Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 884

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Jami` at-Tirmidhi 884
Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى الصَّنْعَانِيُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الطُّفَاوِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ كَانَتْ قُرَيْشٌ وَمَنْ كَانَ عَلَى دِينِهَا وَهُمُ الْحُمْسُ يَقِفُونَ بِالْمُزْدَلِفَةِ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ قَطِينُ اللَّهِ ‏.‏ وَكَانَ مَنْ سِوَاهُمْ يَقِفُونَ بِعَرَفَةَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى ‏:‏ ‏‏(‏ثُمَّ أَفِيضُوا مِنْ حَيْثُ أَفَاضَ النَّاسُ ‏)‏ ‏ .‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏ قَالَ وَمَعْنَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَنَّ أَهْلَ مَكَّةَ كَانُوا لاَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْحَرَمِ وَعَرَفَةُ خَارِجٌ مِنَ الْحَرَمِ وَأَهْلُ مَكَّةَ كَانُوا يَقِفُونَ بِالْمُزْدَلِفَةِ وَيَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ قَطِينُ اللَّهِ يَعْنِي سُكَّانَ اللَّهِ وَمَنْ سِوَى أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ كَانُوا يَقِفُونَ بِعَرَفَاتٍ ‏.‏ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى‏:‏ ‏‏(‏ثُمَّ أَفِيضُوا مِنْ حَيْثُ أَفَاضَ النَّاسُ ‏)‏ ‏.‏ وَالْحُمْسُ هُمْ أَهْلُ الْحَرَمِ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Muhammad ibn Abd al-A'la al-San'ani al-Basri narrated to us: Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Tufawi narrated to us: Hisham ibn Urwah narrated to us, from his father, from A'ishah, who said: Quraysh and those who followed their religion—the Hums—used to stop at Muzdalifah, saying, ‘We are God's people.’ Everyone else stopped at Arafat. Then Allah revealed: ‘Then depart from where the people depart.’

Abu Isa said: This is a hasan sahih hadith. Its meaning is that the people of Mecca did not leave the Sacred Precinct, whereas Arafat lies outside it. The people of Mecca would stop at Muzdalifah and say, ‘We are God's people,’ meaning the residents under God's protection, while others stopped at Arafat. Then Allah revealed, ‘Then depart from where the people depart.’ The Hums were the people of the Sacred Precinct.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed

  • The report explains the Qur'anic instruction as ending Quraysh's pre-Islamic practice of stopping apart from other pilgrims.