Sunan Ibn Majah 3074

Hishām ibn ʿAmmār narrated to us: Ḥātim ibn Ismāʿīl narrated to us: Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad narrated to us, from his father, who said: We entered upon Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh. When we reached him, he asked about the people, until he came to me. I said, I am Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn. He reached out toward my head, undid my upper button, then my lower button, and placed his palm between my breasts. I was then a young man. He welcomed me and said, Ask whatever you wish. I questioned him while he was blind. When the time for prayer came, he stood wearing a small wrap. Each time he put it over his shoulders, its two ends fell back because it was too small. His cloak lay beside him on a clothes stand. He led us in prayer. I said, Tell us about the Hajj of the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him). He gestured with his hand, folding nine fingers, and said: The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) remained for nine years without performing Hajj. In the tenth year he announced to the people that the Messenger of God would perform Hajj. A great many people came to Madinah, each hoping to follow the Messenger of God and act as he acted. He set out, and we set out with him. We came to Dhū al-Ḥulayfah. Asmāʾ bint ʿUmays gave birth to Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr and sent word to the Messenger of God asking what she should do. He told her: Bathe, bind yourself with a cloth, and enter the consecrated state. The Messenger of God prayed in the mosque, then mounted al-Qaṣwāʾ. When his she-camel stood on al-Baydāʾ, Jābir said: I looked as far as my sight could reach. In front of him there were riders and walkers, and the same to his right, his left, and behind him. The Messenger of God was among us, and the Qurʾān was being revealed to him; he knew its interpretation. Whatever he did, we did likewise. He entered the consecrated state proclaiming God’s oneness: Here I am, O God, here I am. Here I am; You have no partner; here I am. Truly, praise, blessing, and dominion belong to You; You have no partner. The people recited the formulas they customarily recited, and the Messenger of God did not reject any of them. He continued with his own talbiyah. Jābir said: We intended only Hajj; we did not know ʿumrah. When we reached the House with him, he touched the Corner, jogged for three circuits, and walked for four. Then he went to the Station of Abraham and recited: Take the Station of Abraham as a place of prayer. He placed the Station between himself and the House. My father used to say—and I know only that he reported it from the Prophet—that the Prophet recited in the two rakʿahs: Say: O disbelievers, and Say: He is God, the One. Then he returned to the House, touched the Corner, and went out through the gate toward al-Ṣafā. When he drew near al-Ṣafā, he recited: Indeed, al-Ṣafā and al-Marwah are among the symbols of God, and said: We begin with that with which God began. He began at al-Ṣafā and climbed it until he could see the House. He proclaimed God’s greatness, His oneness, and His praise, and said: There is no god but God alone, without partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise; He gives life and causes death, and He has power over all things. There is no god but God alone, without partner. He fulfilled His promise, supported His servant, and defeated the confederates alone. He supplicated between these recitations, and repeated the same three times. Then he descended toward al-Marwah. He walked until his feet reached the bottom of the valley, then jogged through the valley floor. When his feet climbed out of it, he walked until he came to al-Marwah. He did there what he had done at al-Ṣafā. At the end of his last circuit at al-Marwah, he said: Had I known at the beginning what I know now, I would not have brought sacrificial animals, and I would have made this an ʿumrah. So whoever among you has no sacrificial animal should leave the consecrated state and make it an ʿumrah. All the people left the consecrated state and shortened their hair, except the Prophet and those who had sacrificial animals. Surāqah ibn Mālik ibn Juʿshum stood and said: Messenger of God, is this for this year of ours or forever? The Messenger of God interlaced the fingers of one hand with the other and said: ʿUmrah has entered into Hajj like this—twice. No, rather, forever and ever. ʿAlī arrived with sacrificial camels for the Prophet. He found Fāṭimah among those who had left the consecrated state; she had put on dyed clothes and applied kohl. ʿAlī disapproved of what she had done, and she said, My father ordered me to do this. ʿAlī used to say in Iraq: I went to the Messenger of God to complain about Fāṭimah for what she had done, and to ask him about what she had attributed to him, for I had disapproved of it. He said: She spoke truthfully; she spoke truthfully. What did you say when you entered the consecrated state for Hajj? ʿAlī replied: I said, O God, I enter the consecrated state with the same intention as Your Messenger. He said: I have sacrificial animals with me, so do not leave the consecrated state. The total number of sacrificial camels brought by ʿAlī from Yemen and by the Prophet from Madinah was one hundred. Then all the people left the consecrated state and shortened their hair, except the Prophet and those who had sacrificial animals. When the Day of Tarwiyah came and they headed toward Minā, they entered the consecrated state for Hajj. The Messenger of God rode and prayed at Minā the noon, afternoon, sunset, night, and dawn prayers. He stayed there a little until the sun rose. A tent of haircloth was ordered and pitched for him at Namirah. The Messenger of God proceeded. Quraysh had no doubt that he would stop at the Sacred Site, or Muzdalifah, as Quraysh used to do in the Age of Ignorance. But the Messenger of God continued until he came to ʿArafah and found that the tent had been pitched for him at Namirah. He alighted there. When the sun passed its zenith, he ordered al-Qaṣwāʾ to be saddled and rode until he reached the bottom of the valley. He addressed the people and said: Your blood and property are sacred to you, like the sanctity of this day of yours, in this month of yours, in this land of yours. Everything from the affairs of the Age of Ignorance is abolished beneath my feet. The blood claims of the Age of Ignorance are abolished; the first blood claim I abolish is that for Rabīʿah ibn al-Ḥārith, who was being nursed among Banū Saʿd when Hudhayl killed him. The usury of the Age of Ignorance is abolished; the first usury I abolish is our usury, the usury of al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, all of it. Be mindful of God regarding women, for you have taken them under God’s trust and made them lawful to you by God’s word. You have a right over them that they not allow anyone you dislike to sit on your bedding. If they do so, then discipline them without severity. They are entitled to their provision and clothing in a fair manner. I have left among you that by which you will never go astray if you hold fast to it: the Book of God. You will be asked about me, so what will you say? They said: We bear witness that you have conveyed the message, fulfilled your duty, and given sincere counsel. He pointed his forefinger toward the sky, turned it toward the people, and said three times: O God, bear witness. Then Bilāl called the adhān and the iqāmah, and the Prophet prayed the noon prayer. Another iqāmah was called and he prayed the afternoon prayer. He performed no prayer between them. The Messenger of God then rode until he came to the place of standing. He turned the front of his she-camel toward the rocks, placed the path used by pedestrians in front of him, and faced the qiblah. He remained standing until the sun had set and its yellow glow had diminished, until the disk had disappeared. He seated Usāmah ibn Zayd behind him. The Messenger of God departed, tightening the reins of al-Qaṣwāʾ so that her head nearly touched the front of the saddle. He gestured with his right hand and said: People, calmness, calmness. Whenever he reached a rise among the hills, he loosened the reins a little so the she-camel could climb. Then he came to Muzdalifah and prayed the sunset and night prayers there with one adhān and two iqāmahs. He performed no prayer between them. The Messenger of God lay down until dawn. He prayed the dawn prayer when morning light became clear, with an adhān and an iqāmah. Then he rode al-Qaṣwāʾ until he came to the Sacred Site. He climbed it, praised God, proclaimed His greatness and oneness, and remained standing until it was very light. He departed before sunrise and seated al-Faḍl ibn al-ʿAbbās behind him. al-Faḍl was a handsome man with fine white hair. As the Messenger of God departed, some women travelling in litters passed by at a quick pace. al-Faḍl began looking at them, so the Messenger of God put his hand across from the other side, and al-Faḍl turned his face the other way to look. When he reached Muḥassir, he quickened his pace a little. Then he took the middle road leading to the largest Jamrah, until he came to the Jamrah beside the tree. He threw seven pebbles, saying God is greatest with each one, using pebbles like those used in flicking, and he threw from the bottom of the valley. Then he went to the place of sacrifice and sacrificed sixty-three camels with his own hand. He gave the rest to ʿAlī, who sacrificed them, and he included ʿAlī in his sacrifice. He ordered a piece from each camel to be placed in a pot and cooked. The two of them ate some of its meat and drank its broth. Then the Messenger of God went to the House and prayed the noon prayer in Makkah. He came to Banū ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib while they were drawing water at Zamzam and said: Draw water, Banū ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib. Were it not that people might overpower you in your water service, I would draw water with you. They handed him a bucket, and he drank from it.