Chapters on Hajj Rituals

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Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us: Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah narrated to us, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Bakr, from ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Abī Bakr ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥārith ibn Hishām, who related to him from Khallād ibn al-Sāʾib, from his father, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Jibrīl came to me and instructed me to tell my companions to raise their voices in the pilgrimage call.”

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ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad narrated to us: Wakīʿ narrated to us: Sufyān narrated to us, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Labīd, from al-Muṭṭalib ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ḥanṭab, from Khallād ibn al-Sāʾib, from Zayd ibn Khālid al-Juhanī, who said: The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Jibrīl came to me and said: Muḥammad, tell your companions to raise their voices with the pilgrimage call, for it is one of the rites of ḥajj.”

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Ibrāhīm ibn al-Mundhir al-Ḥizāmī and Yaʿqūb ibn Ḥumayd ibn Kāsib narrated to us, both saying: Ibn Abī Fudayk narrated to us, from al-Ḍaḥḥāk ibn ʿUthmān, from Muḥammad ibn al-Munkadir, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Yarbuʿ, from Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq, that the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, was asked: “Which deeds are best?” He said: “Raising the voice with the pilgrimage call and shedding blood.”

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Ibrāhīm ibn al-Mundhir al-Ḥizāmī narrated to us: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Nāfiʿ, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Wahb, and Muḥammad ibn Fulayḥ narrated to us, all saying: ʿĀṣim ibn ʿUmar ibn Ḥafṣ narrated to us, from ʿĀṣim ibn ʿUbayd Allāh, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿĀmir ibn Rabīʿah, from Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh, who said: The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “No person in the state of consecration spends the day calling upon God until the sun sets without their sins setting with it, and they return as their mother bore them.”

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Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us: Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah narrated to us. Ḥ Muḥammad ibn Rumḥ informed us: al-Layth ibn Saʿd informed us. Both narrated from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Qāsim, from his father, from ʿĀʾishah, who said: I applied perfume to the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, for his consecration before he entered it and for his release from it before he circumambulated the House. Sufyān said: I did this with these two hands.

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ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad narrated to us: Wakīʿ narrated to us: al-Aʿmash narrated to us, from Abū al-Ḍuḥā, from Masrūq, from ʿĀʾishah, who said: It is as if I can see the glimmer of perfume in the hair partings of the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, while he was reciting the pilgrimage formula.

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Ismāʿīl ibn Mūsā narrated to us: Sharīk narrated to us, from Abū Isḥāq, from al-Aswad, from ʿĀʾishah, who said: It is as if I can see the glimmer of perfume in the hair parting of the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, three days later, while he was in the state of consecration.

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Abū Muṣʿab narrated to us: Mālik ibn Anas narrated to us, from Nāfiʿ, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar, that a man asked the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: “What clothing may a person in the state of consecration wear?” The Messenger of God said: “He must not wear shirts, turbans, trousers, hooded cloaks, or leather socks. If he cannot find sandals, he may wear leather socks, but he should cut them below the ankles. Do not wear any clothing touched by saffron or wars dye.”

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Abū Muṣʿab narrated to us: Mālik ibn Anas narrated to us, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Dīnār, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar, who said: The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade a person in the state of consecration to wear clothing dyed with wars or saffron.

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Hishām ibn ʿAmmār and Muḥammad ibn al-Ṣabbāḥ narrated to us, both saying: Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah narrated to us, from ʿAmr ibn Dīnār, from Jābir ibn Zayd Abū al-Shaʿthāʾ, from Ibn ʿAbbās, who said: I heard the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, delivering a sermon—Hishām said, on the pulpit—and he said: “Whoever cannot find a waist wrapper may wear trousers, and whoever cannot find sandals may wear leather socks.” Hishām added in his version: “Let him wear trousers if he cannot find a waist wrapper.”

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Abū Muṣʿab narrated to us: Mālik ibn Anas narrated to us, from Nāfiʿ and from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Dīnār, from Ibn ʿUmar, that the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Whoever cannot find sandals may wear leather socks, but should cut them below the ankles.”

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Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Idrīs narrated to us, from Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq, from Yaḥyā ibn ʿAbbād ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Zubayr, from his father, from Asmāʾ bint Abī Bakr, who said: We set out with the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, and when we were at al-ʿArj, we dismounted. The Messenger of God and ʿĀʾishah sat together, while I sat beside my father. Our riding arrangements and those of Abū Bakr were together with his servant. The servant came back without his camel. Abū Bakr asked him: “Where is your camel?” He said: “I lost it last night.” Abū Bakr said: “You had only one camel with you, and you lost it?” He began to beat him, while the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Look at this person in consecration, what he is doing!”

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Abū Muṣʿab narrated to us: Mālik narrated to us, from Zayd ibn Aslam, from Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ḥunayn, from his father, that ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbbās and al-Miswar ibn Makhramah disagreed at al-Abwāʾ. ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbbās said: “A person in consecration may wash his head.” Al-Miswar ibn Makhramah said: “A person in consecration may not wash his head.” Ibn ʿAbbās sent me to Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī to ask him about it. I found him bathing between two wooden supports, screened by a cloth. I greeted him, and he asked: “Who is this?” I said: “I am ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ḥunayn. ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbbās sent me to ask you how the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, washed his head while in consecration.” Abū Ayyūb placed his hand on the cloth and lowered it until I could see his head. Then he told someone to pour water over him, saying: “Pour.” The person poured water over his head, and Abū Ayyūb moved his hands forward and back across it. Then he said: “This is how I saw him, peace and blessings be upon him, do it.”

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Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us: Muḥammad ibn Fuḍayl narrated to us, from Yazīd ibn Abī Ziyād, from Mujāhid, from ʿĀʾishah, who said: “We were with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, in consecration. When a rider passed us, we lowered our garments from above our heads; when he had gone past, we lifted them.” ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad narrated to us: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Idrīs narrated to us, from Yazīd ibn Abī Ziyād, from Mujāhid, from ʿĀʾishah, from the Prophet, a similar report.

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Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Numayr narrated to us. Ḥ Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Numayr narrated to us: ʿUthmān ibn Ḥakīm narrated to us, from Abū Bakr ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Zubayr, from his grandmother—he said: I do not know whether she was Asmāʾ bint Abī Bakr or Saʿdā bint ʿAwf—that the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, entered upon Ḍubāʿah bint ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib and said: “What prevents you, my aunt, from performing ḥajj?” She said: “I am ill, and I fear being detained.” He said: “Enter the state of consecration and stipulate that your release will be wherever you are detained.”

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Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us: Muḥammad ibn Fuḍayl and Wakīʿ narrated to us, from Hishām ibn ʿUrwah, from his father, from Ḍubāʿah, who said: The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, came to me while I was ill and said: “Do you not intend to perform ḥajj this year?” I said: “I am ill, Messenger of God.” He said: “Perform ḥajj and say: My release will be wherever You detain me.”

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Abū Bishr Bakr ibn Khalaf narrated to us: Abū ʿĀṣim narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj: Abū al-Zubayr informed me that he heard Ṭāwūs and ʿIkrimah relate from Ibn ʿAbbās, who said: Ḍubāʿah bint al-Zubayr ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib came to the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, and said: “I am a heavy woman and I wish to perform ḥajj; how should I enter consecration?” He said: “Enter consecration and stipulate: My release will be wherever You detain me.”

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Abū Kurayb narrated to us: Ismāʿīl ibn Ṣabīḥ narrated to us: Mubārak ibn Ḥassān Abū ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us, from ʿAṭāʾ ibn Abī Rabāḥ, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbbās, who said: The prophets used to enter the sanctuary on foot, barefoot, circumambulate the House, and perform the rites barefoot and on foot.

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ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad narrated to us: Abū Muʿāwiyah narrated to us: ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿUmar narrated to us, from Nāfiʿ, from Ibn ʿUmar, that the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, used to enter Mecca from the upper mountain pass and leave by the lower pass.

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ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad narrated to us: al-ʿUmarī narrated to us, from Nāfiʿ, from Ibn ʿUmar, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, entered Mecca during the day.