Ḥiṣn al-Muslim
Hajj & ʿUmra — 4. Tawāf around the Kaʿba
Seven circuits around the Kaʿba starting from the Black Stone, with the right shoulder uncovered (Iḍṭibāʿ) and trotting for the first three circuits (Raml) for men during the first Tawāf.
- 1
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ
Bismi-llāh, Allāhu akbar.
In the name of Allāh, Allāh is the Greatest. (at the start of each circuit, facing the Black Stone)
Arabic recitation
Source : Al-Bayhaqī
- 2
رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ
Rabbanā ātinā fī ad-dunyā ḥasanatan wa fī al-ākhirati ḥasanatan wa qinā ʿadhāba an-nār.
Our Lord, grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the torment of the Fire. (between the Yemeni Corner and the Black Stone)
Arabic recitation
Source : Coran 2:201 — Abū Dāwūd
- 3
اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ
Allāhumma innī as'aluka-l-ʿafwa wa-l-ʿāfiyata fī ad-dunyā wa-l-ākhirah.
O Allāh, I ask You for forgiveness and well-being in this world and in the Hereafter. (during Tawāf, in any language and free formulation)
Arabic recitation
Source : Ibn Mājah
- 4
إِنَّ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةَ مِنْ شَعَائِرِ اللَّهِ، أَبْدَأُ بِمَا بَدَأَ اللَّهُ بِهِ
Inna aṣ-Ṣafā wa-l-Marwata min shaʿā'iri-llāh, abda'u bimā bada'a-llāhu bih.
Indeed, Aṣ-Ṣafā and Al-Marwa are among the symbols of Allāh; I begin with that which Allāh began with. (to be said after the two Rakʾāt behind the Maqām, before ascending Aṣ-Ṣafā)
Arabic recitation
Source : Muslim (cite Coran 2:158)
- 5
رَبِّ اغْفِرْ وَارْحَمْ، إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْأَعَزُّ الْأَكْرَمُ
Rabbi-ghfir wa-rḥam, innaka anta-l-Aʿazzu-l-Akram.
My Lord, forgive and have mercy, for You are the All-Mighty, the Most Generous. (frequent supplication during Tawāf)
Arabic recitation
Source : Rapporté d'Ibn ʿUmar et Ibn Masʿūd