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(2) He shall seek a religious companion. He will seek your good and help you. He will remind you if you forget. Take farewell from relatives, friends and neighbours and seek their blessings and give your blessings to them by saying: I am entrusting to God your religion and your trust and the end of your actions. The Prophet used to pray for the man who wished to perform' Haj: May God keep you in His protection. May He give you provision of God fear. May He forgive your sins, and may He keep your face towards good wherever you are.

(3) Pray two rak'ats of prayer before starting from home with Fateha and Sura Kaferun in the first rak'at and Sura Ikhlas in the second rakat. When you finish your prayer, raise your two hands and seek blessings with this Doa: O God, you are my friend in this journey, you are my successor for my properties, children and friends, save me and them from all calamities. O God, I seek from you in this journey virtues, God fear and actions pleasing to you.
O God, make the world narrow for me, make my journey easy and give me provision of health of body, religion and safety of properties and take us for pilgrimage of your House and for visiting the grave of your Prophet Muhammad (P.H). O God, I seek refuge to you from the troubles of journey, from change of conditions and from the evil looks of the family members and friends. O God, give us and them the blessings of your nearness.

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Don't deprive us and them of your blessing and don't change your kindness on us and on them.

(4) When you will come near the door of your house, say: In the name of God, I rely on God, there is no power and might except in God. O Lord, I seek refuge to Thee that I my not be misguided, that I may not misguide anybody, that I may not slip or that I may not cause anybody to slip, that I may not be oppressed or that I may not oppress anybody, that nobody may ascribe ignorance to me, nor I may ascribe ignorance to anybody.
I seek refuge to Thee from all these matters.

(5) When you get on board of your conveyance, say in the name of God and with God, God is greatest trust on God, the Great, the Mighty. There is no power and no might except in God.
Whatever God wills comes into being. God has made this conveyance subservient to us. We shall have to return to our Lord. When you sit on the conveyance, recite seven times: All praise is due to God who showed me path for it We would not have found guidance if God did not show us guidance. O God Thou art our carrier on backs and Thou art helper in all our affairs.