Chapters on Hajj Rituals
كتاب المناسك
Chapter 26: Entering Makkah
It wasnarrated from Ibn ‘Umar that the Prophet (ﷺ) entered Makkahbyday.
“I said: ‘O Messenger ofAllah, where will you stay tomorrow?’ That was during his Hajj. Hesaid: ‘Has ‘Aqil left us any house?’ Then he said: ‘Tomorrowwe will stay in the valley of Banu Kinanah, Muhassab where theQuraish swore an oath of disbelief.’”That was where the Banu Kinana had sworn an oath with the Quriash against Banu Hashim, that they would not intermarry with them or engage in trade with them.Ma’mar said: “Zuhri said: Khaif means a valley.’”
Chapter 27: Touching the Black Stone
“I saw the baldforeheadof ‘Umar bin Khattab when he kissed the Black Stone and said:‘Iam kissing you, although I know that you are only a stone and youcanneither cause harm nor bring benefit. Had I not seen the MessengerofAllah (ﷺ) kissing you, I would not have kissed you.’”
I heard Ibn ‘Abbas say:TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “This Stone will be brought on theDay of Resurrection, and it will be given two eyes with which to see,and a tongue with which to speak, and it will bear witness for thosewho touched it in sincerity.”
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)turned to face the Stone, then he put his lips on it and wept for along time. Then he turned and saw ‘Umar bin Khattab weeping. Hesaid:‘O ‘Umar, this is the place where tears should be shed.’”
“TheMessenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not touch the corners of the Ka’bahapartfrom the Black Corner (i.e., the corner where the Black Stoneis) andthe one that is next to it facing the houses of Banu Jumah(i.e., theYemenite Corner).”
Chapter 28: One who touches the corner with a staff
“When the MessengerofAllah (ﷺ) saw that things had settled down, in the year of theConquest (of Makkah), he performed Tawaf on his camel, touching thecorner with a staff in his hand. Then he entered the House and foundadove made of aloeswood. He broke it, then he stood at the door oftheKa’bah and threw it out, and I was watching him.”
It wasnarrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that the Prophet (ﷺ) performedTawaf ona camel during the Farewell Pilgrimage, touching the cornerwith astaff.
“I heard Abu Tufail, ‘AmirbinWathilah, say: ‘I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) performing Tawaf on hiscamel, touching the corner with his staff and kissing the staff.’”
Chapter 29: Walking quickly when going around the House
It wasnarrated from Nafi’, from Ibn ‘Umar that when the Messenger ofAllah (ﷺ) performed Tawaf around the House for the first time, hewalked briskly with short steps in the first three circuits, andwalked normally in the last four, starting and ending at the Hijr.*And Ibn ‘Umar used to do that.
It wasnarrated from Jabir that the Prophet (ﷺ) walked briskly(Ramala),from the Hijr to the Hijr, three times, then he walkednormally forfour.
“I heard‘Umarsay: ‘Why do they perform Ramal now, when Allah has establishedIslam and done away with disbelief and its people? By Allah,* we willnot give up something that we used to do at the time of the Messengerof Allah (ﷺ).’”
“During his ‘Umrah afterHudaibiyah – when they wanted to enter Makkah – the Prophet (ﷺ)saidto his Companions: ‘Your people will see you tomorrow, so letthem seeyou looking strong.’ When they entered the mosque, theytouched thecorner and started to walk briskly, and the Prophet (ﷺ)was withthem. When they reached the Yemenite Corner, they walkednormally tothe Black Corner (the corner where the Black Stone is),then theywalked briskly until they reached the Yemenite Corner, thentheywalked normally to the Black Corner. They did that three times,thenthey walked normally for four circuits.”
Chapter 30: The Ibtida’
“The Prophet (ﷺ) performed Tawaf while doing Idtiba’.”* (Inhis narration, one of the narrators) Qabisah said: “While wearing aYemenite cloth.”
Chapter 31: The Tawaf around the Hijr
“I asked the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)about the Hijr, and he said: ‘It is part of the House.’ I said:‘What kept them from incorporating it into it?’ He said: ‘Theyran outof funds.’ I said: ‘Why is its door so high up that itcan only bereached with a ladder?’* He said: ‘That is what yourpeople did sothat they could let in whoever they wanted and keep outwhoever theywanted. Were it not that your people have so recentlyleft disbeliefbehind, and I am afraid that it would bother them, Iwould havechanged it, incorporating what they left out and I wouldput its doorat ground level.”
Chapter 32: The virtue of Tawaf
“I heard the Messengerof Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘Whoever performs Tawaf around the House andpraystwo Rak’ah, it is as if he freed a slave.’”
I heard Ibn Hisham asking ‘Ata’ bin AbuRabah about the Yemenite Corner, when he was performing Tawaf aroundthe House. ‘Ata’ said: Abu Hurairah told me that the Prophet(ﷺ) said: “Seventy angels have been appointed over it. Whoeversays: Allahumma inni as’alukal-‘afwa wal-‘afiyah fid-dunyawal-akhirah; Rabbana atina fid-dunya hasanah, wa fil-akhiratihasanah, wa qina ‘adhaban-Nar (O Allah, I ask You for pardon andwell-being in this world and in the Hereafter. Our Lord, give us goodin this world and good in the Hereafter and protect us from thetorment of the Fire), they say: Amin.” When he reached the BlackCorner (where the Black Stone is), he said: O Abu Muhammad! What haveyou heard about this Black Corner? ‘Ata’ said: Abu Hurairah toldme that he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: “Whoever facesit is facing the Hand of the Most Merciful.’”Ibn Hisham said to him: O Abu Muhammad, what about Tawaf? ‘Ata’ said: Abu Hurairah told me that he heard the Prophet (ﷺ) say: “Whoever performs Tawaf around the House seven times and does not say anything except: Subhan Allah wal-hamdu lillah, wa la ilaha illallah wa Allahu Akbar, wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa billah (Glory is to Allah, praise is to Allah, none has the right to be worshipping but Allah, and there is no power nor strength except with Allah), ten bad deeds will be erased from him, ten merits will be recorded for him, and he will be raised ten degrees in status. Whoever performs Tawaf and talks when he is in that situation, is wading in mercy like one who wades in water.”
Chapter 33: Two Rak`ah after Tawaf
“When he finished seven (circuitsofTawaf), I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) come until he wasparallelwith the Corner, then he prayed two Rak’ah at the edge of theMataf(area for Tawaf), and there was nothing between him and thepeoplewho were performing Tawaf.”
“Meaning, at the Maqam,* then he went outtoSafa.”
“When Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)finishedcircumambulating the House, he came to Maqam Ibrahim. ‘Umarsaid:‘O Messenger of Allah, this is the Maqam of our father Ibrahim,about which Allah says, “And take you (people) the Maqam (place) ofIbrahim as a place of prayer.’” [2:125]