Bulugh al-Maram
Bulugh al-Maram 47
وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ بْنِ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا -فِي صِفَةِ حَجِّ اَلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- قَالَ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -{ اِبْدَؤُوا بِمَا بَدَأَ اَللَّهُ بِهِ } أَخْرَجَهُ النَّسَائِيُّ, هَكَذَا بِلَفْظِ اَلْأَمْر ِ 1 وَهُوَ عِنْدَ مُسْلِمٍ بِلَفْظِ اَلْخَبَر ِ 2 .1 - صحيح. النسائي (536).2 - مسلم (2/888)، أي: بلفظ: "أبدأ" وانظر رقم (742).
Jabir ibn ‘Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both), in describing the Prophet’s Hajj, reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘Begin with that with which Allah began.’ Al-Nasa’i reported it in this imperative wording; Muslim has it in the declarative wording. (1)(2)
(1) Authentic. Al-Nasa’i (536). (2) Muslim (2/888), that is, with the wording ‘I begin’; see no. (742).