What to do
- Perform tawaf al-wadaʿ, seven circuits, as the last thing you do in Makkah before you leave.
- Pray two units behind Maqam Ibrahim if you can, or anywhere in the mosque.
- Drink Zamzam with an intention.
- Leave without staying long afterwards.
أُمِرَ النَّاسُ أَنْ يَكُونَ آخِرُ عَهْدِهِمْ بِالْبَيْتِ، إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ خُفِّفَ عَنِ الْحَائِضِ
The people were commanded that their last moment [in Makkah] be at the House, except that this was lightened for the woman who is menstruating.
Why we do it
The Prophet ﷺ told people that their last moment in Makkah should be at the House. You arrived at the House and you leave from it.
مَاءُ زَمْزَمَ لِمَا شُرِبَ لَهُ
The water of Zamzam is for whatever it is drunk for.
Your heart today
This tawaf is quieter than the others. You are saying goodbye, and you do not know whether you will come back. Ask Allah to accept everything, to forgive what you got wrong, and to let you return.
Then think about home. The sign of an accepted hajj is a better life afterwards. Decide now on one or two things you will change, and hold on to them in the first forty days back.
Du’as for today
Our Lord, accept from us
When When you finish each rite, and at the end of your hajj. Ibrahim and Ismail said it while raising the foundations of the Ka'bah.
رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا إِنَّكَ أَنتَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ
TransliterationRabbanā taqabbal minnā, innaka antas-samīʿul-ʿalīm.
MeaningOur Lord, accept this from us. You are the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.
Source Qur'an, Al-Baqara 2:127 3
Good in this world and the next
When In tawaf, between the Yemeni corner and the Black Stone. It is also one of the best du'as at any time.
رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ
TransliterationRabbanā ātinā fid-dunyā ḥasanatan wa fil-ākhirati ḥasanatan wa qinā ʿadhāban-nār.
MeaningOur Lord, give us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.
Source Sunan Abi Dawud 1892 4