Dua for Returning Haji – Welcoming a Pilgrim Back from Hajj

How to greet someone returning from hajj

When going to visit the returning Haji it is important to recite the dua for returning Haji in accordance with the Sunnah of the Messneger ﷺ making the action reqarding for us and making a heartfelt dua for the one who has returned from Hajj.

Say the following words when meeting the Haji after their return from the blessed journey
قَبِلَ اللهُ حَجَّكَ وَ غَفَرَ ذَنْبَكَ وَ اَخْلَفَ نَفَقَتَكَ

May Allah accept your Hajj, forgive your sins and recompense your expenses.

(at-Tabrani)
Source: at Tazkiyah

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The Dua of a Haji

Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) reports that Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:
“When you meet a haji then greet him, shake hands with him and ask him to seek forgiveness on your behalf before he enters his home, for verily he is forgiven”
(Musnad Ahmad, vol. 2 pg. 69 with a weak chain. Refer: Majma’uz Zawaid, vol. 4 pg. 16)

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (radiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:
“O Allah, forgive the sins of the haji and forgive the sins of the one for whom the haji seeks forgiveness”
(Mustadrak Hakim, vol. 1 pg. 441, Sahih ibn Khuzaymah, Hadith: 2516, Shu’abul Iman, Hadith: 3817)
Imam Hakim (rahimahullah) has authenticated the above Hadith and Hafiz Dhahabi (rahimahullah) concurs with him.

Sayyiduna ‘Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhu) says:
“The haji will be forgiven, and all those whom the haji seeks forgiveness on behalf of, for the remainder of Dhul Hijjah, Muharram, Safar until the tenth of Rabi’ul Awwal.”
(Musannaf ibn Abi Shaybah, Hadith: 12800 with a weak chain. Refer; footnotes of Musannaf ibn Abi Shaybah. Also see Al Ajwibatul Mardiyyah, vol. 1 pg. 61)

Source: Jamiatul Ulama