Hajj

Yahya related to me from Malik that Abu'z-Zubayr al-Makki said,"I saw the House deserted both after subh and asr, with no-one doingtawaf."

Malik said, "If someone does some of his circuits andthen the subh or asr prayer is begun, he should pray with the imam andthen complete the rest of his circuits but should not pray at alluntil the sun has either risen or set "

He added, "There isno harm in delaying the two rakas until after he has prayed maghrib."

Malik said, "There is no harm in someone doing a single tawafafter subh or after asr, not to do more than one group of sevencircuits, and then as long as he delays the two rakas until after thesun has risen, as Umar ibn al-Khattab did, or he delays them untilafter the sun has set if it is after asr. Then when the sun has set hecan pray them if he wants, or, if he wants, he can delay them untilafter he has prayed maghrib. There is no harm in that."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umarthat Umar ibn al-Khattab said, "No-one should leave the hajj until hehas done tawaf of the House, and tawaf of the House is the finalrite."

Malik said, commenting about Umar ibn al-Khattab'ssaying 'tawaf of the House is the final rite,' "In our opinion, andAllah knows best, that is because Allah, the Blessed and Exalted,says, 'Whoever exalts the rituals of Allah - that is from the taqwa ofthe hearts' (Sura 22 ayat 32), and He says, 'Then their halal place(of sacrifice) is at the Ancient House,' and the place of all therituals and where they end is therefore at the Ancient House."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Umar ibnal-Khattab refused to let one man who had not taken leave of the Housepass adh-Dhahran, (a valley eighteen miles from Makka) until he hadtaken leave of it.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that hisfather said, "Allah has completed the hajj of anyone who does thetawaf al-ifada. It is fitting that tawaf of the House be the last ofhis contract, as long as nothing prevents him, and if somethingprevents him, or an obstacle arises, then Allah has completed hishajj."

Malik said, "I do not think that a man who does notknow that the last of his contract is tawaf of the House until he hasleft owes anything, unless he is nearby and can return, do tawaf, andthen leave having done the tawaf al-ifada."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'l-Aswad Muhammad ibn Abdar-Rahman ibn Nawfal from Urwa ibn az-Zubayr from Zaynab bint AbiSalama that Umm Salama, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless himand grant him peace, said, "I once complained to the Messenger ofAllah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, that I was ill and hesaid, 'Do tawaf riding behind the people.' So I did tawaf riding mycamel, while the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant himpeace, was praying by the side of the House, reciting Surat at-Tur."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'z Zubayr al-Makki thatAbu Maiz al-Aslami Abdullah ibn Sufyan told him that once, when he wassitting with Abdullah ibn Umar, a woman came to ask him for anopinion. She said, "I set out intending to do tawaf of the House, butthen, when I got to the gate of the Mosque, I started bleeding, so Iwent back until it had left me. Then I set out again, and then, when Igot to the gate of the mosque, I started bleeding, so I went backuntil it had left me. Then I set off again, and then, when I got tothe gate of the mosque, I started bleeding." Abdullah ibn Umar said,"That is only an impulse from Shaytan. Do ghusl, then bind yourprivate parts with a cloth and do tawaf."

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that if Sad ibnAbi Waqqas entered Makka late, he would go to Arafa before doing tawafof the House and say between Safa and Marwa, and then do tawaf when hegot back.

Malik said, "The leeway is broad, if Allah wills."

Malik was asked whether somebody that was doing obligatorytawaf could stop and talk with another man, and he said, "I do notlike him to do that."

Malik said, "Only someone who is pure(by being in wudu) should do tawaf of the House or say between Safaand Marwa."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Jafar ibn Muhammad ibn AIifrom his father that Jabir ibn Abdullah said, "I heard the Messengerof Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say as he left themosque, intending to go to Safa, 'We begin with that with which Allahbegan,' and he began with Safa."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Jafar ibn Muhammed ibn AIifrom his father from Jabir ibn Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah,may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to say, "Allah isgreater" three times when he stopped on Safa, and "There is no god butAllah, alone, without any partner. To Him belong the Kingdom andpraise, and He has power over everything" three times, and make dua.He would then do the same on Marwa.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that he heard Abdullahibn Umar making dua on Safa saying, "O Allah, You have said, 'call onMe - I will answer you' and You do not break Your promise. So I amaskingYou, in the same way that You have guided me to Islam, not totake it away from me, and that You make me die while I am muslim."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that hisfather said, "Once when I was young I said to A'isha, umm al-muminin,'Have you seen the saying of Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, "Safa andMarwa are among the waymarks of Allah, so whoever does hajj or umra tothe House, there is no harm in his going between them," so it followsthat there should be no harm for some one who does not go betweenthem.'

A'isha said, 'No. If it were as you say, there wouldbe no harm in his not going between them. This ayat was only revealedabout the Ansar. They used to make pilgrimage to Manat, and Manat wasan idol near Qudayd, and they used to avoid going between Safa andMarwa, and when Islam came they asked the Messenger of Allah, mayAllah bless him and grant him peace, about this and Allah, the Blessedand Exalted, revealed, "Safa and Marwa are among the waymarks ofAllah, so whoever does hajj or umra to the House, there is no harm inhis going between them. " ' "

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that Sawdabint Abdullah ibn Umar, who was in the household of Urwa ibn az-Zubayr, set off walking between Safa and Marwa when doing either hajjor an umra. She was a heavy woman and she began when everybody wasleaving after the isha prayer, and she still had not completed hercircuits when the first call was given for subh, but finished thembetween the two calls to prayer.

If Urwa saw people doingcircuits on riding beasts he would tell them in very strong terms notto do so, and they would pretend to be ill, out of awe of him.

Hisham added, "He used to say to us about them 'These areunsuccessful and have lost.' "

Malik said, "Someone whoforgets say between Safa and Marwa in an umra, and does not rememberuntil he is far from Makka, should return and do say. If, in themeantime, he has had intercourse with a woman, he should return and dosay between Safa and Marwa so as to complete what remains of thatumra, and then after that he has to do another umra and offer asacrificial animal."

Malik was asked about someone who metanother man when doing say between Safa and Marwa and stopped to talkwith him, and he said, "I do not like anyone to do that."

Malik said, "If anyone forgets some of his tawaf or is uncertain aboutit and remembers only when he is doing say between Safa and Marwa, heshould stop the say and complete his tawaf of the House apart fromthat about which he is certain. After that he prays the two rakas ofthe tawaf, and then begins his say between Safa and Marwa."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Jafar ibn Muhammad from hisfather from Jabir ibn Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah, may Allahbless him and grant him peace, walked when he came down from Safa andMarwa and then, when he reached the middle of the valley, he brokeinto a light run until he had left it.

Malik said, about aman who, out of ignorance, did the say between Safa and Marwa beforehe had done tawaf of the House, "He should go back and do tawaf of theHouse and then do say between Safa and Marwa. If he does not learnabout this until he has left Makka and is far away, he should returnto Makka and do tawaf of the House and say between Safa and Marwa. Ifin the meantime he has had intercourse with a woman he should return,and do tawaf of the House and say between Safa and Marwa so that hecompletes what he owes of that umra. Then, after that, he has to doanother umra and offer a sacrificial animal ."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'n Nadr, the mawla of Umaribn Ubaydullah, from Umayr, the mawla of Abdullah ibn Abbas, from Ummal-Fadl bint al-Harith, that she was present when some people werearguing on the day of Arafa about whether the Messenger of Allah, mayAllah bless him and grant him peace, was fasting or not. Some of themsaid he was fasting, and some of them said he was not. So she sent abowl of milk to him while his camel was standing still and he drank.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from al-Qasimibn Muhammad that A'isha, umm al-muminin, used to fast on the day ofArafa .

Al-Qasim said, "I saw her, when the imam began movingaway (after sunset) on the afternoon of Arafa, stay where she wasuntil the ground between her and the people became clear. Then sheasked for something to drink and broke her fast."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'n-Nadr, the mawla of Umaribn Ubaydullah, from Sulayman ibn Yasar that the Messenger of Allah,may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade fasting on the daysof Mina.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that the Messengerof Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, sent Abdullah ibnHudhayfa out on the days of Mina to circulate among the people to tellthem those days were for eating and drinking and remembrance of Allah.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habbanfrom al-Araj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allahbless him and grant him peace, forbade fasting on two days - the dayof the Id al-Fitr and the day of the Id al-Adha.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yazid ibn Abdullah ibn al-Hadi from Abu Murra, the mawla of Umm Hani, the sister of Aqil ibn AbiTalib, that Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As told him that he had visitedhis father Amr ibn al-As and found him eating. His father had invitedhim to eat, and when he replied that he was fasting, his father said,"These are the days on which the Messenger of Allah, may Allah blesshim and grant him peace, forbade us to fast, and told us to break thefast on them."

Malik said, "These days are the days oftashriq."

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn AbiBakr ibn Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Hazm that the Messenger of Allah, mayAllah bless him and grant him peace, sacrificed a camel, which hadbelonged to Abu Jahl ibn Hisham, in either a hajj or an umra.