Supplication during Pilgrimage

Supplication during Pilgrimage

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In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

 

All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, and prayers and peace of Allah be upon Allah's Messenger, the most trusted among His beings.

 

Pilgrimage is one of the most honorable journeys that a Muslim can make in his whole life. On it, he spends money and effort and leaves his country and family in pursuit of Allah's satisfaction and reward. During such a journey, there are certain times, places, and states in which Allah is likely to accept supplications, so it is highly advisable that a Muslim try to seize such times in mention and prayer to Allah.

 

There are now many inauthentic supplications and handbooks full of invented extolments of Allah that are thought to be specific for each ritual or part of ritual, while other extolments and supplications reported directly from Prophet Muhammad, prayers and peace of Allah be upon him, are ignored. So, we are sending this message to clarify the virtues and proprieties of supplication, where and when in pilgrimage supplications are likely to be accepted by Allah, and a number of supplications quoted from the Qur'an and authentic Sunnah, to be utilized by the pilgrim on his blessed journey. We ask Allah to accept from you and us supplications and good deeds.

 

Merits of Supplication

 

There are countless Qur'anic verses and Prophetic hadiths on the merits of supplication, such as the following:

 

1. Allah says, {And when My slaves ask you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) concerning Me, then (answer them), I am indeed near (to them by My Knowledge). I respond to the invocations of the supplicant when he calls on Me (without any mediator or intercessor). So let them obey Me and believe in Me, so that they may be led aright.} [Al-Baqarah: 186]

 

{وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَرِيبٌ ۖ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ ۖ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا لِي وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا بِي لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ} البقرة: 186

 

Transliteration: Wa’itha sa'alaka ibadi anni fa inni qaribun ujibu dawata ad-dai itha daani fa lyastajibu li wa lyu'minu bi laallahum yarshudun

 

2. Allah says, {And your Lord said: "Invoke Me, [i.e. believe in My Oneness (Islâmic Monotheism) and ask Me for anything] I will respond to your (invocation). Verily! Those who scorn My worship [i.e. do not invoke Me, and do not believe in My Oneness, (Islâmic Monotheism)] they will surely enter Hell in humiliation!"} [Ghafir: 60]

 

{وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ادْعُونِي أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِي سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ} غافر: 60

 

Transliteration: Wa qala rabbukumu uduni astajib lakum inna allathina yastakbiruna an ibadati sayadkhuluna jahannama dakhirin

 

The Prophet (prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) said, "There is nothing more honorable to Allah than supplication" [Reported by At-Tirmithi; declared good by Al-Albani]

 

«ليس شيء أكرم على الله تعالى من الدعاء» رواه الترمذي وحسنه الألباني

 

He also said, "There is no Muslim who calls upon his Lord with a supplication in which there is no sin or severing of family ties but Allah will give him one of three things: Either He will answer his prayer quickly, or He will keep equivalent reward for him (in the Hereafter), or He will divert an equivalent evil away from him" [Authenticated by Al-Albani]

 

«ما من رجل يدعو الله بدعوة ليس فيها إثم ولا قطيعة رحم إلا أعطاه بها إحدى ثلاث خصال: إما أن يعجل له دعوته، أو يدخر له من الخير مثلها، أو يصرف عنه من الشر مثلها» صححه الألباني

 

Proprieties of Supplication

 

1.    Show sincerity and submission to Allah.

2.    Keep supplicating and do not wait for a quick response.

3.    Start supplication with praising Allah and sending blessings upon the Prophet (Prayers and peace of Allah be upon him).

4.    Keep away from invoking curses on one's family, property, or children.

5.    Perform ritual ablution and turn one's face towards the Kiblah while supplicating.

6.    Lower one's voice and uttering supplications in no voice.

7.    Not use rhyming in affectation.

8.    Admit sins and ask for forgiveness.

 

Places where supplication is answered in Pilgrimage

 

1. The Day of Arafah

 

The Prophet, prayers and peace of Allah be upon him said, "The best of supplication is the supplication (uttered) on the Day of Arafah, and the best that I and the Prophets before me said is: 'La ilaha illa Allah wahdahu la sharika lah, lahu al-mulk wa lahu al-hamd wa huwa ala kulli shay'in qadir (i.e., There is no God except Allah Alone, with no associate. He is the dominion, to Him is praise, and He is over everything omnipotent)" [Related by At-Tirmidhi; deemed good by Al-Albani]

 

«خير الدعاء دعاء يوم عرفة، وخير ما قلت أنا والنبيون من قبلي لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له له الملك وله الحمد وهو على كل شيء قدير» رواه الترمذي وصححه الألباني

 

2. As-Safa and Al-Marwa