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Stay in Madinah

Stay in Madinah, ihram at the Dhul Hulayfah miqat, journey to Makkah, tawaf, saʿi, halq, return.

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Educational guide. If in doubt, ask your guide or a scholar.

In Madinah there is no ihram rite: the aim is prayer in the Prophet’s ﷺ Mosque, greeting the Prophet ﷺ and his two companions, then visits (Baqiʿ, Quba, Uhud). The Rawda is booked through the Nusuk app, run by the authorities: the agency helps but does not control the slots.

Schools differVisiting Madinah is recommended but not a condition of Umrah. At the grave, greet respectfully in a low voice, without asking the Prophet ﷺ for what is asked only of Allah; practices around the grave are debated: keep to the greeting.

Supplications

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ

As-salāmu ʿalayka yā rasūla Llāhi wa raḥmatu Llāhi wa barakātuh

Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings (then upon Abu Bakr and Umar).

Greeting wording reported from Ibn Umar (Muwatta, Bayhaqi)

بِسْمِ اللهِ، وَالصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ، اللَّهُمَّ افْتَحْ لِي أَبْوَابَ رَحْمَتِكَ

Bismi Llāh, wa-ṣ-ṣalātu wa-s-salāmu ʿalā rasūli Llāh, Allāhumma ftaḥ lī abwāba raḥmatik

Supplication for entering the mosque.

Muslim 713, Abu Dawud 465 (entering the mosque)

Common mistakes

What if…

No Rawda slot on Nusuk?

Try again early each morning; pray elsewhere in the mosque, the reward of prayer there remains immense.

I want to pray at Quba?

Perform ablution at the hotel then pray two units at Quba: reward compared to an Umrah in a hadith.

Checklist

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Sources

All steps

  1. 1Stay in Madinah
  2. 2Preparing ihram at the hotel
  3. 3Ihram at the Dhul Hulayfah miqat (Abyar Ali)
  4. 4Madinah → Makkah journey in talbiya
  5. 5Entering Makkah and the Sacred Mosque
  6. 6Tawaf: 7 circuits around the Kaaba
  7. 7Prayer behind Maqam Ibrahim and Zamzam water
  8. 8Saʿi: 7 laps between Safa and Marwa
  9. 9Halq or taqsir: leaving ihram
  10. 10The return