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

Muhammad ibn Mansur narrated to us; Ya‘qub narrated to us; my father narrated to me, from Ibn Ishaq, who said: Aban—meaning Ibn Salih—narrated to me, from al-Hakam ibn Utaybah, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Layla, from Ka‘b ibn Ujrah, who said: Lice afflicted my head while I was with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in the year of al-Hudaybiyyah, until I feared for my eyesight. Then Allah, Glorified and Exalted, revealed the verse: ‘Whoever among you is ill or has an ailment of the head…’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) called me and said: Shave your head, fast for three days, or feed six needy people a faraq of raisins, or offer a sheep. I shaved my head, then made the offering.

Abd Allah ibn Maslamah al-Qa‘nabi narrated to us, from Malik, from Abd al-Karim ibn Malik al-Jazari, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Layla, from Ka‘b ibn Ujrah, regarding this incident, adding: Whichever of these you do will suffice for you.

Musaddad narrated to us; Yahya narrated to us, from Hajjaj al-Sawwaf, who said: Yahya ibn Abi Kathir narrated to me, from Ikrimah, who said: I heard al-Hajjaj ibn Amr al-Ansari say: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Whoever suffers a broken bone or becomes lame has exited the state of consecration, and Hajj is incumbent upon him the following year. Ikrimah said: I asked Ibn Abbas and Abu Hurayrah about that, and they said: He spoke the truth.

Muhammad ibn al-Mutawakkil al-Asqalani and Salamah narrated to us; they said: Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us, from Ma‘mar, from Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, from Ikrimah, from Abd Allah ibn Rafi‘, from al-Hajjaj ibn Amr, from the Prophet (ﷺ), who said: Whoever suffers a broken bone, becomes lame, or falls ill—then he mentioned the report in similar meaning. Salamah ibn Shabib said: Ma‘mar said, He narrated it to us.

Al-Nufayli narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Salamah narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from Amr ibn Maymun, who said: I heard Abu Hadir al-Himyari relate to my father, Maymun ibn Mihran: I set out to perform ‘umrah in the year the people of Syria besieged Ibn al-Zubayr in Mecca. Men from my tribe sent sacrificial animals with me. When we reached the Syrians, they prevented us from entering the Sacred Precinct, so I slaughtered the animals where I was, left the state of consecration, and returned. The following year I set out to make up my ‘umrah. I went to Ibn Abbas and asked him. He said: Replace the sacrificial animal, for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ordered his companions to replace the animals they had slaughtered in the year of al-Hudaybiyyah for the compensatory ‘umrah.

Muhammad ibn Ubayd narrated to us; Hammad ibn Zayd narrated to us, from Ayyub, from Nafi‘, that whenever Ibn Umar arrived in Mecca, he would spend the night at Dhu Tuwa until morning, bathe, and then enter Mecca during the day. He mentioned that the Prophet (ﷺ) had done this.

Abd Allah ibn Ja‘far al-Barmaki narrated to us; Ma‘n narrated to us, from Malik. And Musaddad and Ibn Hanbal narrated to us, from Yahya. And Uthman ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Abu Usamah narrated to us—all from Ubayd Allah, from Nafi‘, from Ibn Umar, that the Prophet (ﷺ) used to enter Mecca by the upper mountain pass. The two narrators who transmitted from Yahya said: The Prophet (ﷺ) used to enter Mecca by Kada’, through the pass of al-Batha’, and leave by the lower pass. Al-Barmaki added: meaning the two mountain passes of Mecca. The report of Musaddad is more complete.

Uthman ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Abu Usamah narrated to us, from Ubayd Allah, from Nafi‘, from Ibn Umar, that the Prophet (ﷺ) used to leave by way of al-Shajarah and enter by way of al-Mu‘arras.

Harun ibn Abd Allah narrated to us; Abu Usamah narrated to us; Hisham ibn Urwah narrated to us, from his father, from Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: In the year of the conquest, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered Mecca by Kada’, from the upper part of Mecca, and he entered for ‘umrah by Kuday. Urwah used to enter by either route, though he most often entered by Kuday, which was nearer to his home.

Ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us; Sufyan ibn Uyaynah narrated to us, from Hisham ibn Urwah, from his father, from Aishah, that whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) entered Mecca, he entered from its upper side and left from its lower side.

Yahya ibn Ma‘in said that Muhammad ibn Ja‘far narrated to them; Shu‘bah narrated to us and said: I heard Abu Qaza‘ah relate, from al-Muhajir al-Makki: Jabir ibn Abd Allah was asked about a man who sees the House and raises his hands. He said: I have only seen the Jews do this. We performed Hajj with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he did not do it.

Muslim ibn Ibrahim narrated to us; Sallam ibn Miskin narrated to us; Thabit al-Bunani narrated to us, from Abd Allah ibn Rabah al-Ansari, from Abu Hurayrah, that when the Prophet (ﷺ) entered Mecca, he circumambulated the House and prayed two rak‘ahs behind the Station—meaning, on the day of the Conquest.

Ahmad ibn Hanbal narrated to us; Bahz ibn Asad and Hashim—meaning Ibn al-Qasim—narrated to us; they said: Sulayman ibn al-Mughirah narrated to us, from Thabit, from Abd Allah ibn Rabah, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) arrived and entered Mecca. He went to the Stone, touched it, then circumambulated the House. He then went to al-Safa and climbed it, from where he could see the House. He raised his hands and remembered Allah as much as he wished and supplicated. The Ansar were below him. Hashim said: He supplicated, praised Allah, and asked Him for whatever he wished.

Muhammad ibn Kathir informed us; Sufyan narrated to us, from al-A‘mash, from Ibrahim, from Abis ibn Rabi‘ah, from Umar, that he came to the Stone and kissed it, saying: I know that you are a stone that can neither benefit nor harm. Were it not that I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) kiss you, I would not have kissed you.

Abu al-Walid al-Tayalisi narrated to us; Layth narrated to us, from Ibn Shihab, from Salim, from Ibn Umar, who said: I did not see the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) touch any part of the House except the two Yemeni corners.

Makhlad ibn Khalid narrated to us; Abd al-Razzaq narrated to us; Ma‘mar informed us, from al-Zuhri, from Salim, from Ibn Umar, who was told of Aishah’s statement (may Allah be pleased with her) that part of al-Hijr belongs to the House. Ibn Umar said: By Allah, I think she must have heard this from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). I think the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) refrained from touching those two corners only because they are not on the foundations of the House, and people circumambulate outside al-Hijr for that reason.

Musaddad narrated to us; Yahya narrated to us, from Abd al-Aziz ibn Abi Rawwad, from Nafi‘, from Ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) never failed to touch the Yemeni Corner and the Black Stone on every circuit. Abd Allah ibn Umar used to do the same.

Ahmad ibn Salih narrated to us; Ibn Wahb narrated to us; Yunus informed me, from Ibn Shihab, from Ubayd Allah—meaning Ibn Abd Allah ibn Utbah—from Ibn Abbas, that during the Farewell Pilgrimage the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) circumambulated on a camel and touched the Corner with a hooked staff.

Musarrif ibn Amr al-Yami narrated to us; Yunus—meaning Ibn Bukayr—narrated to us; Ibn Ishaq narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Ja‘far ibn al-Zubayr narrated to me, from Ubayd Allah ibn Abd Allah ibn Abi Thawr, from Safiyyah bint Shaybah, who said: When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had settled in Mecca in the year of the Conquest, he circumambulated on a camel, touching the Corner with a hooked staff in his hand. She said: I was watching him.

Harun ibn Abd Allah and Muhammad ibn Rafi‘ narrated to us—the wording is theirs; they said: Abu Asim narrated to us, from Ma‘ruf—meaning Ibn Kharrabudh al-Makki—who said: Abu al-Tufayl narrated to us: I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) circumambulating the House on his riding animal, touching the Corner with his hooked staff and then kissing it. Muhammad ibn Rafi‘ added: Then he went to al-Safa and al-Marwah and made seven circuits on his riding animal.