Al-Hajj Al-Mabroor

Then, you step towards our master ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased
with him), the second Caliph, and greet him. After that you can
pray Allah while standing near the Messenger of Allah (may Allah
bless him and grant him peace) as you wish, or as Allah blesses
you to say. If someone entrusted you to send his greeting to the
Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace)
you must fulfill it by saying, ‘Peace be upon you, O my master, O
Messenger of Allah sent on my behalf and on behalf of (and you
name the person),’ and then you can pray for whatever you wish.
When standing before the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless
him and grant him peace) and greeting him, you should not
arrange what you should say, or deliver a speech as the preachers
do. For this situation renders the most eloquent speechless, finding
nothing to say, but why is that? Because in such a standing you
feel that your word power is poorly limited, and you find yourself
unable to express the amount of love you bear towards the
Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace).
Whatever you say, it still will not be enough to pay him due
obeisance. Just say, ‘Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah,
upon your family and your companions, and upon the Prophets of
Allah and His Messengers.’
You have crossed thousands miles to stand before the Messenger
of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) and greet him,
so let the greeting you give be full of longing and rich with deep
love. Always remember the Qur’anic verse in which Allah, praise
and gory be to Him, says (what means):
“If they had only, when they had been unjust to themselves,
come to you (Muhammad SAW) and begged Allâh's Forgiveness,
and the Messenger had begged forgiveness for them: indeed,
they would have found Allâh All-Forgiving (One Who accepts
repentance), Most Merciful” (An-Nisâ’, 4: 64)
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