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Abdul Aziz Ahmed, Jumadi al-Thani 1428

The supplications below are taken from the Book al-Adhkr by Imam alNawawi.

Entering Ihram
One should enter Ihram after performing a ghusl with the adhkr and
supplications related to the acts of purification. The pilgrim then prays two
raka of salh reading Qul y ayuhal kfirn in the first and Qul huwAllahu
Ahad in the second.
One then intends to perform the Umra by saying:

I intend to perform the Umra and have sanctified myself for it.
It is also good if one says the following:

O Allah I have sanctified my self, my hair, my skin, my flesh and my blood.
One then reads the talbiya, the call of response:

I am Yours O Allah, I am Yours, You have no partner, all praise is due to You,
to You belongs everything and there You have no partner.
With the first call of the talbiya immediately after making intention one may
say:

I am Yours O Allah, I am Yours coming to perform Umra, You have no
partner, all praise is due to You, to You belongs everything and there You
have no partner.
One continues reading the talbiya call until one reaches the Kaba, the Sacred
House.
It is sunnah for a male to raise his voice when making talbiya. Both males and
females should follow the third talbiya with salawt ala al-nabi, dua especially
asking for Allahs pleasure (ridwn) and His garden (jannah).

Entering Makkah and seeing the Kabah

When the pilgrim enters the Sacred City, the pilgrim says:

O Allah, this is Your sanctuary and place of safety so sanctify me by
preventing me from entering the Fire and make me safe from Your
punishment on the Day on which You resurrect Your slaves and make me of
Your friends and the people of Your obedience.
The one should supplicate for whatever one wishes.
It is said that the heavens open when one sees the House of God for the first
time. One should say:

O Allah increase this house in honour, greatness, dignity and awe and
increase whoever, among those who make pilgrimage to it, honours it and
dignifies it in honour, dignity, greatness and righteousness.
And:

O Allah You are peace, from You is peace, enliven us with peace.
And then one supplicates for whatever they want.

The Tawaf, circumambulation of the Kaba

One begins the Tawaf at the Black Stone. One greets it saying:

In the name of Allah; Allah is greatest; O Allah, with faith in You, with belief
in Your book, fulfilling Your covenant and following the way of Your Prophet,
upon him be peace.
One repeats this at the beginning of each circumambulation.
It is sunnah to say in the first three circumambulations:

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O Allah, make it an unblemished pilgrimage, with sins forgiven and a feat of
gratitude.
And in the last four to say:

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O Allah forgive and show mercy, pardon that which You know, You are the
most mighty and most honourable. O Allah, our Lord, grant us in goodness in
this world and goodness in the next and keep us from the punishment of the
Fire.
Hasan al-Basri says that the last supplication is recommended in at least
fifteen places in the pilgrimage.
Imam Shafi says the last supplication should be read throughout the
pilgrimage. He also said that it is preferable to read Quran in the Tawaf
After the Tawaf, the pilgrim should pray two raka of prayer and make the
following supplication:

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O Allah, I am Your slave, the child of Your, I have come with many sins and
bad actions and this is the Place that lifts from the Fire, so forgive me for You
are the All-forgiving, All-merciful.
If it is possible the pilgrim should go to the Hijr of Ismail and pray and
supplicate and to supplicate at the Multazim which is between the Black Stone
and the door of the Kabah.

The Sai
The Sai is performed by moving between the foot of the hill of Safa and the
foot of the hill of Marwa. One starts at Safa and ends at Marwa after moving
between the two hills seven times.
It is sunnah to prolong the standing at Safa, glorify Allah and say:

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Allah is greatest! Allah is greatest! Allah is greatest! To Allah belongs all
praise. Allah is greatest in that He guided us, all praise is to Allah over what
He has entrusted us. There is no god but Allah alone without partner. To Him
belongs the whole dominion and all praise. He brings to life and causes death.
Goodness is in His Hands and He is over all things powerful. There is no god
but Allah who fulfils his promise, assisted His slave and destroyed the parties
alone. There is no god but Allah and we worship not but He, sincerely with
the entire religion belonging to Him even if the disbelievers abhor it. O Allah
You said and your words are true call me and I will answer you and surely

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You would not break your promise. So I therefore ask You to, just as You
guided us to Islam, to not take it from me so that it remains in tact and I die
as a Muslim
When one is moving between the two hills one should read:

O Lord, forgive! Show mercy! Overlook that which You certainly know for You
are the Most Mighty yet Most generous. O Allah, grant us in goodness in this
world and in the goodness in the next and keep us from the punishment of
the Fire.
One of the supplications of the Sai which is appropriate in every place is:

O Allah, O Turner of Hearts, make my heart firm upon Your religion.
O Allah, I ask you those things that necessitate Your mercy and lead to Your
forgiveness and safety from every sin and the prize of the Garden and
deliverance from the Fire. O Allah, I ask You for guidance, righteous, purity
and wealth. O Allah, assist me in Your remembrance, expression of gratitude
to You and Your worship. O Allah, I ask you for every good that which I
know of and that which I do not! And I seek refuge in You from all evil that
which I know of and that I do not! And I ask You for the Garden and all
words and deeds which bring me close to it. And I seek refuge in You from
the Fire and and all words and deeds which bring me close to it.
After completing the Sai, one leaves the state of Ihram by cutting ones hair
or shaving in the case of men.
This completes the Umra.