Niyyah is the inward intention to undertake Hajj or ʿUmrah. Duʿāʾ is a request for ease and acceptance.
Learning the supplication is beneficial, but mechanically speaking its words without a real intention does not replace intending worship.
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Intention versus spoken supplication
Chapter on the Mīqāts: Five Stations and Entering Iḥrām
Niyyah is the inward intention to undertake Hajj or ʿUmrah. Duʿāʾ is a request for ease and acceptance.
Learning the supplication is beneficial, but mechanically speaking its words without a real intention does not replace intending worship.