Duas for hajj & umrah. Words for the sacred journey
Begin with the Talbiyah: the pilgrim's answer to Allah's call. Here are the transmitted words for the rites, from tawaf to Safa and Marwah and the Day of Arafah, with practical fiqh guidance kept separate. The Prophet ﷺ said Allahu Akbar each time he reached the Black Stone in tawaf (Sahih al-Bukhari 1613) and with every pebble at the jamarat (Sahih al-Bukhari 1751).
5 sourced Du'as Arabic, transliteration, meaning, and source
“Our Lord, accept this from us. Indeed, You are the Hearing, the Knowing.”
Quran 2:127
The prayer Ibrahim (AS) and Ismail (AS) made while raising the foundations of the Ka'bah. Even during a great act of worship, they asked Allah (SWT) to accept it.
Labbayka Allahumma labbayk. Labbayka la sharika laka labbayk. Inna-l-hamda wa-n-ni'mata laka wa-l-mulk. La sharika lak.
“Here I am at Your service, O Allah, here I am. Here I am at Your service; You have no partner, here I am. All praise and every blessing are Yours, and all sovereignty. You have no partner.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 1549; Sahih Muslim 1184a
The Talbiyah is the pilgrim's repeated response to Allah's call. It declares readiness, praise, gratitude, sovereignty, and that Allah (SWT) has no partner.
La ilaha illa-llahu wahdahu la sharika lah, lahu-l-mulku wa lahu-l-hamd, wa Huwa 'ala kulli shay'in Qadir. La ilaha illa-llahu wahdah, anjaza wa'dah, wa nasara 'abdah, wa hazama-l-ahzaba wahdah.
“There is no deity except Allah alone, with no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He has power over everything. There is no deity except Allah alone. He fulfilled His promise, helped His servant, and defeated the confederates alone.”
Sahih Muslim 1218a
The authentic remembrance said while facing the qiblah at Safa and again at Marwah. The Prophet ﷺ praised Allah (SWT) with these words, made his own dua between repetitions, and repeated the sequence three times.
Qala-n-Nabiyyu salla-llahu 'alayhi wa sallam: Khayru-d-du'a'i du'a'u yawmi 'Arafah, wa khayru ma qultu ana wan-nabiyyuna min qabli: La ilaha illa-llahu wahdahu la sharika lah, lahu-l-mulku wa lahu-l-hamdu wa huwa 'ala kulli shay'in qadir
“The Prophet ﷺ said: The best du'a is the du'a of the Day of Arafah, and the best of what I and the prophets before me have said is: None has the right to be worshipped but Allah alone, without partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He has power over all things.”
Jami at-Tirmidhi 3585 (hasan per al-Albani; weak per Darussalam)
Repeat this dhikr often on the Day of Arafah, together with your own du'a.