Is it permissible for the one performing 'Umrah and the one performing Hajj to carry a book containing supplications for the seven circuits?
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The questioner:
Is it permissible for the one performing 'Umrah and the one performing Hajj to carry a book containing supplications like the seven shayatin? No, this is not recommended.
The Shaykh:
It is recommended that a person supplicate with whatever is easy for him from the supplications, without being bound by a book or by a circumambulator who repeats what he says. Rather, he should supplicate for himself with whatever is easy for him, and he should not raise his voice in supplication either. If he is content with reciting the Qur'an or reciting surahs from the Qur'an while circumambulating, or if he is content with glorifying, declaring the oneness of Allah, and saying Allahu Akbar during the tawaf, all of this is part of it. It is for him. And of the supplication is the supplication of worship. Is it not necessary for a person to carry a book with him? No, because the book occupies him with reading it, distracting him from the presence of heart in supplication, and secondly, being bound to a specific supplication requires evidence, and there is no evidence for that.
The presenter:
Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good. Shaykh Salih, perhaps you have discovered, along with others, may Allah reward you with good, that some of the common people, when they want to supplicate, perhaps do not know what to say, and this is a known observation among many of the common people. But those who have not read or written, they benefit from these books or benefit from those who teach them the supplications by rote. Is that a product, Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
First, supplication in the tawaf is not obligatory. If he circumambulates the House without saying anything and without supplicating, if he circumambulates while silent, his tawaf is valid, because the intended thing is the circumambulation of the House, that he circumambulate it seven times. This is worship. As for supplication, it is an addition of good. If it happens, it is a multiplication of reward, and if it does not happen, it is not obligatory. Also, if he does not know how to supplicate, he might read before the tawaf,
The presenter:
Mm. Before he starts the tawaf, he reads the book and gets to the supplications in it, then when he comes to circumambulate, he says these supplications.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good. Shaykh Salih, it is perhaps a known observation, as you notice, may Allah reward you with good, that when a person wants something from the matters of this world, he plans, and perhaps he seeks the help of others to draw maps for him and the like, whereas when he wants to start in a matter of worship, he does not prepare except with weak preparation. I hope for guidance in this matter.
The Shaykh:
Yes, this is a very important matter that a person should understand the matters of his religion before he starts in them, meaning he learns how to perform these acts of worship in the required manner before he starts in them; because Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, began with knowledge before speech and action. He said, the Exalted:[Muhammad 47:19] So He began with knowledge before speech and action, because action is founded on knowledge, so if the foundation is missing, the building does not stand. A person should learn the rulings of Hajj before he performs Hajj, he learns the rulings of fasting, he learns the rulings of prayer, the rulings of zakah before he starts in them. This is required of the Muslim. And if he is not able to learn by himself, he must ask the people of knowledge. Allah said: [An-Nahl 16:43] Al-Imran
The presenter:
May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh:
And may He reward you. So, as you have graciously mentioned, a person must care about the matters of his religion more than he cares about the matters of his worldly life. There is no doubt in this, so there is no salvation for him except through that.
Is it permissible for the one performing 'Umrah and the one performing Hajj to carry a book containing supplications like the seven shayatin? No, this is not recommended.
The Shaykh:
It is recommended that a person supplicate with whatever is easy for him from the supplications, without being bound by a book or by a circumambulator who repeats what he says. Rather, he should supplicate for himself with whatever is easy for him, and he should not raise his voice in supplication either. If he is content with reciting the Qur'an or reciting surahs from the Qur'an while circumambulating, or if he is content with glorifying, declaring the oneness of Allah, and saying Allahu Akbar during the tawaf, all of this is part of it. It is for him. And of the supplication is the supplication of worship. Is it not necessary for a person to carry a book with him? No, because the book occupies him with reading it, distracting him from the presence of heart in supplication, and secondly, being bound to a specific supplication requires evidence, and there is no evidence for that.
The presenter:
Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good. Shaykh Salih, perhaps you have discovered, along with others, may Allah reward you with good, that some of the common people, when they want to supplicate, perhaps do not know what to say, and this is a known observation among many of the common people. But those who have not read or written, they benefit from these books or benefit from those who teach them the supplications by rote. Is that a product, Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
First, supplication in the tawaf is not obligatory. If he circumambulates the House without saying anything and without supplicating, if he circumambulates while silent, his tawaf is valid, because the intended thing is the circumambulation of the House, that he circumambulate it seven times. This is worship. As for supplication, it is an addition of good. If it happens, it is a multiplication of reward, and if it does not happen, it is not obligatory. Also, if he does not know how to supplicate, he might read before the tawaf,
The presenter:
Mm. Before he starts the tawaf, he reads the book and gets to the supplications in it, then when he comes to circumambulate, he says these supplications.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good. Shaykh Salih, it is perhaps a known observation, as you notice, may Allah reward you with good, that when a person wants something from the matters of this world, he plans, and perhaps he seeks the help of others to draw maps for him and the like, whereas when he wants to start in a matter of worship, he does not prepare except with weak preparation. I hope for guidance in this matter.
The Shaykh:
Yes, this is a very important matter that a person should understand the matters of his religion before he starts in them, meaning he learns how to perform these acts of worship in the required manner before he starts in them; because Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, began with knowledge before speech and action. He said, the Exalted:
So know, [O Muhammad], that there is no deity except Allah and ask forgiveness for your sin and for the believing men and believing women
فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاسْتَغْفِرْ لِذَنبِكَ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِSo ask the people of the message if you do not know.
فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَThe presenter:
May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh:
And may He reward you. So, as you have graciously mentioned, a person must care about the matters of his religion more than he cares about the matters of his worldly life. There is no doubt in this, so there is no salvation for him except through that.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز للمعتمر والحاج أن يحمل كتاباً يشتمل على أدعية في الأشواط السبعة؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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