Respectable Practices to Observe While on Hajj & Umrah
- Smile at another Muslim.
- Say Salam to strangers.
- Shake someone’s hand and ask about their health.
- Buy tea for someone.
- Offer to get someone’s groceries.
- Guide someone who’s ill to the infirmary.
- Recite Talbiyah loudly, encouraging others.
- Gather stones for people.
- Offer to throw on behalf of unable Hajjis.
- Guide people to the Jamarat.
- Lower your gaze.
- Remind people of the lives of the Sahaabah.
- Recite Quran.
- Do the authentic Dhikr of the morning and evening.
- Give attention to shy people in your group.
- Remind people of patience, why they came here, and the example of our Ulumaa in Hajj.
- Explain a Hajj Khutbah you may have heard to those around you
- Make dua for forgotten friends.
- Don’t allow Muslims to fight during Hajj.
- Help people find a place to sleep.
- Remember, during the heat, the unending torment of hellfire.
- Say: Laailaahailla Allah, wahdahulaasharikalah,lahulMulkwalahulhamd, waHuwa ala kullishayinQadeer 100x.
- Say the dua of entering the market place when you go there.
- Give charity to those who sell meager things (sandals/eggs).
- Remind people to go home as better Muslims.
- Forgive people that wronged you.
- Compliment someone sincerely.
- Take young Muslims and invite them to sit with the elders. Make them the center of attention.
- Ask about the health of senior women in your group. Make sure they are attended to.
- Focus hard on helping those immediately near you.
- Remember specific blessings Allah has bestowed upon you and say Alhamdulillah.
- Pray to Allah using his 99 most beautiful names (al Asmaa al Husna).
- Use a Miswak.
- Always intend reward from Allah for everything you go through during Hajj.