Hajj of the Prophet
Hajj of the Prophet (prayers and
peace of Allah be upon him) As it is narrated by Jabir IbnAbdullah
(may Allah be pleased with him and his father too)
In the name of Allah
the Most Gracious the Most Merciful
All praise is due to Allah
alone. And prayers and peace of Allah be upon the last
Prophet.
Muslim and others reported
that Ja'far Ibn Muhammad narrated on the authority of his father:
"We went to Jabir Ibn Abdullah (after he became blind) and I asked
him to tell me about the Hajj of Allah's Messenger (prayers and
peace of Allah be upon him). And he pointed with his hand nine, and
then stated: 'The Messenger of Allah (prayers and peace of Allah be
upon him) 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 Allah's Messenger (prayers and peace of Allah be upon
him) was about to perform Hajj. A large number of people came to
Medina and all of them were anxious to follow the Messenger of
Allah (prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) and do according to
his doing. We set out with him till we reached Dhul-Hulaifa. Asmaa
Bint 'Umais gave birth to Muhammad Ibn Abu Bakr. She sent a message
to the Messenger of Allah (prayers and peace of Allah be upon him)
asking him: What should 1 do? He (the Prophet) said: Take a bath,
bandage your private parts and put on Ihram.
The Messenger of Allah
(prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) then prayed in the Masjid
and then mounted al-Qaswa' (his she-camel) and it stood erect with
him on its back at the desert. And I saw as far as I could see in
front of me but riders and walkers, and also on my right and on my
left and behind me like this. And the Messenger of Allah (prayers
and peace of Allah be upon him) 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
Allah (saying): Labbaika Allahumma Labbaik, Labbaika la sharika
Laka labbaik, Inna-l-hamda wan-ni'mata Laka walmulk, La sharika
Laka.
(Translation:
"Here I am, O Allah, here I am. Here I am. You have no partner.
Here I am. Surely all praise, grace and dominion is yours, and you
have no partner.")
And the people also pronounced
this Talbiyah which they pronounce (today). The Messenger of Allah
(prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) did not reject anything of
it. But the Messenger of Allah (prayers and peace of Allah be upon
him) adhered to his own Talbiyah.
Jabir (may Allah 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 Ar-Rukn (i.e. black stone)
and (made seven circuits) running three of them and walking four.
And then going to the Maqam Ibrahim, he recited: {And take you
(people) the Maqâm (place) of Ibrâhîm (Abraham) [or the stone on
which Ibrâhîm (Abraham) stood while he was building the Ka'bah] as
a place of prayer (for some of your prayers, e.g. two Rak'at after
the Tawâf of the Ka'bahat Makkah)} (Surat Al-Baqarah: 125). And the
Maqam 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 Allah's
Messenger [prayers and peace of Allah be upon him]) that he recited
in the two rakahs: {Say (O Muhammad): "He is Allâh, (the) One} and
{Say: (O Muhammad to these Mushrikûn and Kâfirûn): "O Al-Kafirûn
(disbelievers in Allâh, in His Oneness, in His Angels, in His
Books, in His Messengers, in the Day of Resurrection, and in
Al-Qadar)!}
He then returned to the pillar
(i.e. the Black Stone) and kissed it. He then went out of the gate
to As-Safa and as he reached near it he recited: {Verily! As-Safâ
and Al-Marwah (two mountains in Makkah) are of the Symbols of
Allâh} (Surat Al-Baqarah:158) I begin with what Allah (has
commanded me) to begin. He first mounted As-Safa till he saw the
House, and facing Qiblah he declared the Oneness of Allah and
glorified Him, and said: "None has the right to be worshipped
except Allah, alone, without partner. To Him belongs all
sovereignty and praise and He is over all things omnipotent. None
has the right to be worshipped except Allah alone. He fulfilled His
promise, aided His Servant and single-handedly defeated the
allies". He then made supplication in the course of saying such
words three times. He then descended and walked towards Al-Marwah,
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-Marwah.
There he did as he had done at As-Safa.
And when it was his last
running at Al-Marwah 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 a 'Umra. So, he who among you has
not the sacrificial animals with him should put off Ihram and treat
it as an 'Umra. Suraqa IbnMalik Ibn Ju'shom got up and said: O
Messenger of Allah, does it apply to the present year, or does it
apply forever? Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (prayers and peace
of Allah be upon him) 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 Yemen with the
sacrificial animals for the Prophet (prayers and peace of Allah be
upon him) and found Fatimah (Allah 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 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 Allah
(prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) showing annoyance at
Fatimah for what she had done, and asked the (verdict) of Allah's
Messenger (prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) 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.
(Then the Prophet asked Ali) What did you say when you undertook to
go for Hajj? I (Ali) said: O Allah, I am putting on Ihram for the
same purpose as Your 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 Yemen and of those brought by the Prophet (prayers and peace
of Allah be upon him) was one hundred. Then all people except the
Prophet (prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) 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 Dhul-Hijja) they went to Mina and put on Ihram for Hajj and
the Messenger of Allah (prayers and peace of Allah be upon him)
rode and led Dhuhr, Asr, Maghreb, Isha and Fajr 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 Allah (prayers
and peace of Allah be upon him) then set out and Quraish did not
doubt that he would halt at Al-Mash'ar Al-Haram (the sacred site)
as Quraish used to do in the pre-Islamic period. The Messenger of
Allah (prayers and peace of Allah be upon him), 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 and your
properties 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 Ibnal-Harith, who was
nursed among the tribe of Sa'd and killed by Hudhail. And the usury
of pre-Islamic period is abolished, and the first of our usury I
abolish is that of 'Abbas Ibn Abd Al-Muttalib, for it is all
abolished. Fear Allah concerning women! Verily you have taken them
on the security of Allah, and intercourse with them has been made
lawful unto you by words of Allah. You too have right over them,
and that they should not allow anyone to sit on your bed that 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 Allah, 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 Allah, be witness. O Allah, be witness," saying it
thrice.
(Bilal then) pronounced Adhan
and later on Iqama and he (the Prophet) led Dhuhr prayer. He
(Bilal) then uttered Iqama and he (the Prophet) led 'Asr prayer and
observed no other prayer in between the two. The Messenger of Allah
(prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) then mounted his camel and
came to the place of stay, making his she-camel al-Qaswa', turn
towards the side where there were rocks, having the path taken by
those who went on foot in front of him, and faced the Qiblah. 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), saying: O people, calm, calm.
And whenever he happened to pass over an elevated tract of sand, he
slightly loosened it (the nose-string of his camel) till it climbed
up and this is how he reached Al-Muzdalifah. There he led Maghreb
and 'Isha prayers with one Adhan and two Iqamas and did not
invocate (Allah) in between them (i.e. he did not observe
supererogatory Rak'as between Maghreb and 'Isha
prayers).
The Messenger of Allah
(prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) then lay down till dawn
and offered Fajr 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 Qiblah, supplicated Him,
Glorified Him, and pronounced His Uniqueness (La ilaha illa Allah)
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 Ibn Al-'Abbas and he was a man having beautiful hair and
fair complexion and handsome face. As the Messenger of Allah
(prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) 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 Allah (prayers and peace of Allah
be upon him) placed his hand on the face of Al-Fadl who then turned
his face to the other side, and began to see, and the Messenger of
Allah (prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) 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
Muhssir.
He urged it (Al-Qaswa') a
little, and, following the middle road, which comes out at the
greater Jamrah, he came to the Jamrah which is near the tree. At
this, he threw seven small pebbles, saying Allahu 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 Ali who sacrificed them, and he helped him in
his sacrifice. He then commanded that a piece of meat from each
animal sacrificed should be put in a pot, and when it was cooked,
both of them (the Prophet and Ali) ate from the meat and drank its
soup.
The Messenger of Allah
(prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) again rode and came to the
House, and offered Dhuhr 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 bucket and he drank from
it.
Muslim reported in another
narration that the Prophet said: "I have sacrificed (the animals)
here, and the whole of Mina is a place for sacrifice; so sacrifice
your animals at your places. 1 have stayed here (near these rocks),
and the whole of Arafa is a place for stay. And I have stayed here
(at Muzdalifah near Al-Mash'ar Al-Haram) and the whole of
Muzdalifah is a place for stay (i. e. one is permitted to spend
night in any part of it, as one likes)."
Muslim reported in another
narration on the authority of Anas Ibn Malik that the Messenger of
Allah (prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) came to Mina; he
went to the Jamrah and threw pebbles at it, after which he went to
his lodging in Mina, and sacrificed the animal. He then called for
a barber and, turning his right side to him, let him shave; after
which he turned his left side. He then gave (these hair) to the
people."
Muslim reported in another
narration on the authority of Jabir that the Messenger of Allah
(prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) threw pebbles at Jamrah on
the Day of Nahr after forenoon, and after that (i.e. on the 11th,
12th and 13th of Dhul-Hijja) when the sun had declined.
Muslim reported in another
narration on the authority of Ibn Omar that Al-'Abbas Ibn Abd
Al-Muttalib sought permission from Allah's Messenger (prayers and
peace of Allah be upon him) to spend in Mecca the nights (which be
was required to spend) at Mina on account of his office of
supplying water, and he (the Prophet) granted him
permission.
Muslim reported in another
narration on the authority of Abdullah Ibn 'Abbas that the people
used to return through every path, whereupon Allah's Messenger
(prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "None amongst you
should depart until he performs the last circumambulation round the
House."
Lessons from
this great Hadeeth:
This Hadeeth contains detailed
description to the Hajj of the Prophet (prayers and peace of Allah
be upon him). It is great text for knowing the rites of Hajj,
because it is the most detailed Hadeeth about the rites of Hajj. We
will mention, by the will of Allah, some of the lessons of this
Hadeeth in short and say:
1- The farewell Hajj was on
the tenth year from Hijjrah.
2- Miqat of Medina people is
Dhul-Hulaifa.
3- The menstruous woman and
the woman who bleeds after giving birth should take bath and
perform all rites of Hajj except circumambulating round the
House.
4- It is advisable to wear
Ihram after prayer, as the Prophet (prayers and peace of Allah be
upon him) did.
5- Start Talbiyah after
wearing Ihram; and it is desirable to start it after he settles on
his means of transport.
6- Talbiyah is one of the
rites of Hajj, and it is desirable to be the slogan of the Muslim
person till reaching the House and starting
circumambulation.
7- It is desirable for whoever
enters the House in state of Ihram to touch it, if he can, provided
not hurting anybody by tongue or hand.
8- The pilgrim who performs
Tawaf Al-Qudum (arrival circumambulation) should make seven
circuits running three of them and walking four.
9- After Tawaf, The pilgrim
should pray two rakahs behind Maqam Ibrahim, or in any other place
in the Sacred Masjid, and to recite in the first Rakah:{Say: (O
Muhammad to these Mushrikûn and Kâfirûn): "O Al-Kafirûn
(disbelievers in Allâh, in His Oneness, in His Angels, in His
Books, in His Messengers, in the Day of Resurrection, and in
Al-Qadar)!} [Al-Kafaafiron 109:1]
Transliteration:
Qul ya ayyuha
alkafiroona
and recite: {Say (O Muhammad):
"He is Allâh, (the) One} in the second Rakah.} [Al-Ikhlas
112:1]
Transliteration:
Qul huwa Allahu
ahadun
10- Then, it is desirable for
him to go to As-Safa and recites the saying of Allah Almighty:
{Verily! As-Safa and Al-Marwah (two mountains in Makkah) are of the
Symbols of Allah…} [Al-Baqarah 2:158]
Transliteration:
Inna alssafa waalmarwata min
shaAAairi Allahi
and then declares the Oneness
of Allah and glorifies and praises Him, making supplication in the
course of saying such words three times. He then descends and walks
towards Al-Marwah, and when his feet comes down in the bottom of
the valley (between the two signals) he runs, and when he begins to
ascend he walks till he reaches Al-Marwah. There he does as he has
done at As-Safa. He should perform seven laps; going is one, and
returning is another.
11- The pilgrim who brought
the sacrificial animal with him has to observe Qiran, whereas it is
desirable for the pilgrim who did not bring it with him to observe
Tamattu'.
12- It is desirable for the
pilgrim to go on the day of Tarwiya (8th of Dhul-Hijja) to Mina and
pray in it Dhuhr, Asr, Maghreb, Isha and Fajr prayers.
13- After the rise of the sun,
the pilgrim should move from Mina to Arafat.
14- The pilgrim should pray
Dhuhr and Asr combined and shortened at the time of Dhuhr, to be
busy with supplication only.
15- On the day of 'Arafa,
after sunset, the pilgrim goes to Muzdalifah and upon reaching it
he prays Maghreb and 'Isha combined and shortened.
16- The pilgrim goes from
Muzdalifah to Mina, before sun rises, and throws Jamrat Al-Aqabah
(i.e. the greater Jamrah) with seven pebbles.
17- The pilgrim slaughters his
sacrificial animal, if he is Mutamatti' or Qarin, after throwing
Jamrat Al-Aqabah.
18- Then he shaves of shortens
his hair.
19- The pilgrim stays in Mina
the nights of the days of Tashriq (i.e. on the 11th, 12th and 13th
of Dhul-Hijja).
20- The pilgrim throws the
Jamrat at the days of Tashriq.
21- The pilgrim ends the rites
of Hajj by performing the last circumambulation round the House
(Tawaf Al-Wada').
22- It is clear from the long
Hadeeth of Jabir that the rites of Hajj are:
A. Putting on Ihram
(consecration)
B. Saying Talbiyah.
C. Performing
circumambulation.
D. Performing Sa'i.
E. Shaving or shortening the
hair
F. Stay at 'Arafa.
G. Spending night in
Muzdalifah.
H. Spending nights in Mina
I. Throwing the pebbles.
J. Slaughtering the sacrificial
animals.
Compiled by:
Prof. Abdullah IbnMuhammad IbnAhmed At-Tayyar
Madar
Al-Watan
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