Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 827
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي فُدَيْكٍ، عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَرْبُوعٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم سُئِلَ أَىُّ الْحَجِّ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ " الْعَجُّ وَالثَّجُّ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Rafi' narrated to us: Ibn Abi Fudayk narrated to us. Ishaq ibn Mansur narrated to us: Ibn Abi Fudayk informed us, from al-Dahhak ibn Uthman, from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Yarbu', from Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, that the Prophet was asked, ‘Which Hajj is best?’ He replied, ‘The loud recitation of the talbiyah and the slaughtering of sacrificial animals.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Al-ajj refers to raising the voice with the talbiyah, and al-thajj to slaughtering sacrificial animals.