah. Allah is the Greatest. There is no power or might except with Allah, the Most High and the Most Great.
4.Dua at yamani corner
وَالآخِرَةِ الْدُنْيَا فِيْ الْخِزْيِ وَمَوَاقِفِ وَالْفَاقَةِ الْكُفْرِ مِنَ بِكَ أَعُوذُ إِنِّي اللَّهُمَّ
Allāhumma innī a’ūdhu bika mina l-kufri wa l-fāqati wa mawāqifi l-khizyi fi d-dunyā wa l-ākhirah(O Allah, I take refuge in You from disbelief, poverty and from any humiliation in this world and the next).
5.Dua between rukn e yamani and hajr e aswad
رالنَا عَذَابَ وَّقِنَا حَسَنَةً الآخِرَةِ وَّفِيْ حَسَنَةً الدُنْيَا فِيْ آتِنَا رَبَّنَا
rabbanna atina fid duniya hasnautau fil akhirati hasnautau wa qina azaban naar wadaqil nal jannat ma al abrar ya aziziu ya ghafaru ya rabbil alamin(especially between rukn e yamani and hajr e aswad)
8th istalam for conclusion of tawaaf.
Salah al tawaaf
وَاتَّخِذُوا مِنْ مَقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مُصَلًّ
Wattakhidhu min maqāmi
Ibrāhīma muṣalla (And take the Maqam Ibrahim as a place of Salah).
Dua near maqam e Ibrahim with darood sheriff first and last .
Go near/closer to “Maqam e Ibrahim”and read this dua wattakhizu min maqaami ibraheema musalla and offer two rakat nafal .( Surah Kafiroon and Surah Ikhlas after surah fatiha in 1st and 2nd rakah).
Any time Dua can be done at multazam (part between hajr e aswad and door of the kabah) .
Make dua at multazam before sai (not for nafil tawaaf and nafil ziyarath)
Zam zam— directing Qibla drink Zam Zam in three intervals after reading Bis Millah. Dua for drinking zam zam —allahumma inni asaluka ilmun nafiyan wa raizqan wasiyaun wa shifa min kulli da-in. Intention while drinking zam zam — quenching the thirst of the day of Qiyaamah , of Shifaa (cure) from spiritual and physical ailments, of being granted the Taufeeque of conforming to the Sunnah of our beloved Rasulullah(saws).gently rub your head and body with zam zam .dont make it fall on ground.
Intention before drinking zam zam
دَاءٍ كُلِّ مِنْ شِفَاءً وَ وَاسِعًا رِزْقًا وَ نَافِعًا عِلْمًا أَسْأَلُكَ إِنِّي اللَّهُمَّ
Allahumma innī as’aluka ‘ilman nāfi’an, wa rizqan wāsi’an, wa ‘amalan mutaqabbalan, wa shifā’an min kulli dā’(O Allah, I ask You for knowledge that is beneficial, provision that is abundant and a cure from every illness).
Say bismillah –alhamduillah(raise your head when saying) for every sip of zam zam(3 times).
2.Second step is Safa and marwah (close the right shoulder with ihram)
Do the intention of sayee –what ever you do ibadah say ‘o’ allah its for your raza/pleasure.
Do istilam while seeing hajr e aswad before starting saie .
Dua at safa and marwa mountain —(facing khana e kaaba)
إِنَّ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةَ مِن شَعَائِرِ اللَّهِ
inna safa wal marwata min shairilaallah.
أكبر الله (3 times)
Say – Allah o Akbar ( 3 times)
and pray —-la illaha illallahu wahadahu lasharikalahu lahul mulku wa lahulhamdu wa huwa ala kulli shain qadir (4th kalma).keep reading while walking between safa and marwa.
Dua at the green light (while running)—-
أكرم عزيزل أنتل و وارحم اغفرلي ربي
rabbi agfrili warham wa antal azizul akram.
If possible 2 rakat salah after saie near mataaf(tawaaf area).
Safa and marwa (meditation within self)
Immediately after tawaaf with wadhu.
9th istalam of hajr e aswad before sai
Same dua for safa and marwa.
إِنَّ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةَ مِن شَعَائِرِ اللَّهِ
Inna ṣ-ṣafā wa l-marwata min sha’ā’iri llāh(i)(Indeed, Safa and Marwa are
from the Signs of Allah).
Alhamdulillah walailaha illalahu wallahu akbar
اَللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ، اَللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ، اَللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ، وَلِلّٰهِ الْحَمْدُ
Allāhu akbar, Allāhu akbar, Allāhu akbar, wa lillāhi l-ḥamd(Allah is the greatest; Allah is the greatest; Allah is the greatest, and to Allah belongs all praise).
Lā ilāha illallāh waḥdahu lā sharīka lah(u), lahu l-mulku wa lahu l-ḥamdu yuḥyī wa yumīt(u), wa huwa ‘alā kulli shay’in qadīr(There is no deity except Allah, alone without a partner. To Him belongs the Dominion, and to Him belongs all praise. He gives life and death and He has power over everything).
3.Third Step of Umrah (Halaq/Qasr)—-To shave hair of head or Qasr (trim) means to clip at least one inch of each hair. the restrictions of ehram are finished and Umrah is completed.
Complete head shave brings more sawaab .
Face qibla for halaq/qasr and start with right side of the head .
What to do in makkah ?
kalima-e-tayibah, astagfar ,Darood o salaam ,tawaaf, drinking zam zam, umrah , 5times regular prayer and tahjud , dua,do lot of essale sawaab for both living and dead ,perform salatul taubah ,salatul masjid,salatul wazu. Salatul shukriya (Read Surah Al Kafiroon after Surah Fatiha in first rakat and surah Ikhlas after Surah Fatiha in second rakat). .give lot of charity ,keep watching kaaba,complete 1 quran, niyyat of itiqaf when you enter masjid.convey the sawaab of your ibadah to rasoolallah(saws) and from his wasila to all muslim men and women (living and dead both) .darood o salam.be in wazu always. Don’t spit , raise your voice, fight, push others, argue with others , show off etc. show patiency. Try to pray near multazim (are between hajr e aswaad and door of khane kaaba) Be extremely careful that you do not miss any prayer of jamat (group) . don’t speak loudly.respect people of makkah and medina. Keep fasting in makkah /madina. “O Allah, grand me peace and halaal rizq in it”(makkah)
Nafil tawaaf —–keep on performing nafali tawaf. after doing estalam of Hajr Aswad make seven circular movements (Tawaf) of Khana Ka’aba and do estalam in every round and also at the end of tawaaf . two rakat nafal near Maqam Ibrahim, and prayers after drinking ZamZam.At least 50 tawaafs because all the other ibadah can be done anywhere except tawaaf. preferable charity for misgivings The amount due for charity is the same amount as sadaqat al-fitr, namely half ṣā’ of wheat, which is about 2.2 kilos of wheat or its monetary value. No ihram, No idtiba(exposing right shoulder), No ramal(first 3 rounds with broaden chest), No sai.
Ziyarat Makkah Mukaramah —– Place of Birth of Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) →Dara Arqam → Bait-ul-Khadijah → Bait Abu Bakar Sadeeq (R.A) →Masjid Nimra →Masjid Jinn → Masjid Ayesha (R.A) →Masjid Tawa → Jabl-o- Noor, Ghar-e-Hira → Jabal Thour and Ghar Thour → Jabal Rehmat → Jannat al Maula → kalmia tayib ,astaqfar, darood o salam and dua at holy places.
Tawaf-e-Wida(before departing from Makkah Mukarama)= it is wajib (must-do) on you to perform last tawaf, which is called “Tawaf-e-Wida.” It will be performed in the simple way like nafali tawaf (women can skip it because of menstruation). Neither the sheets of ehram will be required, nor Istiba, nor Ramal, nor will be done sayee of Safa Marwa after this tawaf.