6 supplications
Duas for Hajj and Umrah
These are the words that accompany the pilgrim from the ihram to the end of the rites, as reported from the Prophet ﷺ.
The talbiyah
لَبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ لَبَّيْكَ، لَبَّيْكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ لَبَّيْكَ، إِنَّ الْحَمْدَ وَالنِّعْمَةَ لَكَ وَالْمُلْكَ، لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ
Labbayk Allahumma labbayk, labbayka la sharika laka labbayk, innal-hamda wan-ni‘mata laka wal-mulk, la sharika lak.
Here I am, O Allah, here I am. Here I am, You have no partner, here I am. All praise, blessings and dominion belong to You. You have no partner. Repeated from the ihram until the stoning of Jamrat al-‘Aqabah (Hajj) or the start of tawaf (umrah).
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari; Sahih Muslim
At the Black Stone
اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ
Allahu akbar.
Allah is the Greatest. Said each time one passes the Black Stone during tawaf, pointing to it.
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari
Good in this world and the next
رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ
Rabbana atina fid-dunya hasanatan wa fil-akhirati hasanatan wa qina ‘adhaban-nar.
Our Lord, give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire. The supplication the Prophet ﷺ made most often; also said between the Yemeni corner and the Black Stone.
Source: Qur’an 2:201; Sahih al-Bukhari; Sahih Muslim
On Safa and Marwah
اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ، أَنْجَزَ وَعْدَهُ، وَنَصَرَ عَبْدَهُ، وَهَزَمَ الْأَحْزَابَ وَحْدَهُ
Allahu akbar (3×). La ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamdu wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay’in qadir. La ilaha illallahu wahdah, anjaza wa‘dah, wa nasara ‘abdah, wa hazamal-ahzaba wahdah.
Allah is the Greatest (three times). None has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone… None has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone; He fulfilled His promise, gave victory to His servant and defeated the confederates alone. Facing the Kaaba, three times with supplications in between.
Source: Sahih Muslim
The best dua of the Day of Arafah
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ، وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
La ilaha illallahu wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamdu, wa huwa ‘ala kulli shay’in qadir.
None has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone, without partner; His is the dominion and the praise, and He has power over all things. “The best of what I and the prophets before me have said.”
Source: Jami‘ al-Tirmidhi
The takbir of the days of Eid
اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَلِلَّهِ الْحَمْدُ
Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, la ilaha illallah, wallahu akbar, Allahu akbar wa lillahil-hamd.
Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, there is no god but Allah; Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest, and to Allah belongs all praise.
Source: Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
The talbiyah and the day of Arafah
The talbiyah, “Here I am, O Allah, here I am”, is the slogan of the pilgrim from ihram until he stones Jamrat al-‘Aqabah. The best du‘a is the du‘a of the day of Arafah, and the best words said by the prophets are “There is no god but Allah alone, without partner…” (at-Tirmidhi).
The du‘as of tawaf and sa‘y
There is no fixed du‘a for each round; the pilgrim asks for whatever he wishes. Between the Yemeni Corner and the Black Stone the Prophet ﷺ said: “Our Lord, give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter and protect us from the punishment of the Fire” (Abu Dawud). On Safa he faced the Qibla, declared Allah’s oneness and greatness and made du‘a three times (Muslim).
Duas for Hajj and Umrah: questions and answers
What can non-pilgrims do on the day of Arafah?
Fast it: the Prophet ﷺ said it expiates the sins of the previous year and the coming year (Muslim). They also increase du‘a and the takbir.