al-Sahih min Dua al-Hajj wa al-Mutamir
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al-Sahih min Du'a' al-Hajj wa al-Mu'tamir (The Authentic Supplications of the Pilgrim for Hajj and 'Umrah) is a concise guide compiled and verified by the Egyptian scholar Magdi Fathi al-Sayyid (Abu Maryam), collecting verified prayers and remembrances prescribed for the rituals of the major and minor pilgrimages .
Purpose and Scope
In his preface to the work, the compiler explains that supplications during the pilgrimage rites and other acts of worship should be derived exclusively from the Quran and the Sunnah . He presents a curated selection of authentic Prophetic supplications alongside traditions transmitted from the Companions and early generations (al-Salaf al-Salih) . He explicitly cautions pilgrims against relying on fabricated, overly rhymed, or affected supplications, advising them instead to supplicate with sincerity, insistence, and certainty .
Structure and Content
The treatise is organized chronologically according to the stages and rituals of pilgrimage across fifteen distinct sections :
- Supplication of Talbiyah in Hajj and 'Umrah (Du'a' al-Talbiyah fi al-Hajj wa al-'Umrah)
- Supplication upon seeing the Kaaba (Du'a' 'inda Ru'yat al-Ka'bah)
- Supplication upon touching the Black Stone (al-Du'a' 'inda Istilam al-Hajar al-Aswad)
- Supplication between the Yemeni Corner and the Black Stone (al-Du'a' bayna al-Rukn al-Yamani wa al-Hajar al-Aswad)
- Supplication during circumambulation (al-Du'a' fi al-Tawaf)
- Supplication after the two units of circumambulation prayer (al-Du'a' ba'da Rak'atay al-Tawaf)
- Supplication upon ascending al-Safa and al-Marwah (al-Du'a' 'inda Su'ud al-Safa wa al-Marwah)
- Supplication on al-Safa (al-Du'a' 'ala al-Safa)
- Supplication during the striving between al-Safa and al-Marwah (al-Du'a' fi al-Sa'y bayna al-Safa wa al-Marwah)
- Supplication at 'Arafat (al-Du'a' bi-'Arafat)
- Supplications of the righteous predecessors at 'Arafat (Du'a' al-Salaf al-Salih fi 'Arafat)
- Supplication upon stoning the Pillar of 'Aqabah (al-Du'a' 'inda Ramy Jamrat al-'Aqabah)
- Supplication at al-Multazam (al-Du'a' 'inda al-Multazam)
- Supplication upon bidding farewell to the House (al-Du'a' 'inda Wada' al-Bayt)
- Supplication upon returning from Hajj or 'Umrah (Du'a' al-Ruju' min al-Hajj aw al-'Umrah)
Method and Sources
The author presents each narration with its primary text and provides hadith documentation (takhrij) and source criticism in the accompanying footnotes . He cross-references hadiths and reports to classical collections, including the Muwatta' of Malik ibn Anas, the Sahih works of al-Bukhari and Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj, the Musannaf collections of Ibn Abi Shaybah and 'Abd al-Razzaq al-San'ani, the Sunan compilations of Abu Dawud, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, and al-Bayhaqi, and al-Tabarani's Kitab al-Du'a' . When evaluating narrations, he notes their chains of transmission, discusses supporting narrations (shawahid), assesses narrators, and grades the traditions as authentic (sahih) or sound (hasan) . Additionally, the author incorporates brief lexical glosses in the footnotes to clarify obscure Arabic terms occurring in the texts .
Publication History
The book was published in its first edition in 1412 AH (1992 CE) by Dar al-Sahaba li-l-Turath in Tanta, Egypt .
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