Ja'far b Muhammad reported on the authority of his father: We went to
Jabir b. Abdullah and he began inquiring about the people (who had gone
to see him) till it was my turn. I said: I am Muhammad b. 'Ali b.
Husain. He placed his hand upon my head and opened my upper button and
then the lower one and then placed his palm on my chest (in order to
bless me), and I was, during those days, a young boy, and he said: You
are welcome, my nephew. Ask whatever you want to ask. And I asked him
but as he was blind (he could not respond to me immediately), and the
time for prayer came. He stood up covering himself in his mantle. And
whenever he placed its ends upon his shoulders they slipped down on
account of being short (in size). Another mantle was, however, lying on
the clothes rack near by. And he led us in the prayer. I said to him:
Tell me about the Hajj of Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa
sallam). And he pointed with his hand nine, and then stated:
The
Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) stayed in (Medina)
for nine years but did not perform Hajj, then he made a public
announcement in the tenth year to the effect that Allaah's Messenger
(sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) was about to perform the Hajj. A large
number of persons came to Medina and all of them were anxious to follow
the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) and do according
to his doing. We set out with him till we reached Dhu'l-Hulaifa. Asma'
daughter of Umais gave birth to Muhammad b. Abu Bakr. She sent message
to the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) asking him:
What should 1 do? He (the Prophet) said: Take a bath, bandage your
private parts and put on Ihram.
The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu
alayhi wa sallam) then prayed in the mosque and then mounted al-Qaswa
(his she-camel) and it stood erect with him on its back at al-Baida'.
And I saw as far as I could see in front of me but riders and
pedestrians, and also on my right and on my left and behind me like
this. And the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) was
prominent among us and the (revelation) of the Holy Qur'an was
descending upon him. And it is he who knows (its true) significance. And
whatever he did, we also did that. He pronounced the Oneness of Allaah
(saying): "Labbaik,O Allaah, Labbaik, Labbaik. Thou hast no partner,
praise and grace is Thine and the Sovereignty too; Thou hast no
partner."
And the people also pronounced this Talbiya which they pronounce
(today). The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) did not
reject anything out of it. But the Messenger of Allaah (May peace. be
upon him) adhered to his own Talbiya.
Jabir (Allaah be pleased with him)
said: We did not have any other intention but that of Hajj only, being
unaware of the Umra (at that season), but when we came with him to the
House, he touched the pillar and (made seven circuits) running three of
them and walking four. And then going to the Station of Ibrahim, he
recited: "And adopt the Station of Ibrahim as a place of prayer." And
this Station was between him and the House. My father said (and I do not
know whether he had made a mention of it but that was from Allaah's
Prophet [sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam] that he recited in two rak'ahs: "say: He is Allaah One," and say:" Say: O unbelievers."
He then returned
to the pillar (Hajar Aswad) and kissed it. He then went out of the gate
to al-Safa' and as he reached near it he recited:" Al-Safa' and al-Marwa
are among the signs appointed by Allaah," (adding: ) I begin with what
Allaah (has commanded me) to begin. He first mounted al-Safa' till he
saw the House, and facing Qibla he declared the Oneness of Allaah and
glorified Him, and said: "there is none worthy of worship (in truth) but
Allaah, One, there is no partner with Him. His is the Sovereignty. to
Him praise is due. and He is Powerful over everything. there is none
worthy of worship (in truth) but Allaah alone, Who fulfilled His
promise, helped His servant and routed the confederates alone." He then
made supplication in the course of that saying such words three times.
He then descended and walked towards al-Marwa, and when his feet came
down in the bottom of the valley, he ran, and when he began to ascend he
walked till he reached al-Marwa. There he did as he had done at
al-Safa'. And when it was his last running at al-Marwa he said: If I had
known beforehand what I have come to know afterwards, I would not have
brought sacrificial animals and would have performed an 'Umra. So, he
who among you has not the sacrificial animals with him should put off
Ihram and treat it as an Umra.
Suraqa b. Malik b. Ju'sham got up and
said: Messenger of Allaah, does it apply to the present year, or does it
apply forever? Thereupon the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa
sallam) intertwined the fingers (of one hand) into another and said
twice: The 'Umra has become incorporated in the Hajj (adding): "No, but
for ever and ever."
'Ali came from the Yemen with the sacrificial
animals for the Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) and found Fatimah
(Allaah be pleased with her) to be one among those who had put off
Ihram and had put on dyed clothes and had applied antimony. He
(Hadrat'Ali) showed disapproval to it, whereupon she said: My father has
commanded me to do this. He (the narrator) said that 'Ali used to say
in Iraq: I went to the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa
sallam) showing annoyance at Fatimah for what she had done, and asked
the (verdict) of Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam)
regarding what she had narrated from him, and told him that I was angry
with her, whereupon he said: She has told the truth, she has told the
truth. (The Prophet then asked 'Ali): What did you say when you
undertook to go for Hajj? I ('Ali) said: O Allaah, I am putting on Ihram
for the same purpose as Thy Messenger has put it on.
He said: I have with me sacrificial animals, so do not put off the
Ihram. He (Jabir) said: The total number of those sacrificial animals
brought by 'Ali from the Yemen and of those brought by the Prophet
(sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) was one hundred.
Then all the people
except the Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) and those who had with
them sacrificial animals, put off Ihram, and got their hair clipped;
when it was the day of Tarwiya (8th of Dhu'l-Hijja) they went to Mina
and put on the Ihram for Hajj and the Messenger of Ailah (sallAllaahu
alayhi wa sallam) rode and led the noon, afternoon, sunset 'Isha' and
dawn prayers. He then waited a little till the sun rose, and commanded
that a tent of hair should be pitched at Namira. The Messenger of Allaah
(sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) then set out and the Quraish did not
doubt that he would halt at al-Mash'ar al-Haram (the sacred site) as the
Quraish used to do in the pre-Islamic period. The Messenger of Allaah
(sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam), however, passed on till he came to
'Arafa and he found that the tent had been pitched for him at Namira.
There he got down till the sun had passed the meridian; he commanded
that al-Qaswa should be brought and saddled for him. Then he came to the
bottom of the valley, and addressed the people saying: Verily your
blood, your property are as sacred and inviolable as the sacredness of
this day of yours, in this month of yours, in this town of yours.
Behold! Everything pertaining to the Days of Ignorance is under my feet
completely abolished. Abolished are also the blood-revenges of the Days
of Ignorance.
The first claim of ours on blood-revenge which I abolish is that of the
son of Rabi'a b. al-Harith, who was nursed among the tribe of Sa'd and
killed by Hudhail. And the usury of she pre-Islamic period is abolished,
and the first of our usury I abolish is that of 'Abbas b. 'Abd
al-Muttalib, for it is all abolished.
Fear Allaah concerning women!
Verily you have taken them on the security of Allaah, and intercourse
with them has been made lawful unto you by words of Allaah. You too have
right over them, and that they should not allow anyone to sit on your
bed whom you do not like. But if they do that, you can chastise them but
not severely. Their rights upon you are that you should provide them
with food and clothing in a fitting manner. I have left among you the
Book of Allaah, and if you hold fast to it, you would never go astray.
And you would be asked about me (on the Day of Resurrection), (now tell
me) what would you say?
They (the audience) said: We will bear witness
that you have conveyed (the message), discharged (the ministry of
Prophethood) and given wise (sincere) counsel. He (the narrator) said:
He (the Prophet) then raised his forefinger towards the sky and pointing
it at the people (said): "O Allaah, be witness. o Allaah, be witness,"
saying it thrice. (Bilal then) pronounced Adhan and later on Iqama and
he (the Prophet) led the noon prayer. He (Bilal) then uttered Iqama and
he (the Prophet) led the afternoon prayer and he observed no other
prayer in between the two.
The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) then mounted his
camel and came to the place of stay, making his she-camel al-Qaswa, turn
towards the side where there we are rocks, having the path taken by
those who went on foot in front of him, and faced the Qibla. He kept
standing there till the sun set, and the yellow light had somewhat gone,
and the disc of the sun had disappeared. He made Usama sit behind him,
and he pulled the nose string of Qaswa so forcefully that its head
touched the saddle (in order to keep her under perfect control), and he
pointed out to the people with his right hand to be moderate (in speed),
and whenever he happened to pass over an elevated tract of sand, he
slightly loosened it (the nose-string of his camel) till she climbed up
and this is how he reached al-Muzdalifa. There he led the evening and
'Isha prayers with one Adhan and two Iqamas and did not glorify (Allaah)
in between them (i. e. he did not observe supererogatory rak'ahs
between Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers). The Messenger of Allaah
(sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) then lay down till dawn and offered the
dawn prayer with an Adhan and Iqama when the morning light was clear. He
again mounted al-Qaswa, and when he came to al-Mash'ar al-Haram, he
faced towards Qibla, supplicated Him, Glorified Him, and pronounced His
Uniqueness (La ilaha illa Allaah) and Oneness, and kept standing till
the daylight was very clear.
He then went quickly before the sun rose, and seated behind him was
al-Fadl b. 'Abbas and he was a man having beautiful hair and fair
complexion and handsome face. As the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu
alayhi wa sallam) was moving on, there was also going a group of women
(side by side with them). Al-Fadl began to look at them. The Messenger
of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) placed his hand on the face of
Fadl who then turned his face to the other side, and began to see, and
the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) turned his hand
to the other side and placed it on the face of al-Fadl. He again turned
his face to the other side till he came to the bottom of Muhassir.
He urged her (al-Qaswa) a little, and, following the middle road, which
comes out at the greatest jamra, he came to the jamra which is near the
tree. At this be threw seven small pebbles, saying Allaah-o-Akbar while
throwing every one of them in a manner in which the small pebbles are
thrown (with the help of fingers) and this he did in the bottom of the
valley. He then went to the place of sacrifice, and sacrificed
sixty-three (camels) with his own hand. Then he gave the remaining
number to 'All who sacrificed them, and he shared him in his sacrifice.
He then commanded that a piece of flesh from each animal sacrificed
should be put in a pot, and when it was cooked, both of them (the
Prophet and Hadrat 'All) took some meat out of it and drank its soup.
The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) again rode and
came to the House, and offered the Zuhr prayer at Mecca. He came to the
tribe of Abd al-Muttalib, who were supplying water at Zamzam, and said:
Draw water. O Bani 'Abd al-Muttalib; were it not that people would usurp
this right of supplying water from you, I would have drawn it along
with you. So they handed him a basket and he drank from it.
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