لبيك اللهم لبيك

Labbayka Allahumma labbayk. Here I am, at Your service, my Lord. Even with a heart hardened by my own doing. Still, I have answered Your call, walking to You in pursuit of Your forgiveness.

Labbayk.

Here I am, holding my dimmed soul up to Your Light, hoping Your nur will bathe it, Restore it to the innocence it once knew.

Labbayk.

Even as I stand far from the plains of Arafah, You know that I ache to be near. I am not draped in white, but I carry the weight of longing like a pilgrim. Not among the crowds crying out Your name, but my soul joins them from behind closed doors.

Labbayk.

Though my steps never reached the Valley of Mina, I walk to You with the sins I wish I’d shed, hoping Your Mercy will reach me before I reach You.

Labbayk.

Best Dua on 'Arafah

Là ilaha illallah, wahda hu la sharika lahu, lahul-mulku wa lahul-hamdu, wa huwa ala kulli shai in qadir

• None has the right to be worshipped but Allah, Alone, without partner, to Him belongs all that exists, and to Him belongs the Praise, and He is powerful over all things.

Dua for good in this world & the next

Rabbana atina fid dunya hasanatan wa fil Aakhirati hasanatan wagina adhaban-nar

• Our Lord, give us in this world that which is good and in the Hereafter that which is good and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.

Dua for forgiveness

Rabbana zalamna anfusana wa il-lam taghfir lanà wa tarhamna la-

nakunanna minal-khasirin.

• Our Lord, we have wronged ourselves. If You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we will surely be amongst the losers.

Dua to make faith beloved in your heart

Allahumma habbib ilayna al-imaan wa zayyinhu fee quloobina, wa karrih ilayna al kufr wa al-fusooa, wa al-isyaan, waj alna min-ar rashideen

• O Allah make faith beloved to us and beautify it in our hearts, and make us hate disbelief, rebelliousness, and disobedience, and make us amongst those who are rightly guided.

Dua for guidance & mercy

Rabbanaa Laa Tuzigh Quloobanaa Ba-Da Id-haday-tanaa Wa Hab Lanaa Mil Ladunka Rah'mah Innaka Antal Wahaab

if you feel so overwhelmed by everything happening in your personal life that it’s hard to breathe sometimes - arafah is your day.

if you’re hurt by the behavior of others and still bitter over memories of them taking advantage of you - arafah is your day.

if you can’t remember the last time you felt truly connected to Allah (swt) and at peace - arafah is your day.

if you’re living life on autopilot and it’s been ages since the last time you felt like yourself - arafah is your day.

if you feel disconnected from your partner, resentful and lonely with little hope of things changing for the better - arafah is your day.

if your heart bleeds for the muslim ummah and you grieve for their children, your children, OUR children - arafah is your day.

if you or a loved one is battling a physical or mental illness and it’s so draining for all of you - arafah is your day.

if you know you need to change, heal, move on, and be guided to your true purpose in life but don’t know where to start - arafah is your day.

arafah is the day of miracles, answered prayers, hope, forgiveness, mercy, and love.

‎Shaykh Muhammad ibn Salih al-Uthaymeen, may Allah have mercy upon him, said:

‎The first ten days of Dhul-Ḥijjah begin with the start of the month of Dhul-Ḥijjah and end on the Day of Sacrifice (ʿEid al-Naḥr). Regarding deeds performed in these days, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:

‎“There are no days in which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allah than these ten days.”

‎They said: “Not even jihād in the path of Allah?”

‎He ﷺ said:

‎“Not even jihād in the path of Allah, except for a man who goes out with his life and wealth and returns with nothing from that.”

‎Based on this, I urge my Muslim brothers to seize this tremendous opportunity and to increase during the first ten days of Dhul-Ḥijjah in righteous deeds, such as recitation of the Qur’an, remembrance of Allah in all its forms: saying Allāhu Akbar (takbīr), Lā ilāha illallāh (tahlīl), Al-ḥamdulillāh (taḥmīd), Subḥānallāh (tasbīḥ), as well as charity, fasting, and all righteous deeds.

‎It is astonishing that people are heedless regarding these ten days. You find them striving hard in worship during the last ten nights of Ramaḍān, but during the first ten days of Dhul-Ḥijjah you hardly find anyone distinguishing them from other days.

‎However, if a person performs righteous deeds during these ten days, reviving what the Prophet ﷺ directed toward of righteous actions, then he is upon tremendous goodness.

‎When these ten days begin, if a person intends to offer a sacrifice, then he should not take anything from his hair, his nails, or his skin. He should not remove anything from any of these if he intends to offer a sacrifice.

‎As for the one on whose behalf the sacrifice is being offered, then there is no problem regarding him.

‎Therefore, if a person wishes to offer one sacrifice on behalf of himself and his household—as is the Sunnah—then the members of the household are not required to refrain from cutting their hair, nails, or skin, because the Prophet ﷺ said:

‎“When one of you intends to offer a sacrifice, then let him not take anything from his hair, skin, or nails.”

‎So the address is directed to the one who intends to offer the sacrifice.

‎But if someone were to say: If the person intending to offer the sacrifice travels for ḥajj, he will perform ʿumrah and shorten his hair, even though he instructed his family to offer the sacrifice on his behalf?

‎We say: This does not harm, because shortening the hair in ʿumrah is a rite that must be performed. Likewise, shortening or shaving the hair in ḥajj is permissible and there is no issue with it.

‎Abū ʾUmāmah – Allāh be pleased with him – said:

‎Verily Shayṭān comes to your bed after your wife has made it and prepared it and throws a stick, a stone, or something [similar] on it to make the husband angry with his wife. So if someone finds this, let him not be angry with his wife, for it is the work of Shayṭān.