“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)mentioned Safiyyah and we said: ‘She has got her menses.’ Hesaid: ‘‘Aqra Halqa!* I think that she has detained us.’ Isaid: ‘O Messengerof Allah, she performed Tawaful-Ifadah on theDay of Sacrifice.’ Hesaid: ‘No then, tell her to depart.’”

'Ikrimah (a subnarrator) said: I narrated it to Ibn 'Abbas and Abu Hurairah. They said he spoke the truth.

“The Prophet (ﷺ)commanded me, when I was suffering, from live, to shave my head andfast for three days or feed six poor persons. He knew that I did nothave an animal I could sacrifice.”

It wasnarrated from Jabir that the Prophet (ﷺ) was treated withcuppingwhen he was in the state of Ihram, because he did not feelwell.

“Its cost (must bepaid as a penalty).”

It wasnarrated from Talhah bin ‘Ubaidullah that the Prophet (ﷺ)gavehim some wild donkey meat, and told him to distribute it amonghisCompanions, who were in Ihram.

“Iwent out with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) at the time ofHudaibiyah,and his Companions entered Ihram, but I did not. I saw adonkey do Ihunted it. I mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) and toldhim: ‘I had not entered Ihram, and I was hunting it foryou.’ TheProphet (ﷺ) told his Companions to eat it, but he did noteat fromit, because I told him that I had hunted it for him.”

‘Aishahthe wife of the Prophet (ﷺ) said; “The Messenger of Allah(ﷺ)used to send the sacrificial animal from Al-Madinah, and I wouldtwist the garlands for his sacrificial animal, then, he would not(because of that) avoid the things that the one in Ihram avoids.”

‘The goodness of this nation willnotcease as long as they revere this sanctuary* as it is due. Butwhenthey lose that reverence, they will be doomed.”

“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.’”

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).’”

“I heard the Messengerof Allah (ﷺ) say: ‘Whoever performs Tawaf around the House andpraystwo Rak’ah, it is as if he freed a slave.’”

“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]

“I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) praying facingtheHouse, and reciting: “By the Tur (Mount), And by the BookInscribed.’” [52:1-2]

“Iperformed Tawaf with ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr, and when we had finishedseven (circuits), we prayed two Rak’ah at the back of the Ka’bah.Isaid: ‘Why do you not seek refuge with Allah from the Fire?’ Hesaid:‘I seek refuge with Allah from the fire.’ Then he went andtouched theCorner, then he stood between the (Black) Stone and thedoor (of theKa’bah) and clung with his chest, hands and cheekagainst it. Then hesaid: ‘I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) dothis.’”

It wasnarrated from ‘Aishah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)performedHajj Ifrad.*

“We went out with theMessengerof Allah (ﷺ) to Makkah, and I heard him say: ‘Labbaika‘Umratanwa hajjatan [Here I am (O Allah), for ‘Umrah and Hajj].’”

“Thisis what the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did.”