The Rites of Hajj (Kitab Al-Manasik Wa'l-Hajj)

Qutaybah narrated to us; Ya‘qub—meaning al-Iskandarani—narrated to us, from Musa ibn Uqbah, from Nafi‘, from Ibn Umar, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had his head shaved during the Farewell Pilgrimage.

Muhammad ibn al-A‘la narrated to us; Hafs narrated to us, from Hisham, from Ibn Sirin, from Anas ibn Malik, that on the Day of Sacrifice the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stoned Jamrat al-Aqabah, then returned to his lodging at Mina and called for an animal to be sacrificed. He then called for a barber, presented the right side of his head, and had it shaved. He distributed a hair or two among those nearby. Then he presented the left side and had it shaved. He said: Abu Talhah is here. He gave the hair to Abu Talhah.

Ubayd ibn Hisham Abu Nu‘aym al-Halabi and Amr ibn Uthman narrated to us—the meaning is the same; they said: Sufyan narrated to us, from Hisham ibn Hassan, with this chain, adding that he said to the barber: Begin with my right side and shave it.

Nasr ibn Ali informed us; Yazid ibn Zuray‘ informed us; Khalid informed us, from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas, that on the Day at Mina, when the Prophet (ﷺ) was asked about the rites, he would say: No harm. A man asked: I had my head shaved before sacrificing. He said: Sacrifice; there is no harm. The man said: Evening came and I had not stoned. He said: Stone now; there is no harm.

Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Ataki narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Bakr narrated to us; Ibn Jurayj narrated to us: I was told by Safiyyah bint Shaybah ibn Uthman, who said: Umm Uthman bint Abi Sufyan informed me that Ibn Abbas said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Women are not required to shave; they are only to shorten their hair.

Abu Ya‘qub al-Baghdadi, a reliable narrator, narrated to us; Hisham ibn Yusuf narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, from Abd al-Hamid ibn Jubayr ibn Shaybah, from Safiyyah bint Shaybah, who said: Umm Uthman bint Abi Sufyan informed me that Ibn Abbas said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Women are not required to shave; they are only to shorten their hair.

Uthman ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Makhlad ibn Yazid and Yahya ibn Zakariyya narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, from Ikrimah ibn Khalid, from Ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed ‘umrah before performing Hajj.

Hannad ibn al-Sari narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Za’idah; Ibn Jurayj and Muhammad ibn Ishaq narrated to us, from Abd Allah ibn Tawus, from his father, from Ibn Abbas, who said: By Allah, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) arranged for Aishah to perform ‘umrah in Dhu al-Hijjah only to put an end to the practice of the polytheists. This clan of Quraysh and those who followed their religion used to say: When the camel’s fur grows back, its saddle sores heal, and Safar begins, ‘umrah becomes lawful for whoever wishes to perform it. They considered ‘umrah forbidden until Dhu al-Hijjah and al-Muharram had passed.

Abu Kamil narrated to us; Abu Awanah narrated to us, from Ibrahim ibn Muhajir, from Abu Bakr ibn Abd al-Rahman, who said: Marwan’s messenger, whom he sent to Umm Ma‘qil, informed me that she said: Abu Ma‘qil had performed Hajj with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). When he returned, Umm Ma‘qil said: You know that Hajj is due from me. They went together to the Prophet. She said: Messenger of Allah, Hajj is due from me, and Abu Ma‘qil has a young camel. Abu Ma‘qil said: She is right; I dedicated it in Allah’s cause. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Give it to her so she may perform Hajj on it, for it is in Allah’s cause. He gave her the camel. She said: Messenger of Allah, I am now old and unwell. Is there a deed that will suffice for the Hajj I owe? He said: An ‘umrah in Ramadan suffices for a Hajj.

Muhammad ibn Awf al-Ta’i narrated to us; Ahmad ibn Khalid al-Wahbi narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Ishaq narrated to us, from Isa ibn Ma‘qil ibn Umm Ma‘qil al-Asadi—of Asad of Khuzaymah—who said: Yusuf ibn Abd Allah ibn Salam narrated to me, from his grandmother Umm Ma‘qil: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed the Farewell Pilgrimage, we had a camel which Abu Ma‘qil dedicated in Allah’s cause. Then we became ill and Abu Ma‘qil died. The Prophet (ﷺ) set out, and after he completed his Hajj, I came to him. He said: Umm Ma‘qil, what prevented you from setting out with us? She said: We had prepared, but Abu Ma‘qil died, and the camel we would have used for Hajj had been dedicated by him in Allah’s cause. He said: Why did you not set out on it? Hajj is in Allah’s cause. Since you missed this Hajj with us, perform ‘umrah in Ramadan, for it is like Hajj. She used to say: Hajj is Hajj, and ‘umrah is ‘umrah. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) told me this; I do not know whether it was specific to me.

Musaddad narrated to us; Abd al-Warith narrated to us, from Amir al-Ahwal, from Bakr ibn Abd Allah, from Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) intended to perform Hajj. A woman said to her husband: Let me perform Hajj with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on your camel. He said: I have no mount for you. She said: Let me use such-and-such camel of yours. He said: That one is dedicated in the cause of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. He went to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: My wife sends you greetings and Allah’s mercy. She asked to perform Hajj with you and requested such-and-such camel, but I told her it was dedicated in Allah’s cause. He said: If you had let her perform Hajj on it, that too would have been in Allah’s cause. The husband said: She also asked me to ask you what deed equals Hajj with you. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Return her greetings, Allah’s mercy and blessings, and tell her that an ‘umrah in Ramadan equals Hajj with me.

Abd al-A‘la ibn Hammad narrated to us; Dawud ibn Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, from Hisham ibn Urwah, from his father, from Aishah, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed two ‘umrahs: one in Dhu al-Qa‘dah and one in Shawwal.

Al-Nufayli narrated to us; Zuhayr narrated to us; Abu Ishaq narrated to us, from Mujahid, who said: Ibn Umar was asked how many ‘umrahs the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed. He said: Two. Aishah said: Ibn Umar knew that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed three ‘umrahs besides the one he combined with the Farewell Hajj.

Al-Nufayli and Qutaybah narrated to us; they said: Dawud ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Attar narrated to us, from Amr ibn Dinar, from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed four ‘umrahs: the ‘umrah of al-Hudaybiyyah; the second, when they agreed to perform ‘umrah the following year; the third from al-Ji‘ranah; and the fourth, which he combined with his Hajj.

Abu al-Walid al-Tayalisi and Hudbah ibn Khalid narrated to us; they said: Hammam narrated to us, from Qatadah, from Anas, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performed four ‘umrahs, all in Dhu al-Qa‘dah except the one with his Hajj. Abu Dawud said: I retained the wording from this point from Hudbah; I heard it from Abu al-Walid but did not retain it precisely: an ‘umrah at the time of al-Hudaybiyyah or from al-Hudaybiyyah, the compensatory ‘umrah in Dhu al-Qa‘dah, an ‘umrah from al-Ji‘ranah in Dhu al-Qa‘dah where he distributed the spoils of Hunayn, and an ‘umrah with his Hajj.

Abd al-A‘la ibn Hammad narrated to us; Dawud ibn Abd al-Rahman narrated to us; Abd Allah ibn Uthman ibn Khuthaym narrated to me, from Yusuf ibn Mahak, from Hafsah bint Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr, from her father, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to Abd al-Rahman: Abd al-Rahman, take your sister Aishah behind you and arrange an ‘umrah for her from al-Tan‘im. When you descend from the hill, let her enter ihram, for this is an accepted ‘umrah.

Qutaybah ibn Sa‘id narrated to us; Sa‘id ibn Muzahim ibn Abi Muzahim narrated to us; my father, Muzahim, narrated to me, from Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Asid, from Muharrish al-Ka‘bi, who said: The Prophet (ﷺ) entered al-Ji‘ranah, went to the mosque and prayed as much as Allah willed, then entered ihram. He mounted his riding animal and headed toward Batn Sarif until he reached the road to Medina, then by morning he was in Mecca as one who had spent the night there.

Dawud ibn Rushayd narrated to us; Yahya ibn Zakariyya narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Ishaq narrated to us, from Aban ibn Salih and from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid, from Ibn Abbas, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stayed for three days during the compensatory ‘umrah.

Ahmad ibn Hanbal narrated to us; Abd al-Razzaq informed us; Ubayd Allah informed us, from Nafi‘, from Ibn Umar, that the Prophet (ﷺ) performed the departure circumambulation on the Day of Sacrifice, then prayed noon at Mina—meaning, after returning.

Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Yahya ibn Ma‘in narrated to us—the meaning is the same; they said: Ibn Abi Adi narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, who said: Abu Ubaydah ibn Abd Allah ibn Zam‘ah narrated to us, from his father and from his mother Zaynab bint Abi Salamah, from Umm Salamah—both related it from her. She said: The evening after the Day of Sacrifice was the night the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would spend with me. He came to me, and Wahb ibn Zam‘ah and a man from the family of Abu Umayyah entered wearing shirts. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to Wahb: Have you performed the departure circumambulation, Abu Abd Allah? He said: No, by Allah, Messenger of Allah. He said: Take off your shirt. Wahb pulled it over his head, and his companion did the same. Wahb asked: Why, Messenger of Allah? He replied: This day you are permitted to leave ihram once you have stoned the Jamrah, becoming free of all that was forbidden to you except relations with women. But if evening comes before you circumambulate this House, you return to the state of ihram you were in before stoning, until you circumambulate it.