The first Day: The 8th of Dhul Hijjah

In the morning of 8th Dhul Hijjah (the day of Tarwiyah) the pilgrim performing Tammattu‘ Hajj puts on his Ihram dress again and prays two rak‘as of Ihram declaring his intention of offering Hajj by saying:

“O Allah! I want to perform Hajj so make it easy for me and accept it from me, I intend to offer Hajj and entered the state of Ihram for Allah, so if I am detained by anything, my release from Ihram shall be where I am detained”.

He recites al – Talbiyah for three times “Labbayk Allahum Labbayk” (“ O Allah I’m here……) And concludes by saying salutations upon our prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).

If the pilgrim performing Tammattu‘ Hajj wants to perform the Sa‘y of Hajj before performing Tawaf Al –Ifadah (to relieve himself after coming back from Arafat) he should perform an optional Tawaf with Idibaa during all rounds, moving quickly (Ramal) in the first three rounds, and then he performs the Sa‘y of Hajj.

Heading to Mina:

In the morning of the 8th of Dhul Hijjah (the day of Tarwiyah), after the Fajr prayers, and after sunrise and Doha prayers, all pilgrims head towards Mina.

They stay there till the sunrise of the day of Arafah, and pray in Mina five prayers (Zuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha and Fajr of the following day, the 9th. of Dhul Hijja). While going to Mina, the pilgrim says:

“O Allah! In You is my hope, and to You I supplicate. So make my best hopes come true, forgive me, grant me a favor as You bestowed upon Your obedient servants, You are over all things Competent”.

In Mina, the pilgrim increases invocations and says “Our Lord, give us in this world [that which is] good and in the Hereafter [that which is] good and protect us from the punishment of the Fire”.
It is a Sunnah (prophetic tradition) to stay for a while and pray in Al-Khayf mosque (in Mina).

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