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When you reach your hometown, recite the following dua:


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Translation: O Allah! I ask you for its goodness, the goodness of its inhabitants and the goodness in it. I seek your protection from its evil, the evil of its inhabitants and the evil of what is in it. O Allah! establish us in it and grant us a beautiful sustenance.


 




On entering your hometown, recite:

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As far as is possible do not go home immediately nor arrive at night. Notify your family of your arrival. The best time to arrive back home is the time of Dhuhaa (about an hour or two after sunrise), if this is possible. If this is not possible, then in the late afternoon before sunset. Before going home, proceed to the Musjid and perform two Raka'ts Salaat if it is not a Makruh time. Make dua and express your thanks and gratefulness (shukr) to Allah Ta'ala for your safe arrival home. Recite:


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Make musafahah (shake hands) with whomever (i.e. Muslims) you meet. After entering your home, perform two raka'ts Salaat. Then recite the praises of Allah Ta'ala and express your shukr to Him. When people meet you, be humble and meet them happily and make dua. Before entering the city make special dua. The dua of the Hajji before entering the city is readily accepted by Allah Ta'ala.


 




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