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Tips for those with young Children in their life: Duas

You may be leaving young family members behind on your trip. Whether you are a parent, grandparent or are active with young children, here is a suggestion.  Get the young people in your life to write down their own Duas.  This can help them start to get an understanding of Hajj and get them to invest into your trip. The long term goal is to get young people to set a long term of goal of completing Hajj if they have the means physically and financially. 

Suggested Steps

  1. Let the young people in your life know your intention for Hajj, especially when you will leave for Hajj.
  2. Set a deadline for receiving the dua list, and communicate this date to the young people
  3. Once you receive the Duas, make a copy with your phone.  Or ask them to write the duas in an online format such as Google Docs
  4. Bring the physical copies with you -- suggest putting 1 young persons dua in a labeled envelop.
  5. Read the duas at Arafat.  You can also read the duas at the Grand Mosque.  If you have a pen you can mark the date and location on where the duas were read.
  6. Bring the physical copies back with you and return to the young person, let them know where the duas were read.  

Tips on Writing the Duas


  • Explain the reason why you would like to take their duas with you.
  • Have them create duas around 4 areas
    • Global --  help the refugees move to a safe place 
    • Local --  help our mosque raise enough money for the expansion
    • Family -- help my aunt deliver a healthy baby
    • Persona -- help me complete my highschool diploma
  • Give high level guidance to the child, do not write the duas for them.  Let them write them on their own (no adult assistance). They will surprise you.

If you can you can send a text message during the Hajj to update the child when their duas were read.  Perhaps you can take a photo of the dua in the location where it is being read.

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