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

Al-Hasan ibn Ali narrated to us; Abu Asim narrated to us, from Ja‘far ibn Yahya ibn Thawban, who informed me: Umarah ibn Thawban narrated to me; Musa ibn Badhan narrated to me: I came to Ya‘la ibn Umayyah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Hoarding food in the Sacred Precinct is a wrongful deviation there.

Amr ibn Awn narrated to us; Khalid narrated to us, from Humayd, from Bakr ibn Abd Allah, who said: A man asked Ibn Abbas: Why do the people of this House serve nabidh, while their cousins serve milk, honey, and sawiq? Is it miserliness or need? Ibn Abbas replied: Neither miserliness nor need, but the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) once came riding, with Usamah ibn Zayd behind him. He asked for a drink, and nabidh was brought. He drank some and gave the remainder to Usamah, who drank it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then said: You have done well and graciously; do likewise. That is why we continue this practice; we do not wish to change what the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said.

Al-Qa‘nabi narrated to us; Abd al-Aziz—meaning al-Darawardi—narrated to us, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Humayd, who heard Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz ask al-Sa’ib ibn Yazid: Have you heard anything about staying in Mecca? He said: Ibn al-Hadrami informed me that he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: The Emigrants may remain for three days after departing from the rites.

Al-Qa‘nabi narrated to us, from Malik, from Nafi‘, from Abd Allah ibn Umar, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), Usamah ibn Zayd, Uthman ibn Talhah al-Hajabi, and Bilal entered the Ka‘bah. He closed the door and remained inside. Abd Allah ibn Umar said: When Bilal came out, I asked him what the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had done. He said: He stood with one pillar to his left, two to his right, and three behind him. The House then had six pillars. Then he prayed.

Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Ishaq al-Adhrami narrated to us; Abd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, from Malik, with this report, but he did not mention pillars. It says: Then he prayed, with three cubits between him and the qiblah.

Uthman ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Abu Usamah narrated to us, from Ubayd Allah, from Nafi‘, from Ibn Umar, from the Prophet (ﷺ), with a report similar to al-Qa‘nabi’s. He said: I forgot to ask how many rak‘ahs he prayed.

Zuhayr ibn Harb narrated to us; Jarir narrated to us, from Yazid ibn Abi Ziyad, from Mujahid, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Safwan, who said: I asked Umar ibn al-Khattab how the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) acted when he entered the Ka‘bah. He said: He prayed two rak‘ahs.

Abu Ma‘mar Abd Allah ibn Amr ibn Abi al-Hajjaj narrated to us; Abd al-Warith narrated to us, from Ayyub, from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas, that when the Prophet (ﷺ) came to Mecca, he refused to enter the House while idols were inside. He ordered that they be removed, and they were taken out. He saw images of Ibrahim and Isma‘il holding divining arrows and said: May Allah destroy them! By Allah, they knew that the two of them never used these arrows for divination. He then entered the House, proclaimed Allah’s greatness in its sides and corners, then came out without praying inside.

Al-Qa‘nabi narrated to us; Abd al-Aziz narrated to us, from Alqamah, from his mother, from Aishah, who said: I wanted to enter the House and pray in it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took my hand and brought me into al-Hijr. He said: Pray in al-Hijr when you wish to enter the House, for it is part of the House. Your people reduced the House when they built the Ka‘bah, leaving it outside the House.

Musaddad narrated to us; Abd Allah ibn Dawud narrated to us, from Ismail ibn Abd al-Malik, from Abd Allah ibn Abi Mulaykah, from Aishah, that the Prophet (ﷺ) left her while happy, then returned to her saddened. He said: I entered the Ka‘bah. If I had known beforehand what I know now, I would not have entered it. I fear I may have imposed hardship on my community.

Ibn al-Sarh, Sa‘id ibn Mansur, and Musaddad narrated to us; they said: Sufyan narrated to us, from Mansur al-Hajabi, who said: My maternal uncle narrated to me, from my mother Safiyyah bint Shaybah, who said: I heard al-Aslamiyyah say: I asked Uthman what the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) told him when he summoned him. He said: I forgot to tell you to cover the two ram’s horns, for there should be nothing in the House that distracts someone praying. Ibn al-Sarh said: My maternal uncle was Musafi‘ ibn Shaybah.

Ahmad ibn Hanbal narrated to us; Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad al-Muharibi narrated to us, from al-Shaybani, from Wasil al-Ahdab, from Shaqiq, from Shaybah—meaning Ibn Uthman—who said: Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) sat where you are sitting and said: I will not leave until I distribute the wealth of the Ka‘bah. I told him: You will not do that. He said: Indeed, I will. I repeated: You will not do that. He asked why. I said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) saw it there and needed the wealth more than you, yet neither removed it. He stood and left.

Hamid ibn Yahya narrated to us; Abd Allah ibn al-Harith narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Insan al-Ta’ifi, from his father, from Urwah ibn al-Zubayr, from al-Zubayr, who said: When we returned with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) from Liyyah and reached the lote tree, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stopped at the edge of al-Qarn al-Aswad opposite it. He looked toward Nakhb—or its valley—and waited until everyone had gathered. Then he said: The game and thorny trees of Wajj are sacred, forbidden by Allah. This was before he descended at al-Ta’if and besieged Thaqif.

Musaddad narrated to us; Sufyan narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Sa‘id ibn al-Musayyib, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet (ﷺ), who said: Journeys should be undertaken only to three mosques: the Sacred Mosque, this mosque of mine, and al-Aqsa Mosque.

Muhammad ibn Kathir narrated to us; Sufyan informed us, from al-A‘mash, from Ibrahim al-Taymi, from his father, from Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: We wrote nothing from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) except the Qur’an and what is in this document. He said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Medina is sacred between A’ir and Thawr. Whoever introduces an offense there or shelters an offender will incur the curse of Allah, the angels, and all people; no ransom or compensation will be accepted from him. The protection granted by Muslims is one and binding, even when granted by the humblest of them. Whoever violates a Muslim’s guarantee will incur the curse of Allah, the angels, and all people; no ransom or compensation will be accepted from him. Whoever claims allegiance to a people without the permission of those who freed him will incur the curse of Allah, the angels, and all people; no ransom or compensation will be accepted from him.

Ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us; Abd al-Samad narrated to us; Hammam narrated to us; Qatadah narrated to us, from Abu Hassan, from Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), who related this report from the Prophet (ﷺ), who said: Its fresh herbage is not to be cut, its game is not to be driven away, and its lost property may be picked up only by someone who will announce it publicly. No one may carry weapons there for fighting, and no tree may be cut except what a person takes to feed his camel.

Muhammad ibn al-A‘la narrated to us; Zayd ibn al-Hubab narrated to them; Sulayman ibn Kinanah, the client of Uthman ibn Affan, narrated to us; Abd Allah ibn Abi Sufyan informed us, from Adi ibn Zayd, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) designated a protected area extending one mail-stage in each direction around Medina. Its trees must not be struck or cut, except what is needed to feed a camel.

Abu Salamah narrated to us; Jarir—meaning Ibn Hazim—narrated to us; Ya‘la ibn Hakim narrated to me, from Sulayman ibn Abi Abd Allah, who said: I saw Sa‘d ibn Abi Waqqas seize a man hunting in the sacred precinct of Medina, which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had declared sacred, and take his clothes. The man’s patrons came and pleaded with Sa‘d, but he said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) declared this precinct sacred and said: Whoever finds someone hunting in it may take that person’s clothes. I will not return a provision the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) granted me, but if you wish I will give you its value.

Uthman ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Yazid ibn Harun informed us; Ibn Abi Dhi’b informed us, from Salih, the client of al-Taw’amah, from a client of Sa‘d, that Sa‘d found slaves belonging to the people of Medina cutting its trees. He took their belongings and said to their patrons: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbid cutting any of Medina’s trees. He also said: Whoever cuts any of them, what is taken from him belongs to the one who seizes it.

Muhammad ibn Hafs Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Qattan narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Khalid narrated to us; Kharijah ibn al-Harith al-Juhani informed me; my father informed me, from Jabir ibn Abd Allah, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The protected land of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) must not have its leaves beaten off or its trees cut; its foliage may only be shaken down gently.