Chapter: Description of Hajj
We mention in this chapter the description of the Hajj after the Mutamatti' has finished his Umrah. We begin by mentioning the hadith of Jabir regarding the description of the Hajj of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and we shall confine ourselves to what pertains to this chapter. We have already mentioned some of it scattered throughout the previous chapters. It is a comprehensive, authentic hadith, narrated by Muslim, Abu Dawud, and Ibn Majah from Ja'far ibn Muhammad, from his father, from Jabir. He mentioned the hadith, saying: The people all exited Ihram and shortened their hair, except for the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and those who had a sacrificial animal with them. When the Day of Tarwiyah came, they set out for Mina and entered into the state of Ihram for Hajj. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) rode to Mina, and he prayed there the Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha, and Fajr prayers. Then he stayed a little while until the sun rose. He ordered a dome of hair to be pitched for him at Namirah. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) set out, and the Quraish had no doubt that he would stop at the Mash'ar al-Haram, just as the Quraish used to do in the Jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic era). But the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) went on until he reached Arafat, where he found that the dome had been pitched for him at Namirah. He descended there until, when the sun had passed its zenith, he commanded that al-Qaswa (his camel) be saddled for him. He came to the middle of the valley and addressed the people, saying: "Indeed, your blood and your wealth are sacred, like the sanctity of this day of yours, in this month of yours, in this city of yours. Verily, everything pertaining to the matters of the Jahiliyyah is placed beneath my feet, and the blood feuds of the Jahiliyyah are abolished. The first blood I abolish of our blood is the blood of Ibn Rabi'ah ibn al-Harith—who was nursed among the Banu Sa'd and then killed by Hudhayl—and the usury of the Jahiliyyah is abolished. The first usury I abolish is the usury of Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, for it is abolished."
(1) Its extraction was previously mentioned on page 156. (2) In A, B, and M, there is an addition: "when". (3) In Sahih Muslim: "zaghat" (the sun passed its zenith). (4) Omitted from the original and A. It is not in Sahih Muslim: "of".
