CUTTING HAIR (TAQSIR) When you complete your Sa’i, descend from Marwah and trim some hair from all sides of your head, as well as from your eyebrows and beard. Shorten your mustache and clip your nails, leaving some for your Hajj. Once you do this, you are released from everything you had been prohibited from during Ihram. You may now perform Tawaf of the Kaaba as much as you wish voluntarily (Tawaf al-Tatawwu'). You may also pray the two units of Tawaf prayer anywhere in the mosque, but the two units of the obligatory Tawaf prayer must be performed specifically near Maqam Ibrahim. [On the Day of Tarwiyah] On the Day of Tarwiyah, perform ghusl (ritual bath), wear the two garments of Ihram, and enter the Sacred Mosque barefoot, maintaining tranquility and dignity. Perform a voluntary Tawaf (seven circuits). Afterward, if you wish, pray two units of Tawaf prayer either at Maqam Ibrahim or inside the Hijr Ismail. Then wait until the sun begins to decline. When the sun has declined, pray six units of recommended prayer before the obligatory prayer, then perform the obligatory prayer. Afterward, enter into Ihram for Hajj, either after the Dhuhr or Asr prayer, and say: "There is no deity except Allah (swt), the Forbearing, the Generous. There is no deity except Allah (swt), the Most High, the Most Great. Glory be to Allah (swt), the Lord (azj) of the seven heavens, the Lord (azj) of the seven earths, and everything within and between them, and beneath them, and the Lord (azj) of the Great Throne. All praise is due to Allah (swt), the Lord (azj) of the worlds. O Allah (swt), I ask You to make me among those who respond to You, believe in Your promise, and follow Your Book and Your command. I am Your servant, in Your grasp. I cannot be protected except by what You protect me from, and I cannot take except what You give me. O Allah (swt), I intend what You have commanded for Hajj, according to Your Book and the Sunnah of Your Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his family. Strengthen me in what I am weak and make it easy for me. Accept it from me, and allow me to perform my rites with ease and well-being. Make me among Your delegates and the pilgrims of Your House, whom You have been pleased with and accepted, and whom You have named and written among those You are satisfied with. O Allah (swt), grant me the ability to fulfill my rites with ease and well-being. Help me to complete them, accept them from me, and make them pleasing to You. O Allah (swt), if any obstacle arises that prevents me, then release me where You stop me, according to what You have decreed for me. Turn away from me all evil destiny and decree." [Entering Ihram and Proceeding to Mina] Recite the intention for Ihram, saying: "I dedicate my face, my hair, my skin, my flesh, my blood, my marrow, my bones, and my nerves to You, O Allah (swt), forsaking women, fragrance, and garments, seeking thereby Your noble countenance and the Hereafter." Then recite the four mandatory phrases of Talbiyah silently, either standing, sitting, or at the door of the mosque as you face the Black Stone. Say: "Here I am, O Allah (swt), here I am. Here I am, You have no partner, here I am. Indeed, all praise, blessings, and sovereignty are Yours. You have no partner." Begin your journey with tranquility and dignity, engaging in glorification (tasbih), declarations of Allah’s (swt) greatness (takbir), and the remembrance of Allah (swt). When you reach the Raqta’ before Raddam (the meeting of the two paths, overlooking Al-Abtah), raise your voice with the Talbiyah until you reach Mina. Continue the Talbiyah as you did for Umrah and increase your recitation of "Dhul-Ma’arij", as the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, frequently recited it. As you proceed to Mina, say: "O Allah (swt), You alone do I hope in, and You alone do I call upon. Fulfill my aspirations and rectify my deeds for me." [At Mina] When you arrive in Mina, say: "All praise is due to Allah (swt), who brought me here safely and in well-being, and allowed me to reach this place. O Allah (swt), this is Mina, one of the places You have blessed Your friends with among the rites. I ask You to bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad and to grant me here what You have granted Your friends and the obedient among Your servants. For indeed, I am Your servant, in Your grasp." Perform the Maghrib, Isha, and Fajr prayers in Mina at Masjid Al-Khayf. Offer your prayers near the minaret in the middle of the mosque, within a thirty-cubit radius from all sides. This was the mosque of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, and the place of prayer for the Prophets who prayed there before him. Any area beyond thirty cubits from the minaret is not part of the mosque.