It is Mustahab that the pilgrim comes for Tawaf of Hajj on...

It is Mustahab that the pilgrim comes for Tawaf of Hajj on the day of the Eid of Qurban and stands at the door of the mosque and recites this prayer: اَللّهُمَّأَعِنِّی عَلى نُسُکِکَ، وَ سَلِّمْنِی لَهُ وَسَلِّمْهُ لِی، أَسْأَلُکَمَسْأَلَةَ الْعَلِیلِ الذَّلِیلِ الْمُعْتَرِفِ بِذَنْبِهِ، أَنْتَغْفِرَلِی ذُنُوبی، وَ أَنْ تُرْجِعَنِی بِحاجَتِی، اَللّهُمَّ إنِّیعَبْدُکَ، وَالْبَلَدُ بَلَدُکَ، وَالْبَیْتُ بَیْتُکَ، جِئْتُ أَطْلُبُرَحْمَتَکَ، وَ أَؤُمُّ طاعَتَکَ، مُتَّبِعاً لاَِمْرِکَ، راضِیبِقَدَرَکَ، أَسْأَلُکَ مَسْأَلَةَ الْمُضْطَرِّ اِلَیْکَ، اَلْمُطِیعِلاَِمْرِکَ، اَلْمُشْفِقِ مِنْ عَذابِکَ، اَلْخائِفِ لِعُقُوبَتِکَ، أَنْتُبَلِّغَنِی عَفْوَکَ، وَ تُجِیرَنِی مِنَ النّارِ بِرَحْمَتِک And if it is possible, one should come close to al-Hajar al-Aswad and touch and kiss it, and if kissing is not possible, then he/she should rub the hand on Hajar and kiss his/her hand.

If this is not also possible, the pilgrim should stand in front of Hajar and recite Takbir and then perform anything which had been performed in Tawaf of Umrah. It is Mustahab for the Hajji to stay Mena on the eleventh and twelfth and thirteenth day and not going out of Mena even for performing Mustahab Tawaf, and saying Takbir in Mena after fifteen prayers and after ten prayers in other than Mena, which their first prayer is the noon prayer of the day of the Eid.

It is Mustahab and some persons consider it as obligatory, and the best way of saying Takbir is to recite: اَللّهُاَکْبَرُ اَللّهُ أَکْبَرُ لا اِلهَ اِلاَّ اللّهُ وَ اللّهُ اَکْبَرُ،اَللّهُ اَکْبَرُ وَلِلّهِ الْحَمْدُ، اَللّهُ اَکْبَرُ عَلى ما هَدانا،اَللّهُ اَکْبَرُ عَلى ما رَزَقَنا مِنْ بَهیمَةِ اْلأَنْعامِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّهِ عَلى ما أبْلانا It is Mustahab to perform Mustahab and obligatory prayers in Masjid al-Khaif while Hajji is in Mena if possible.

It is mentioned in Hadith that performing one hundred Rak'ats of prayer in Masjid al-Khaif is equal to seventy years of worship, and the benefit and blessing of reciting سبحان الله in that place is equal to freeing a slave, and the benefits and blessings of reciting لا اله الّا الله in there is equal to saving a human and it is the same for saying لحمد لله in there has the benefits and blessings of giving the tax of whole of Iraq to charity in the way of Allah.

Other rituals and Mustahab acts in great Mecca 1- Praying Allah a lot and reciting the holy Qur'an. 2- Completing the recitation of the holy Qur'an once.

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