Chapters on Hajj Rituals

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Hishām ibn ʿAmmār narrated to us: al-Walīd ibn Muslim narrated to us. ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Muʾammal said that he heard Abū al-Zubayr say: I heard Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh say: I heard the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) say, “Zamzam water is for whatever it is drunk for.”

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ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ibrāhīm al-Dimashqī narrated to us: ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-Wāḥid narrated to us, from al-Awzāʿī: Ḥassān ibn ʿAṭiyyah told me: Nāfiʿ told me, from Ibn ʿUmar, who said: On the Day of the Conquest, the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) entered the Kaʿbah with Bilāl and ʿUthmān ibn Shaybah. They closed it around themselves from the inside. When they came out, I asked Bilāl where the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) had prayed. He told me that he prayed facing forward when he entered, between two pillars to his right. Then I reproached myself for not asking him how many rakʿahs the Messenger of God had prayed.

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ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad narrated to us: Wakīʿ narrated to us: Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbd al-Malik narrated to us, from Ibn Abī Mulaykah, from ʿĀʾishah, who said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) left me looking content and in good spirits, then returned to me distressed. I said, “Messenger of God, you left me looking content and in good spirits, but returned distressed.” He said, “I entered the Kaʿbah and wished I had not done so, for I fear that I have burdened my community after me.”

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ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad narrated to us: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Numayr narrated to us: ʿUbayd Allāh narrated to us, from Nāfiʿ, from Ibn ʿUmar, who said: al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib asked the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) for permission to stay overnight in Makkah during the days at Minā, on account of his water-supply duties. He granted him permission.

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ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad and Hannād ibn al-Sarī narrated to us; they said: Abū Muʿāwiyah narrated to us, from Ismāʿīl ibn Muslim, from ʿAṭāʾ, from Ibn ʿAbbās, who said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) granted no one permission to stay overnight in Makkah except al-ʿAbbās, because of the water supply.

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Hannād ibn al-Sarī narrated to us: Ibn Abī Zāʾidah, ʿAbdah, Wakīʿ, and Abū Muʿāwiyah narrated to us. [A second chain:] ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad narrated to us: Wakīʿ and Abū Muʿāwiyah narrated to us. [A third chain:] Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us: Ḥafṣ ibn Ghiyāth narrated to us. All of them transmitted from Hishām ibn ʿUrwah, from his father, from ʿĀʾishah, who said: Staying at al-Abṭaḥ is not a Sunnah. The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed there only to make his departure easier.

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Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us: Muʿāwiyah ibn Hishām narrated to us, from ʿAmmār ibn Ruzayq, from al-Aʿmash, from Ibrāhīm, from al-Aswad, from ʿĀʾishah, who said: On the night of departure, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) set out from al-Baṭḥāʾ during the night.

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Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā narrated to us: ʿAbd al-Razzāq narrated to us: ʿUbayd Allāh informed us, from Nāfiʿ, from Ibn ʿUmar, who said: The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him), Abū Bakr, ʿUmar, and ʿUthmān used to stay at al-Abṭaḥ.

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Hishām ibn ʿAmmār narrated to us: Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah narrated to us, from Sulaymān, from Ṭāwūs, from Ibn ʿAbbās, who said: The people would depart in every direction, so the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “No one should depart until his final act is at the House.”

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ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad narrated to us: Wakīʿ narrated to us: Ibrāhīm ibn Yazīd narrated to us, from Ṭāwūs, from Ibn ʿUmar, who said: The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade a man from departing until his final act was at the House.

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Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us: Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah narrated to us, from al-Zuhrī, from ʿUrwah, from ʿĀʾishah. [A second chain:] Muḥammad ibn Rumḥ informed us: al-Layth ibn Saʿd informed us, from Ibn Shihāb, from Abū Salamah and ʿUrwah, from ʿĀʾishah, who said: Ṣafiyyah bint Ḥuyayy began menstruating after she had performed the circumambulation of visitation. ʿĀʾishah said: I mentioned this to the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him). He said, “Is she going to hold us back?” I said, “She has performed the circumambulation of visitation, then began menstruating afterward.” The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Then let her depart.”

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Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah and ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad narrated to us; they said: Abū Muʿāwiyah narrated to us: al-Aʿmash narrated to us, from Ibrāhīm, from al-Aswad, from ʿĀʾishah, who said: The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned Ṣafiyyah, and we said, “She has begun menstruating.” He said, “Aqraʾ ḥalqāʾ”—an expression of exasperation—“I think she is going to hold us back.” We said, “Messenger of God, she performed the circumambulation on the Day of Sacrifice.” He said, “Then that settles it; tell her to depart.”

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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.

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Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us: Muḥammad ibn Bishr al-ʿAbdī narrated to us, from Muḥammad ibn ʿAmr: Yaḥyā ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ḥāṭib told me, from ʿĀʾishah, who said: We set out with the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) for Hajj in three different groups. Some of us entered the consecrated state for Hajj and ʿumrah together; some entered it for Hajj alone; and some entered it for ʿumrah alone. Whoever entered the state for Hajj and ʿumrah together did not leave the consecrated state or any of its restrictions until completing the rites of Hajj. Whoever entered the state for Hajj alone likewise did not leave the consecrated state or any of its restrictions until completing the rites of Hajj. Whoever entered the state for ʿumrah alone, then circumambulated the House and performed saʿy between al-Ṣafā and al-Marwah, became free of its restrictions until entering the consecrated state for Hajj.

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al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbbād al-Muhallabī narrated to us: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Dāwūd narrated to us: Sufyān narrated to us, who said: The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) performed Hajj three times: twice before the Hijrah and once after he migrated to Madinah, and he combined an ʿumrah with his Hajj. The sacrificial animals brought by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and by ʿAlī together numbered one hundred. Among them was the camel of Abū Jahl, with a silver nose ring. The Prophet sacrificed sixty-three with his own hand, and ʿAlī sacrificed the rest. He was asked who had reported this. He replied: Jaʿfar, from his father, from Jābir; and Ibn Abī Laylā, from al-Ḥakam, from Miqsam, from Ibn ʿAbbās.

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Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us: Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd and Ibn ʿUlayyah narrated to us, from Ḥajjāj ibn Abī ʿUthmān: Yaḥyā ibn Abī Kathīr told me: ʿIkrimah told me: al-Ḥajjāj ibn ʿAmr al-Anṣārī told me: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say, “Whoever suffers a fracture or becomes lame has left the consecrated state, and another Hajj is due from him.” I reported this to Ibn ʿAbbās and Abū Hurayrah, and they said, “He spoke truthfully.”

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Salamah ibn Shabīb narrated to us: ʿAbd al-Razzāq narrated to us: Maʿmar informed us, from Yaḥyā ibn Abī Kathīr, from ʿIkrimah, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Rāfiʿ, the client of Umm Salamah, who said: I asked al-Ḥajjāj ibn ʿAmr about a pilgrim being prevented from continuing. He said: The Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Whoever suffers a fracture, becomes ill, or becomes lame has left the consecrated state, and Hajj is due from him the following year.” ʿIkrimah said: I reported this to Ibn ʿAbbās and Abū Hurayrah, and they said, “He spoke truthfully.” ʿAbd al-Razzāq said: I found it in a section from Hishām, the companion of al-Dastawāʾī, and brought it to Maʿmar, who read it to me, or I read it to him.

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Muḥammad ibn Bashshār and Muḥammad ibn al-Walīd narrated to us; they said: Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar narrated to us: Shuʿbah narrated to us, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Aṣbahānī, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Maʿqil, who said: I sat with Kaʿb ibn ʿUjrah in the mosque and asked him about this verse: «A compensation by fasting, charity, or sacrifice.» Kaʿb said: It was revealed concerning me. I had an affliction on my head, and I was carried to the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him), with lice falling across my face. He said, “I did not think your hardship had reached the extent I now see. Can you find a sheep?” I said, “No.” Then this verse was revealed: «A compensation by fasting, charity, or sacrifice.» He said: The fasting is three days; the charity is feeding six needy people, half a ṣāʿ of food for each person; and the sacrifice is a sheep.

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ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ibrāhīm narrated to us: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Nāfiʿ narrated to us, from Usāmah ibn Zayd, from Muḥammad ibn Kaʿb, from Kaʿb ibn ʿUjrah, who said: When lice were troubling me, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed me to shave my head and either fast three days or feed six needy people. He knew that I did not have the means to offer a sacrificial animal.

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Muḥammad ibn al-Ṣabbāḥ informed us: Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah informed us, from Yazīd ibn Abī Ziyād, from Miqsam, from Ibn ʿAbbās, that the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) underwent cupping while he was fasting and in the consecrated state.