One of the first things Sayyidi Habib Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah protect him and benefit us by him) did when he returned to Tarim after performing hajj was to seek Allah’s forgiveness. The Prophet said ﷺ : “O Allah, forgive the one who has made hajj and the one for whom he seeks forgiveness.” This is the prayer he made:
O Allah, as Your Prophet ﷺ taught us, we seek Your forgiveness for ourselves and those present and our families and our children and those in our homes and our neighbours and our companions and our students and all Muslims and believers male and female.
We ask You, by the secret of Your Beloved’s seeking forgiveness and his request that You forgive the person who performs hajj and whoever he seeks forgiveness for.. we ask You by what You said in Your Book: If only when they wronged themselves they came to you and sought Allah’s forgiveness and the Messenger sought forgiveness for them they would have found Allah Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.. we ask You for complete and all-encompassing forgiveness which leaves behind no wrongdoings or acts of disobedience. Replace all our bad deeds with good deeds and fulfil the rights that are due to others on our behalf.
O Allah, bless those who have performed hajj and visited Your Prophet ﷺ with complete acceptance and allow Your Prophet to intercede for us. Allow us to receive the gifts and secrets that were bestowed upon those who made tawaf and stood at Arafat and performed hajj and umrah. May this be a cause for us to increase in determination to honour our covenant with You so that we attain Your true love and remain firm upon the path which is pleasing to You in our words, deeds, intentions and all our states.
We ask that through Your acceptance of those that have performed hajj You relieve the sufferings of the Muslims and unite the Muslims. We ask for Your complete enabling grace and to be in the best company in the next life. We recite the Fatihah and donate the reward to the Chosen One and his Household and Companions and those that he loves and all of Allah’s pious slaves.