Chapters on Hajj Rituals

“O Messenger of Allah, is Hajj (required) every year,orjust once” He said: “Rather it is just once. And whoever canperform Hajj voluntarily, let him do so.”

Another chain reports a similar hadith.

“It isnotpermissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day totravel for more than one day’s distance without a Mahram.”

“A Bedouin came to the Prophet(ﷺ) and said: ‘I have enlisted for such and such a militarycampaignand my wife is going for Hajj.’ He said: ‘Go back withher.’”

“I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, isJihad obligatory for women?’ He said: “Yes: Upon them is a Jihadinwhich there is no fighting: Al-Hajj and Al-‘Umrah.”

It wasnarrated from Abu Bakr that he went out for Hajj with theMessengerof Allah (ﷺ), and Asma’ bint ‘Umais was with him. She gavebirth, at Shajarah, to Muhammad bin Abu Bakr. Abu Bakr came to theProphet (ﷺ) and told him about that, and the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) told him to tell her to take a bath, then begin the TalbiyahforHajj, and to do everything that the people did, apart fromcircumambulating the House (Tawaf).

“The Talbiyah of the Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) was: ‘Labbaika Allahumma labbaik, (labbaika) la sharikalakalabbaik. Innal-hamd wan-ni’mata laka, wal-mulk. La sharika laka(Here I am, O Allah, here I am. Here I am, You have no partner, hereIam. Verily all praise and blessings are Yours, and all sovereignty,You have no partner).’”

“Jibril came to me and said: ‘O Muhammad! Tell yourCompanions to raise their voices when reciting the Talbiyah, for itisone of the symbols of Hajj.’”

“There is no Muhrim (pilgrim in Ihram) who exposes himselftothe sun all day for the sake of Allah, reciting the Talbiyah untilthe sun goes down, but his sins will disappear and he will go backlike on the day his mother bore him.”

“It is as if I can see the tracesofperfume in the parting (of hair) of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)after three days, and he was a Muhrim.”

“He should not wear a shirt, or turbans(or headcover), pants or pajamas, hooded cloaks and no leather socks,unlesshe cannot find sandals, in which case he may wear leather socksbutshould cut them to below the ankles. And he should not wear anyclothes that have been touched (dyed) with saffron or Wars.”*

“The Messenger ofAllah(ﷺ) forbade the Muhrim to wear a garment dyed with Wars orsaffron.”

“I heard the Prophet (ﷺ)delivering a sermon – (one of the narrators) Hisham said: ‘On thepulpit’ – and he said: ‘Whoever does not have a waist wrap, lethimwear pants or pajamas, and whoever does not have sandals, let himwearleather socks.’” In his narration, Hisham said: “If hedoes not findany, then let him wear pants or pajamas.”

“Whoever does not have sandals let him wear leather socks, andlethim cut them to below the ankle.”

“We went out with theMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) until, when we were in ‘Arj, we stopped tocamp. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sat, with ‘Aishah by his side,andI was sitting beside Abu Bakr. Our mount* and the mount of AbuBakrwas one, under the care of the slave of Abu Bakr. The slavelooked andhis camel was not with him, so he said to him: ‘Where isyour camel?’He said: ‘I lost it yesterday.’ He said: ‘Youhave one camel with youand you lost it?’ He started to beat him,and the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said: ‘Look at what this Muhrim isdoing!’”

“Who is this?” I said: “I am ‘Abdullah bin Hunain. ‘Abdullah bin ‘Abbas sent me to you to ask you how the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to wash his head when he was in Ihram.” He said: “Abu Ayyub put his hand on the cloth and lowered it until his head appeared, then he said to someone who was pouring water for him, Pour water. So he poured water on his head. Then he rubbed his head with his hands, forwards and backwards, and said: ‘This is what I saw him (ﷺ) doing.’”

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)enteredupon me when I was unwell. He said: ‘Do you intend to performHajjthis year?’ I said: ‘I am sick, O Messenger of Allah.’ He said:‘Go for Hajj and say: “I will exit Ihram from the point where Iamprevented.’”

“The Prophets used toenter the Haram walking barefoot. They would circumambulate the Houseand complete all the rituals barefoot and walking.”

It wasnarrated from Ibn ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) usedtoenter Makkah from the upper mountain pass and when he left, hewouldleave from the lower mountain pass.

“Whoever performs Hajj to this House, and does not have sexualrelations nor commit any disobedience, will go back like the day hismother bore him.”