Returning Haji & The Dua of a Haji
Read the following words when you meet the returning Haji from the blessed journey:
قَبِلَ اللهُ حَجَّكَ، وَغَفَرَ ذَنْبَكَ، وَأَخْلَفَ نَفَقَتكَ
Qabilallahu hajjaka wa ghafara dhambaka wa akhlafa nafaqataka
May Allah accept your Hajj, forgive your sins and recompense your expenses. (At-Tabrani)
From the Fadhail-e-Haj (Virtues of Haj) by Shaykh Zakariyya Kandehlawi (RA):
Hazrat Abdullah ibnu Umar (Radiyallahu Anhuma) narrates that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) said: “When you meet Haaji (on his way home) then greet him, shake hands with him and ask him to beg forgiveness of Allah on your behalf before he enters his home, because his duaa for forgiveness is accepted since he is forgiven by Allah for his sins.” (Musnad Ahmad #5372, #6112, Mishkaat 1/223)
Hazrat Abu Hurayrah (Radiyallahu Anhu) narrates from Nabi (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) that he said: “The Haaji and the one who makes Umrah are members of the delegation of Allah. If they make Duaa to Allah, Allah answers them. If they ask Allah for forgiveness, Allah forgives them.” (Sunan ibnu Majah #2892, Mishkaat 1/222)
Hazrat Abu Hurayrah (Radiyallahu Anhu) narrates that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) once made Duaa: “O Allah, forgive the sins of the Haaji and forgive the sins of the one for whom the Haaji seeks forgiveness.” (Mustadrak lil Haakim #1612)
