Written by: Imran Ayub Lahori
Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn al-Sā’ib رضي الله عنه narrates:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would say between the two corners (Ḥajar al-Aswad and Rukn Yamānī):
رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ
(Hasan: Sahih Abu Dawud: 1666, Kitāb al-Manāsik: Chapter on Du‘ā During Ṭawāf; Abu Dawud: 1892; Ahmad: 3/411; Musnad al-Shāfi‘ī: 1/347; ‘Abd al-Razzāq: 8963; Ibn Khuzaymah: 2721; Ibn Ḥibbān: 3826; Ḥākim: 1/455; Bayhaqī: 5/84; Sharḥ al-Sunnah: 4/77)
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah رضي الله عنه narrates that the Prophet ﷺ said:
"At the Rukn Yamānī, there are seventy thousand angels appointed. Whoever says:
اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ رَبَّنَا آتِنَا … عَذَابَ النَّارِ
all those angels say Āmīn."
In another narration:
"Whoever performs ṭawāf of the Ka‘bah and says only:
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ
will have ten sins erased, ten good deeds recorded, and his rank raised by ten levels."
(Da‘īf: Da‘īf Ibn Mājah: 640, Kitāb al-Manāsik: Chapter on the Virtue of Ṭawāf; Mishkāt: 2590; Da‘īf al-Jāmi‘: 5683; Ibn Mājah: 2957)
Sayyidah ‘Ā’ishah رضي الله عنها narrates that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
"Indeed, the circumambulation (ṭawāf) of the House, the walking between Ṣafā and Marwah, and the stoning of the Jamarāt are only for the remembrance of Allah."
(Da‘īf: Da‘īf Abu Dawud: 410, Kitāb al-Manāsik: Chapter on Raml; Da‘īf Tirmidhī: 154; Abu Dawud: 1888; Tirmidhī: 902; Dārimī: 2/50; Ibn Khuzaymah: 2738; Ahmad: 6/64 — Shaykh ‘Alī Mu‘awwaḍ graded it Sahih)
① Du‘ā Between the Two Corners (Ḥajar al-Aswad and Rukn Yamānī)
Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn al-Sā’ib رضي الله عنه narrates:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would say between the two corners (Ḥajar al-Aswad and Rukn Yamānī):
رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ
(Hasan: Sahih Abu Dawud: 1666, Kitāb al-Manāsik: Chapter on Du‘ā During Ṭawāf; Abu Dawud: 1892; Ahmad: 3/411; Musnad al-Shāfi‘ī: 1/347; ‘Abd al-Razzāq: 8963; Ibn Khuzaymah: 2721; Ibn Ḥibbān: 3826; Ḥākim: 1/455; Bayhaqī: 5/84; Sharḥ al-Sunnah: 4/77)
② Angels at the Rukn Yamānī
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah رضي الله عنه narrates that the Prophet ﷺ said:
"At the Rukn Yamānī, there are seventy thousand angels appointed. Whoever says:
اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ الْعَفْوَ وَالْعَافِيَةَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ رَبَّنَا آتِنَا … عَذَابَ النَّارِ
all those angels say Āmīn."
In another narration:
"Whoever performs ṭawāf of the Ka‘bah and says only:
سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ، وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَاللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ
will have ten sins erased, ten good deeds recorded, and his rank raised by ten levels."
(Da‘īf: Da‘īf Ibn Mājah: 640, Kitāb al-Manāsik: Chapter on the Virtue of Ṭawāf; Mishkāt: 2590; Da‘īf al-Jāmi‘: 5683; Ibn Mājah: 2957)
③ Purpose of Ṭawāf, Sa‘ī, and Stoning the Jamarāt
Sayyidah ‘Ā’ishah رضي الله عنها narrates that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
"Indeed, the circumambulation (ṭawāf) of the House, the walking between Ṣafā and Marwah, and the stoning of the Jamarāt are only for the remembrance of Allah."
(Da‘īf: Da‘īf Abu Dawud: 410, Kitāb al-Manāsik: Chapter on Raml; Da‘īf Tirmidhī: 154; Abu Dawud: 1888; Tirmidhī: 902; Dārimī: 2/50; Ibn Khuzaymah: 2738; Ahmad: 6/64 — Shaykh ‘Alī Mu‘awwaḍ graded it Sahih)
