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Thursday, February 6, 2020

26. Talbiyah

All scholars agree that upon assuming ihram at the meeqat the pilgrim should begin calling out the talbiyah. 

Upon reaching Dhul-Hulayfah during the Farewell Pilgrimage the Prophet salallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam performed the thuhr  prayer, entering into the state of ihram, mounted his camel and then began calling out, "Labbayk..."


According to the Prophetic sunnah, as reported by 'Abdullah bin 'Umar, the words of talbiyah are the following:



Labbayk allahumma labbayk. labbayka la sharika laka labbayk. Innal- hamda wan- ni 'mata lka wal mulk. La shareeka lak.

"I respond [in obedience] to You, O Allah- I respond.  I respond - no partner is there to You- I respond. All praise and favours is Yours, and sovereignty.There is no partner to You."

The male pilgrim should pronounce this talbiyah in a loud voice intermittently throughout the state of ihram. While a women should say it in a low voice.


For Hajj, the talbiyah begins with the assumption of ihram and ends with throwing the first pebble on the 10th of Dhul- Hajj. For umrah, the talbiyah begins with ihram and ends with the beginning of tawaf.

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