Chapters on Hajj Rituals

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Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā narrated to us: ʿAbd al-Razzāq narrated to us: Maʿmar informed us, from al-Zuhrī, from ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn, from ʿAmr ibn ʿUthmān, from Usāmah ibn Zayd, who said: I asked: “Messenger of God, where will you stay tomorrow?” That was during his pilgrimage. He said: “Has ʿAqīl left any dwelling for us?” Then he said: “Tomorrow we will stay at the ravine of Banū Kinānah”—meaning al-Muḥaṣṣab—“where Quraysh made their pact upon disbelief.” Banū Kinānah had allied with Quraysh against Banū Hāshim, agreeing not to marry them or trade with them. Maʿmar said: al-Zuhrī said that al-khayf means a valley.

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Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah and ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad narrated to us, both saying: Abū Muʿāwiyah narrated to us: ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal narrated to us, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sarjis, who said: I saw the bald-fronted ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb kiss the Black Stone and say: “I am kissing you, though I know you are a stone that neither harms nor benefits. Had I not seen the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, kiss you, I would not have kissed you.”

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Suwayd ibn Saʿīd narrated to us: ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-Rāzī narrated to us, from Ibn Khuthaym, from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, who said: I heard Ibn ʿAbbās say that the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “This stone will certainly come on the Day of Resurrection with two eyes with which it sees and a tongue with which it speaks, bearing witness for whoever touched it with due reverence.”

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ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad narrated to us: My maternal uncle Yaʿlā narrated to us, from Muḥammad ibn ʿAwn, from Nāfiʿ, from Ibn ʿUmar, who said: The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, faced the Black Stone, placed his lips upon it, and wept for a long time. Then he turned and saw ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb weeping. He said: “ʿUmar, it is here that tears are shed.”

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Aḥmad ibn ʿAmr ibn al-Sarḥ al-Miṣrī narrated to us: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Wahb narrated to us: Yūnus informed me, from Ibn Shihāb, from Sālim ibn ʿAbd Allāh, from his father, who said: The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, would touch only two corners of the House: the Black Stone and the corner beside it, in the direction of the homes of the Jumaḥīs.

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Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Numayr narrated to us: Yūnus ibn Bukayr narrated to us: Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq narrated to us, from Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar ibn al-Zubayr, from ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Thawr, from Ṣafiyyah bint Shaybah, who said: When the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, had settled in Mecca in the year of the Conquest, he circumambulated on his camel, touching the corner with a hooked staff in his hand. Then he entered the Kaʿbah and found a wooden dove inside. He broke it, then stood at the door of the Kaʿbah and threw it out, while I watched him.

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Aḥmad ibn ʿAmr ibn al-Sarḥ informed us: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Wahb informed us, from Yūnus, from Ibn Shihāb, from ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿAbd Allāh, from Ibn ʿAbbās, that during the Farewell Pilgrimage the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) circumambulated the Kaʿbah on a camel, touching the Corner with a curved staff.

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ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad narrated to us: Wakīʿ narrated to us. [Another chain:] Hadiyyah ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb narrated to us: al-Faḍl ibn Mūsā narrated to us. Both said: Maʿrūf ibn Kharrabūdh al-Makkī narrated to us: I heard Abū al-Ṭufayl ʿĀmir ibn Wāthilah say: I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) circumambulating the House on his mount. He touched the Corner with his curved staff and kissed the staff.

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Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Numayr narrated to us: Aḥmad ibn Bashīr narrated to us. [Another chain:] ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad narrated to us: Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd narrated to us. Both said: ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿUmar narrated to us, from Nāfiʿ, from Ibn ʿUmar, that when the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) performed the first circumambulation of the House, he moved briskly for three circuits and walked for four, from the Black Stone to the Black Stone. Ibn ʿUmar used to do the same.

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ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad narrated to us: Abū al-Ḥusayn al-ʿUklī narrated to us, from Mālik ibn Anas, from Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad, from his father, from Jābir, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) jogged from the Stone to the Stone three times and walked four times.

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Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us: Jaʿfar ibn ʿAwn narrated to us, from Hishām ibn Saʿd, from Zayd ibn Aslam, from his father, who said: I heard ʿUmar say, “Why jog now, when God has firmly established Islam and removed disbelief and its people? By God, we will not abandon anything we used to do in the time of the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him).”

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Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā narrated to us: ʿAbd al-Razzāq narrated to us; Maʿmar informed us, from Ibn Khuthaym, from Abū al-Ṭufayl, from Ibn ʿAbbās, who said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to his Companions when they intended to enter Makkah for his ʿumrah after al-Ḥudaybiyah, “Your people will see you tomorrow, so let them see you strong.” When they entered the mosque, they touched the Corner and jogged, with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) among them. When they reached the Yemenite Corner, they walked to the Black Corner; then they jogged until they reached the Yemenite Corner, then walked to the Black Corner. They did that three times, then walked the remaining four circuits.

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Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā narrated to us: Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf and Qabīṣah narrated to us; they said: Sufyān narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, from ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd, from Ibn Yaʿlā ibn Umayyah, from his father Yaʿlā, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) circumambulated with his upper garment tucked beneath his right arm and over his left shoulder. Qabīṣah said: He was wearing a cloak.

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Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us: ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Mūsā narrated to us: Shaybān narrated to us, from Ashʿath ibn Abī al-Shaʿthāʾ, from al-Aswad ibn Yazīd, from ʿĀʾishah, who said: I asked the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) about al-Ḥijr. He said, “It is part of the House.” I asked, “What prevented them from including it within the House?” He said, “They ran short of funds.” I asked, “Then why is its door raised so that it can only be reached by a ladder?” He said, “That was done by your people so they could let in whomever they wished and keep out whomever they wished. Were it not that your people are so recently removed from disbelief, and I fear their hearts would recoil, I would consider changing it, incorporating into it what was left out, and placing its door at ground level.”

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ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad narrated to us: Muḥammad ibn al-Fuḍayl narrated to us, from al-ʿAlāʾ ibn al-Musayyab, from ʿAṭāʾ, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar, who said: I heard the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) say, “Whoever circumambulates the House and prays two rakʿahs, it is as if he freed a slave.”

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Hishām ibn ʿAmmār narrated to us: Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAyyāsh narrated to us: Ḥumayd ibn Abī Suwayyah said: I heard Ibn Hishām ask ʿAṭāʾ ibn Abī Rabāḥ about the Yemenite Corner while he was circumambulating the House. ʿAṭāʾ said: Abū Hurayrah told me that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Seventy angels have been appointed over it. Whoever says, «O God, I ask You for pardon and well-being in this world and the Hereafter. Our Lord, grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter, and protect us from the punishment of the Fire,» they say, «Amen.»” When he reached the Black Corner, [Ibn Hishām] said, “Abū Muḥammad, what have you heard about this Black Corner?” ʿAṭāʾ said: Abū Hurayrah told me that he heard the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) say, “Whoever touches it is only touching the Hand of the Most Merciful.” Ibn Hishām said to him, “Abū Muḥammad, what about circumambulation?” ʿAṭāʾ said: Abū Hurayrah told me that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say, “Whoever circumambulates the House seven times and speaks only these words: «Glory be to God, praise be to God, there is no god but God, God is greatest, and there is no power or strength except through God,» ten of his sins are erased, ten good deeds are recorded for him, and he is raised ten degrees thereby. Whoever circumambulates and speaks during that time wades into mercy with his feet as one wades through water with his feet.”

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Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us: Abū Usāmah narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, from Kathīr ibn Kathīr ibn al-Muṭṭalib ibn Abī Wadāʿah al-Sahmī, from his father, from al-Muṭṭalib, who said: I saw the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him), when he had completed his seven circuits, come until he was aligned with the Corner and pray two rakʿahs at the edge of the circumambulation area, with no one between him and those circumambulating. Ibn Mājah said: This applies specifically in Makkah.

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ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad and ʿAmr ibn ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us; they said: Wakīʿ narrated to us, from Muḥammad ibn Thābit al-ʿAbdī, from ʿAmr ibn Dīnār, from Ibn ʿUmar, that the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) arrived and circumambulated the House seven times, then prayed two rakʿahs—Wakīʿ said, meaning at the Station—then went out to al-Ṣafā.

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Al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿUthmān al-Dimashqī narrated to us: al-Walīd ibn Muslim narrated to us, from Mālik ibn Anas, from Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad, from his father, from Jābir, who said: When the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) had finished circumambulating the House, he came to the Station of Abraham. ʿUmar said, “Messenger of God, this is the Station of our father Abraham, about which God, exalted is He, said: «Take the Station of Abraham as a place of prayer.»” Al-Walīd said: I asked Mālik, “Did he recite it this way: «Take the Station of Abraham as a place of prayer»?” He said, “Yes.”

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Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah narrated to us: Muʿallā ibn Manṣūr narrated to us. [A second chain:] Isḥāq ibn Manṣūr and Aḥmad ibn Sinān narrated to us; they said: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mahdī narrated to us. They both said: Mālik ibn Anas narrated to us, from Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Nawfal, from ʿUrwah, from Zaynab, from Umm Salamah, that she was ill, so the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed her to circumambulate behind the people while riding. She said: I saw the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) praying toward the House and reciting, «By the Mount, and by a written Book.» Ibn Mājah said: This is the narration of Abū Bakr.