Hajj

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from 'Abdullah ibn 'Umarthat Umar ibn al-Khattab said, "Someone who puts plaits in his hairshould shave his head, and do not plait your hair in such a way thatit seems you have matted it."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Said ibnal-Musayyab that Umar ibn al-Khattab said, "Anyone who has braided hishair, or plaited it or matted it must shave his head."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umarthat the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,entered the Kaba with Usama ibn Zayd, Bilal ibn Rabah and Uthman ibnTalha al-Hajabi and locked it behind him and stayed there for sometime.

Abdullah said that he asked Bilal when he came out whatthe Messenger of Allah had done there and he said, "He positionedhimself with one support to his left, two supports to his right, andthree behind him (the house had six supports at that time) and then heprayed."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Salim ibnAbdullah said, ''Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan wrote to al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuftelling him not to disagree with Abdullah ibn Umar about anything todo with the hajj. Then, when the day of Arafa came Abdullah ibn Umarwent to him just after noon, and I went with him. He called out to himoutside his tent, 'Where is this man?' and a-lHajjaj came out to him,wearing a blanket dyed with safflower, and said to him, 'What's upwith you, Abu Abd ar-Rahman?' He said, 'Hurry up, if you want tofollow the sunna.' Al-Hajjaj said, 'At this hour?' and he said, 'Yes.'Al-Hajjaj said, 'Wait until I have poured some water over myself, andthen I will come out.' So Abdullah dismounted and waited until al-Hajjaj came out. He passed between me and my father and I said to him,'If you want to accord with the sunna today, then make the khutbashort, do not delay the prayer and do the prayer quickly.' Then hebegan looking at Abdullah ibn Umar to see if he would say the samething, and when Abdullah saw that, he said, 'What Salim is saying istrue.' "

20.64 Doing the Prayer at Mina on the Eighth Day ofDhu-l-Hijja, and the Jumua at Mina and Arafa

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umarused to pray dhuhr, asr, maghrib, isha and subh at Mina. Then in themorning, after the sun had risen, he would go to Arafa .

Malik said, "What we are all agreed upon here (in Madina) is that theimam does not recite the Qur'an out loud in dhuhr on the day of Arafa,and that he gives a khutba to the people on that day, and that theprayer on the day of Arafa is really a dhuhr prayer, and even if itcoincides with a jumua it is still a dhuhr prayer, but one which hasbeen shortened because of travelling."

Malik said that theimam of the pilgrims should not pray the jumua prayer if the day ofArafa, the day of sacrifice or one of the three days after the day ofsacrifice, was a Friday.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Salim ibnAbdullah from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allahbless him and grant him peace, prayed maghrib and isha together atMuzdalifa.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Musa ibn Uqba that Kurayb,the mawla of Ibn 'Abbas, heard Usama ibn Zayd say, "The MessengerofAllah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, left Arafa and then,when he reached ash-Shib, he dismounted and urinated and then didwudu, though not thoroughly. I said to him, 'It is time for theprayer, Messenger of Allah,' and he said 'The prayer is ahead of you,'and then mounted. When we arrived at Muzdalifa he dismounted and didwudu thoroughly. Then the iqama was said for the prayer and he prayedmaghrib. After that everyone settled his camel in its resting-place,and then the iqama for isha was said and he prayed it, without havingprayed anything between the two."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Adi ibnThabit al-Ansari that Abdullah ibn Yazid al-Khatmi told him that AbuAyyub al-Ansari told him that he prayed maghrib and isha together atMuzdalifa during the farewell hajj, with the Messenger of Allah, mayAllah bless him and grant him peace.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umarused to pray maghrib and isha together at Muzdalifa.

Malik said that the people of Makka who are doing hajj shouldshorten the prayer to two rakas when at Mina until they go back to Maka.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from hisfather that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant himpeace, prayed four raka prayers with only two rakas when at Mina, andthat Abu Bakr prayed them at Mina with only two rakas, and that Umaribn al-Khattab prayed them at Mina with only two rakas, and thatUthman prayed them at Mina with only two rakas for half of hiskhalifate, and then later completed them.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Said ibn al-Musayyab that Umar ibn al-Khattab prayed two rakas with everybody whenhe arrived in Makka. Then, when he had finished, he said, "People ofMakka, complete your prayer, because we are a group of travellers."Later, Umar ibn al-Khattab prayed two rakas with them at Mina, but wehave not heard that he said anything to them on that occasion.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from hisfather that Umar ibn al-Khattab prayed two rakas with the people ofMakka, and then, when he had finished, he said, "People of Makka,complete your prayer, becausewe are a group of travellers." Later,Umar prayed two rakas with them at Mina, but we have not heard that hesaid anything to them on that occasion.

Malik was askedwhether the people of Makka should pray two rakas at Arafa or four,and whether the amir of the hajj, if he was a Makkan, should praydhuhr and asr with four rakas or two, and also how the people of Makkawho were living (at Mina) should pray, and he said, "The people ofMakka should pray only two rakas at Arafa and Mina for as long as theystay there, and should shorten the prayer until they return to Makka.The amir of the hajj, if he is a Makkan, should also shorten theprayer at Arafa and during the days of Mina. Anyone who is living atMina as a resident should do the full prayer at Mina, and similarlyanyone who lives at Arafa and is a resident there should do the fullprayer at Arafa."

Yahya related to me that Malik said, "Someone who comes to Makkaat or before the new moon of Dhu'l-Hij ja and goes into ihram for thehajj should do the full prayer until he leaves Makka for Mina, andthen he should shorten the prayer. This is because he has decided tostay there for more than four nights."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that he hadheard that on the day after the day of sacrifice Umar ibn al-Khattabwent out a little after the sun had risen and said the takbir, andeveryone repeated it after him. Then he went out a second time thesame day when the sun was well up and said the takbir, and everyonerepeated it after him. Then he went out a third time after mid-day andsaid the takbir, and everyone repeated it after him until it resoundedfrom group to group until it reached the House and people knew thatUmar had left to throw the stones.

Malik said, "What we dohere (in Madina) is to say the takbir during the days of tashriq aftereach prayer. The first time is when the imam and everyone with himsays the takbir after the dhuhr prayer on the day of sacrifice, andthe last is when the imam and everyone with him says the takbir aftersubh on the last of the days of tashriq, after which he stops sayingthe takbir."

Malik said, "The takbirs during the days oftashriq should be done by both men and women, whether they are in agroup or by themselves, at Mina or elsewhere, and all of the takbirsshould be done. In this everyone follows the imam of the hajj and thepeople at Mina, because when everyone returns (to Makka) and comes outof ihram they keep the same people as imams while out of ihram (asthey did when they were in ihram). Some one who is not doing hajj doesnot follow them except for the takbirs during the days of tashriq."

Malik said, "The 'limited number of days' are the days oftashriq."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umarthat the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,made his camel kneel down at al-Batha, which is at Dhu'l-Hulayfa, andprayed there. Nafi said, "Abdullah ibn Umar used to do that."

Malik said, "No-one should go past al-Muarras when he is returningfrom hajj without praying there. If he passes it at a time when prayeris not permissible he should stay there until prayer is permissibleand then pray whatever he feels is appropriate. (This is) because Ihave heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and granthim peace, stopped there to rest, and that Abdullah ibn Umar stoppedhis camel there also."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umarused to pray dhuhr, asr, maghrib and isha at al-Muhassab, and thenenter Makka at night and do tawaf of the House.

Yahya related to me from Malik that Nafi said, "They say thatUmar ibn al-Khattab used to send men out to bring people in frombeyond al-Aqaba."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umarthat Umar ibn al-Khattab said, "No-one doing hajj should spend thenights of Mina beyond al-Aqaba."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that hisfather said, talking about spending the nights of Mina at Makka, "No-one must spend the night anywhere except Mina."