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The Rites of Hajj 2026

  • INTRODUCTION The Merits and Significance of Hajj
  • CHAPTER ONE General Rulings
  • CHAPTER TWO The Obligatory Hajj (the Ḥajjat ul-Islam)
  • CHAPTER THREE The Proxy (Niyābah) in Hajj
  • CHAPTER FOUR The Rites of the ‘Umrah al-Tamattu‘
  • CHAPTER FIVE The Rituals of the Hajj al-Tamattu‘
    • First: Iḥrām
    • Wuqūf (Staying) at ‘Arafāt
      • The Etiquettes and Recommended Acts (Mustaḥabbāt) upon Wuqūf (Staying) at ‘Arafāt
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        The Etiquettes and Recommended Acts (Mustaḥabbāt) upon Wuqūf (Staying) at ‘Arafāt

         

        Ruling 488: Several acts are recommended (mustaḥabb) during wuqūf (staying) in ‘Arafāt:
        1. To be in a state of ablution (wuḍūʾ) during the wuqūf.
        2. To perform the ritual bath (ghusl), and it is better for it to be near noon (ẓuhr).
        3. To remove from oneself whatever causes distraction so that one’s heart is directed toward the Most Holy Divine (ḥuḍūr al-qalb).
        4. For the wuqūf to be at the foot of the mountain and on level ground; ascending the mountain is disliked (makrūh).
        5. To perform the noon (ẓuhr) and afternoon (ʿaṣr) prayers at the beginning of their time with one call to prayer (adhān) and two iqāmas.
        6. To recite “Allāhu akbar” (Allah is the greatest) one hundred times and Sūrat al-Tawḥīd one hundred times, to supplicate for whatever one wishes, to seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan, and to recite this supplication:
          • “Allāhumma rabba al-mashāʿiri kullihā fukka raqabatī min an-nāri wa-awsiʿ ʿalayya min rizqikal-ḥalāli wa-draʾ ʿannī sharra fasaqatil-jinni wal-ins. Allāhumma lā tamkur bī wa-lā takhdaʿnī wa-lā tastadrijnī yā asmaʿa al-sāmiʿīna wa-yā abṣara al-nāẓirīna wa-yā asraʿal-ḥāsibīna wa-yā arḥama ar-rāḥimīn. Asʾaluka an tuṣalliya ʿalā Muḥammadin wa-āli Muḥammadin wa-an tafʿala bī kadhā wa-kadhā.”
        (O Allah, Lord of all the sacred monuments, free my neck from the Fire, expand for me Your lawful provision, and repel from me the evil of the transgressors among jinn and mankind. O Allah, do not plot against me, do not deceive me, and do not lead me to destruction gradually. O the Most Hearing of the hearers, O the Most Seeing of the lookers, O Swiftest of the reckoners, O the Most Merciful of the merciful. I ask You to send blessings upon Muhammad and the progeny of Muhammad, and to do for me such and such.)
        Instead of “such and such” (kadhā wa-kadhā), one should name their need, then raise their hands to the sky and say:
        • “Allāhumma ḥājatī ilayka allatī in aʿṭaytanīhā lam yaḍurranī mā manaʿtanī wa-in manaʿtanīhā lam yanfaʿnī mā aʿṭaytanī, asʾaluka khalāṣa raqabatī min an-nār. Allāhumma innī ʿabduka wa-milku nāṣiyatī bi-yadika wa-ajalī bi-ʿilmika, asʾaluka an tuwaffiqanī li-mā yurḍīka ʿannī wa-an tusallima minnī manāsikīya allatī araytahā khalīlaka Ibrāhīma ṣalawātu-Allāhi ʿalayhi wa-dalalta ʿalayhā nabiyyaka Muḥammadan (ṣallā-llāhu ʿalayhi wa-ālihi). Allāhumma-jʿalnī mimman raḍīta ʿamalahu wa-aṭalta ʿumrahu wa-aḥyaytahu baʿdal-mawt.”
        (O Allah, my need from You is that which, if You grant it to me, whatever You withhold from me will not harm me; and if You withhold it from me, whatever You grant me will not benefit me: I ask You for the deliverance of my neck from the Fire. O Allah, indeed I am Your servant, and the control of my forelock is in Your hand, and my term is in Your knowledge. I ask You to grant me success in what pleases You concerning me, and to accept from me my rites which You showed to Your friend Ibrahim, may the blessings of Allah be upon him, and to which You guided Your prophet Muhammad [peace be upon him and his progeny]. O Allah, make me of those whose deeds You are pleased with, whose life You have prolonged, and whom You bring to life after death.)
        1. To recite this supplication:
          • “Lā ilāha ill-Allāhu waḥdahu lā sharīka lahu, lahul-mulku wa-lahul-ḥamdu yuḥyī wa-yumītu wa-huwa ḥayyun lā yamūtu, bi-yadihil-khayru wa-huwa ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr. Allāhumma lakal-ḥamdu ka-lladhī taqūlu wa-khayran mimmā naqūlu wa-fawqa mā yaqūlul-qāʾilūn. Allāhumma laka ṣalātī wa-nusukī wa-maḥyāya wa-mamātī wa-laka turāthī [variant: barāʾatī] wa-bika ḥawlī wa-minka quwwatī. Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika minal-faqri wa-min wasāwisi aṣ-ṣudūri wa-min shatāti al-amri wa-min ʿadhābil-qabr. Allāhumma innī asʾaluka khayra al-riyāḥi wa-aʿūdhu bika min sharri mā yajīʾu bihil-riyāḥu wa-asʾaluka khayra al-layli wa-khayra an-nahār. Allāhumma-jʿal fī qalbī nūran wa-fī samʿī wa-baṣarī nūran wa-fī laḥmī wa-damī wa-ʿiẓāmī wa-ʿurūqī wa-maqʿadī wa-maqāmī wa-madkhalī wa-makhrajī nūran wa-aʿẓim lī nūran yā rabb yawma alqāka innaka ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīr.”
        (There is no deity but Allah alone, having no partner. To Him belongs the dominion, and to Him belongs all praise. He gives life and causes death, and He is living and does not die. In His hand is all good, and He is capable over all things. O Allah, to You belongs all praise, such as what You say, and better than what we say, and above what the speakers say. O Allah, to You belong my prayer, my sacrifice, my life, and my death, and to You belongs my inheritance [variant: my exoneration], and by You is my capability, and from You is my strength. O Allah, indeed I seek refuge in You from poverty, from the whisperings of the breasts, from the dispersion of affairs, and from the punishment of the grave. O Allah, indeed I ask You for the good of the winds, and I seek refuge in You from the evil of what the winds bring, and I ask You for the good of the night and the good of the day. O Allah, place a light in my heart, a light in my hearing and my sight, a light in my flesh, my blood, my bones, my veins, my sitting place, my standing place, my entry, and my exit, and magnify a light for me, O Lord, on the day I meet You. Indeed, You are capable over all things.)
        1. To recite the supplication of the Master of Martyrs [Imam al-Ḥusayn], peace be upon him, and the supplication of Imam Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn, peace be upon him, which is found in the Ṣaḥīfa Sajjādiyya.
        2. To say abundantly:
          • “Allāhumma aʿtiqnī min an-nār”
        (O Allah, emancipate me from the Fire).
        1. Near sunset, to say:
        • “Allāhumma innī aʿūdhu bika min al-faqri wa-min tashattutil-umūri wa-min sharri mā yaḥduthu bi-al-layli wa-an-nahār. Amsā ẓulmī mustajīran bi-ʿafwika wa-amsā khawfī mustajīran bi-amānika wa-amsā dhunūbī mustajīratan bi-maghfiratika wa-amsā dhullī mustajīran bi-ʿizzika wa-amsā wajhī al-fānī al-bālī mustajīran bi-wajhika al-bāqī. Yā khayra man suʾila wa-yā ajwada man aʿṭā, jallilnī bi-raḥmatika wa-albisnī ʿāfiyataka wa-ṣrif ʿannī sharra jamīʿi khalqik.”
        (O Allah, indeed I seek refuge in You from poverty, from the scattering of affairs, and from the evil of what happens by night and day. My wrongdoing has entered the evening seeking the sanctuary of Your pardon, my fear has entered the evening seeking the sanctuary of Your safety, my sins have entered the evening seeking the sanctuary of Your forgiveness, my abasement has entered the evening seeking the sanctuary of Your might, and my perishing, wearing face has entered the evening seeking the sanctuary of Your everlasting face. O Best of those who are asked, O Most Generous of those who give, cover me with Your mercy, clothe me in Your well-being, and avert from me the evil of all Your creation.)
        1. After sunset, to say:
        • “Allāhumma lā tajʿalhu ākhiral-ʿahdi min hādhl-mawqifi wa-rzuqnīhi min qābilin abadan mā abqaytanī wa-qlibnī al-yawma mufliḥan munjiḥan mustajāban lī marḥūman maghfūran lī bi-afḍali mā yanqalibu bihil-yawma aḥadun min wafdika wa-ḥujjāji baytikal-ḥarām. Wa-jʿalnī al-yawma min akrami wafdika ʿalayka wa-aʿṭinī afḍala mā aʿṭayta aḥadan minhum minal-khayri wal-barakati wal-raḥmati wal-riḍwāni wal-maghfira. Wa-bārik lī fīmā arjiʿu ilayhi min ahlin aw mālin aw qalīlin aw kathīrin wa-bārik lahum fiyya.”
        (O Allah, do not make it the last encounter with this standing place, and provide it for me in the coming year, forever, as long as You keep me alive. Return me today successful, prosperous, my prayers answered, having received mercy, having been forgiven, with the best of what anyone of Your delegation and the pilgrims of Your Sacred House returns with today. Make me today among the most honored of Your delegation to You, and give me the best of what You have given anyone of them of good, blessing, mercy, pleasure, and forgiveness. And bless me in what I return to of family, wealth, little or much, and bless them in me.)
    • Third: The Wuqūf (Staying) at al-Mash‘ar al-Ḥarām (Muzdalifah)
    • Fourth: Stoning (Ramy) the Jamarah al-‘Aqabah
    • Fifth: Slaughtering a Sacrificial Animal
    • Sixth: Ḥalq or Taqṣīr
    • Seventh: The Rituals in Makkah al-Mukarramah
    • Eighth: Passing the Night (Baytūtah) at Minā
    • Nineth: The Stoning (Ramy) of the Three Jamarāt
    • The Istiftā’āt (Juristic Inquiries) on Departing Makkah al-Mukarramah and Minā
  • CHAPTER SIX The ‘Umrah al-Mufradah
  • Miscellaneous Istiftā’āt (Juristic Inquiries)
  • Grand Ayatollah Khamenei’s Selected Messages and Statements on the Ritual of Hajj
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