Duas and Method of Performing Sai Between Ṣafa and Marwah

Du'ā of mount Ṣafā

اَللّٰہُ اَکْبَرُ اَللّٰہُ اَکْبَرُ اَللّٰہُ اَکْبَرُ ۔ لَآ اِلٰہَ اِلَّا اللّٰہُ وَاللّٰہُ اَکْبَرُ ۔ اَللّٰہُ اَکْبَرُ وَ لِلّٰہِ الْحَمْدُ ۔ اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰہِ عَلٰى مَا هَدَانَا

عَلٰى مَآ اَوْلَانَا اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰہِ عَلٰى مَآ اَلْهَمَنَا ۔ اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰہِ الَّذِیْ هَدٰى لِهٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لِنَهْتَدِیَ لَوْلَآ اَنْ هَدٰىنَا اللّٰہُ ۔ لَآ اِلٰہَ اِلَّا اللّٰہُ وَحْدَهٗ لَاشَرِيْكَ لَهٗ ۔ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ يُحْيٖ وَيُمِيْتُ وَهُوَ حَیٌّ لَّا يَمُوْتُ بِيَدِهِ الْخَيْرُ وَهُوَ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَیْءٍ قَدِيْرٌ ۔ لَآ اِلٰہَ اِلَّا اللّٰہُ وَحْدَهٗ صَدَقَ وَعْدَهٗ وَنَصَرَ عَبْدَهٗ وَاَعَزَّ جُنْدَهٗ وَهَزَمَ الْاَحْزَابَ وَحْدَهٗ ۔ لَآ اِلٰہَ اِلَّا اللّٰہُ وَلَا نَعْبُدُ اِلَّآ اِيَّاهُ مُخْلِصِيْنَ لَهُ الدِّيْنَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْكَافِرُوْنَ ۔ فَسُبْحٰنَ اللّٰہِ حِيْنَ تُمْسُوْنَ وَحِيْنَ تُصْبِحُوْنَ ۔ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَعَشِيًّا ۔ وَحِيْنَ تُظْهِرُوْنَ يُخْرِجُ الْحَیَّ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ وَيُخْرِجُ الْمَيِّتَ مِنَ الْحَیِّ وَيُحْيِ الْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَكَذٰلِكَ تُخْرَجُوْنَ ۔ اَللّٰهُمَّ

كَمَا هَدَيْتَنِیْ لِلْاِسْلَامِ اَسْئَلُكَ اَنْ لَّا تَنْزِعَهٗ مِنِّیْ حَتّٰى تَتَوَفَّانِیْ وَاَنَا مُسْلِمٌ ۔ سُبْحٰنَ اللّٰہِ وَلَآ اِلٰہَ اِلَّا اللّٰہُ وَاللّٰہُ اَکْبَرُ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ اِلَّا بِاللّٰہِ الْعَلِیِّ الْعَظِيْمِ ۔ اَللّٰهُمَّ اَحْيِنِیْ عَلٰى سُنَّةِ نَبِيِّكَ رَسُوْلِكَ صَلَّى اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّمَ

وَتَوَفَّنِیْ عَلٰى مِلَّتِهٖ وَاَعِذْنِیْ مِنْ مُّضِلَّاتِ الْفِتَنِ ۔ اَللّٰہُمَّ اجْعَلْنَا مِمَّنْ يُّحِبُّكَ وَيُحِبُّ رَسُوْلَكَ وَاَنْبِيَآءَكَ وَمَلٰٓئِكَتَكَ وَعِبَادَكَ الصّٰلِحِيْنَ ۔ اَللّٰهُمَّ يَسِّرْلِیَ الْيُسْرٰى وَجَنِّبْنِیَ الْعُسْرٰى ۔ اَللّٰهُمَّ اَحْيِنِیْ عَلٰى سُنَّةِ رَسُوْلِكَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّمَ وَتَوَفَّنِیْ مُسْلِمًا وَّاَلْحِقْنِیْ بِالصّٰلِحِيْنَ وَاجْعَلْنِیْ مِنْ وَّرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ النَّعِيْمِ وَاغْفِرْ خَطِيْئَتِیْ يَوْمَ الدِّيْنِ ۔ اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنَّا نَسْئَلُكَ اِيْمَانًا كَامِلًا وَّقَلْبًا خَاشِعًا وَّنَسْئَلُكَ عِلْمًا نَّافِعًا وَّيَقِيْنًا صَادِقًا وَّدِيْنًا قَيِّمًا وَّنَسْئَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ مِنْ كُلِّ بَلِيَّةٍ وَّنَسْئَلُكَ تَمَامَ الْعَافِيَةِ وَنَسْئَلُكَ دَوَامَ الْعَافِيَةِ وَنَسْئَلُكَ الشُّكْرَ عَلَى الْعَافِيَةِ وَنَسْئَلُكَ الْغِنٰى عَنِ النَّاسِ ۔ اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ وَبَارِكْ عَلٰى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَّعَلٰى اٰلِهٖ وَصَحْبِهٖ عَدَدَ خَلْقِكَ وَرِضَا نَفْسِكَ وَزِنَةَ عَرْشِكَ وَمِدَادَ كَلِمَاتِكَ كُلَّمَا ذَكَرَكَ الذَّاكِرُوْنَ وَغَفَلَ عَنْ ذِكْرِكَ الْغَافِلُوْنَ ۔ اٰمِيْنَ بِجَاهِ النَّبِیِّ الْاَمِيْنِ صَلَّى اللّٰہُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

Translation:

Allah ﷻ is the Greatest, Allah ﷻ is the Greatest, Allah ﷻ is the Greatest. Only He ﷻ is worthy of all glorification. Allah ﷻ Who has guided us on the right path deserves all glorification. And Allah ﷻ Who has blessed us with bounty deserves glorification. Only Allah ﷻ is worthy of glorification Who has guided us to the path of virtues. All glorifications are for Allah ﷻ only Who has blessed us with righteousness and if He ﷻ had not blessed us with righteousness, we could not get it (by our own). Allah ﷻ is alone deserving of worship, no one is His partner. For Him is sovereignty. He ﷻ is worthy of all sort of admiration. Life and death are under His omnipotence. He ﷻ is alive such that He ﷻ cannot die. Goodness and virtues are under His authority. He ﷻ is Omnipotent. No one is worthy of worship except Allah ﷻ Who is One and His promise is true and He ﷻ helped His servant and honoured his forces with victory and He ﷻ defeated alone all the battalions of evil doers. Nobody is worthy of worship except Allah ﷻ. We purely worship Him only even though the unbelievers get annoyed. O Allah ﷻ! It is Your saying and Your saying is truth: 'Make Du'ā to Me, I will accept.' And You don't go against Your promise. So O Allah ﷻ! You have blessed me with the wealth of Islam. Now I beg You not to withdraw this wealth from me. Keep me a Muslim till I die. Allah ﷻ is free from all shortcomings and only He ﷻ is worthy of all glorifications. Nobody is worthy of worship except Him and Allah ﷻ is the Greatest. There is no strength except that bestowed by Allah ﷻ. O Allah ﷻ! Shower blessings and salutations on our sovereign Sayyidunā Muhammad ﷺ and on his kinfolk and his companions and his pious wives and his dynasty and his followers till the Day of Judgement. Yā Allah ﷻ! Forgive me, my parents, and all Muslim men and women and send Salām on all Prophets. And all glorifications are for Allah ﷻ Who is the Rab of all the worlds.

Completing the Du'ā, recite Ṣalāt-'Alan-Nabī, lower your hands and make the intention of Sa'ī in your heart. However, it is better to make verbal intention provided you understand its meaning. Make the following intention:

Intention of Sai

اَللّٰهُمَّ اِنِّیْ اُرِيْدُ السَّعْیَ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ سَبْعَةَ اَشْوَاطٍ لِّوَجْهِكَ الْكَرِيْمِ فَيَسِّرْهُ لِیْ وَ تَقَبَّلْهُ مِنِّیْ

O Allah ﷻ! I intend to perform the seven rounds of Sa'ī between Ṣafā and Marwah for Your pleasure. Make it easy for me and accept it from me.

Du'ā when descending from Ṣafā/Marwah

اَللّٰهُمَّ اسْتَعْمِلْنِیْ بِسُنَّةِ نَبِيِّكَ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّمَ وَتَوَفَّنِیْ عَلٰى مِلَّتِهٖ وَاَعِذْنِیْ مِنْ مُّضِلَّاتِ الْفِتَنِ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا اَرْحَمَ الرّٰحِمِيْنَ

O Allah ﷻ! Make me one who acts upon the Sunnah of Your Beloved Prophet ﷺ, let me die in his religion, and save me from evils of heresy with your mercy, O the Most Merciful!

Whilst busy with Zikr and Ṣalāt-'Alan-Nabī, walk from Ṣafā towards Marwah at a medium pace. (Nowadays this passage has marble flooring and air coolers. There was a time when Sayyidatunā Hājirah رضی اللہ تعالٰی عنہا had performed Sa'ī. Just for a moment think of that heart-breaking situation when this area was barren with no sign of water and vegetation. Sayyidunā Ismā'īl عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام was an infant crying desperately out of extreme thirst and Sayyidatunā Hājirah رَضِیَ اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی عَنْہَا was restlessly searching for water in the scorching heat of this rocky land.

On reaching the first green mark, Islamic brothers should begin to run (but in a dignified way, not uncontrollably) and those on wheel-chairs should step up their speed. If there is a crowd, wait for a moment when there is hope of the crowd being decreased. Whilst running, take care that neither you nor any body else gets hurt as running here is a Sunnah but causing pain to a Muslim is Ḥarām. Islamic sisters should not run. Now, Islamic brothers whilst running and Islamic sisters whilst walking should recite the following Du'ā.

Du'ā to be recited between green marks

رَبِّ اغْفِرْ وَارْحَمْ وَتَجَاوَزْ عَمَّا تَعْلَمُ ۔ اِنَّکَ تَعْلَمُ مَا لَا نَعْلَمُ ۔ اِنَّکَ اَنْتَ الْاَعَزُّ الْاَکْرَمُ وَاهْدِنِیْ لِلَّتِیْ ھِیَ اَقْوَمُ ۔ اَللّٰهُمَّ اجْعَلْهَا عُمْرَۃً مَّبْرُوْرَۃً وَّ سَعْیًا مَّشْکُوْرًا وَّ ذَنْبًا مَّغْفُوْرًا

Translation:

O my Rab ﷻ, forgive me and have mercy on me. Forgive my wrongdoings that are known to You. Without doubt, You are fully aware but we are not. Without doubt, You are Great and Glorified. Keep me on the straight path. O Allah ﷻ! Accept my 'Umrah, make my Sa'ī fruitful and forgive my sins.

When you arrive at the next green mark, slow down and proceed towards Marwah. Look! You are now at the blessed mount of Marwah. Most people try to go as high as possible but you do not do so; rather abide by the Sunnah, i.e. go uphill a little only. Even by reaching as far as the check-marble floor starts, you will be considered to have climbed Marwah.

Although, nowadays, the Ka'bah is not visible from here due to various constructions, you should still face towards the direction of the Ka'bah and make Du'ā for the same amount of time spent on Ṣafā (in Du'ā). There is no need to make the intention again, as it has already been made. Now you have completed one round.

Now proceed towards Ṣafā making Du'ā. Perform the same act between the two green lights (Milayn-e-Akhḍarayn) as you did during the first round, i.e. Islamic brothers should run while Islamic sisters should just walk in this passage whilst making Du'ā. On reaching Ṣafā, two rounds would be completed. Continue until all seven rounds are completed. The seventh round will finish at Marwah. Your Sa'ī is now complete.