Question
What du’a can we recite when we welcome a returning Haji?
Answer
Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said the following to a returning Haji:
قَبِلَ اللهُ حَجَّك، وَغَفَرَ ذَنْبَكَ، وَاَخْلَفَ نَفَقَتَكَ
“Qabilallahu hajjaka, wa ghafara dhambaka, wa akhlafa nafaqatak.”
Translation: May Allah accept your Hajj, may He forgive your sins and may He replace your expenditure.
(Ibnus Sunni, Hadith: 506 and Kitabud Du’a of Tabarani, Hadith: 829. Also see: Majma’uz zawaid, vol. 3, pg. 211, Al-Adhkar, Hadith: 685 and Al-Ibtihaj of Sakhawi, pg. 140)
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best,
Answered by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar
Checked by: Mawlana Haroon Abasoomar