Hadeeth Jaabir
bin ‘Abdullaah regarding Hajj
Saheeh
Muslim 2803 vol. 7; Summarized Muslim (51) no. 707 p271; Arabic ref. no. 2950
147 – (1218) p513 (Darussalam)
Ja'far
bin Muhammad reported on the authority of his father: We went to Jabir bin
Abdullah and he began inquiring about the people (who had gone to see him) till
it was my turn. I said: I am Muhammad bin 'Ali bin 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 Allah's Messenger (May peace be upon him). And he pointed with his
hand nine, and then stated: The Messenger of Allah (may peace 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 (may peace be upon him) 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 Allah (May peace be upon him) 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 bin Abu Bakr. She sent message to the Messenger of Allah (May
peace be upon him) asking him: What should 1 do? He (the Holy Prophet) said:
Take a bath, bandage your private parts and put on Ihram. The Messenger of
Allah (May peace be upon him) 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
Allah (may peace 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): "Here I am, 0 Allah, Here I am, Here I am, You have no
partner, Here I am. All praise, blessings and Sovereignty is Yours; You have no
partner."
And
the people also pronounced this Talbiya which they pronounce (today). The
Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) did not reject anything out of it.
But the Messenger of Allah (May peace. be upon him) adhered to his own Talbiya.
Jabir (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 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."
[2:125] 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 Allah's
Apostle [May peace be upon him] that he recited in two rak'ahs:" say: “He
is Allah One” [Surah 112] and say: " Say: 0 unbelievers." [Surah 110]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 Allah," [2:158] (adding: ) I
begin with what Allah (has commanded me) to begin. He first mounted al-Safa'
till he saw the House, and facing Qibla he declared the Oneness of Allah and
glorified Him, and said:" There is no god but Allah, Alone, there is no
partner with Him. His is the Sovereignty. To Him praise is due. and He is
Powerful over everything. There is no god but Allah alone, Who fulfilled His
promise, helped His servant and routed the confederates alone." He then
made supplication in between these 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 Allah, does it apply to the present year, or does
it apply forever? Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (May peace 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 (May peace 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 ('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 Allah (may peace be upon him) showing annoyance at Fatimah for what she had
done, and asked the (verdict) of Allah's Messenger (may peace 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. (The
Holy Prophet then asked 'Ali): What did you say when you undertook to go for
Hajj? I ('Ali) said: 0 Allah, 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 Yemen
and of those brought by the Apostle (may peace be upon him) was one hundred.
Then all the people except the Apostle (may peace 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 Dhu'l-Hijja) they went to Mina and put
on the Ihram for Hajj and the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) rode
and led the noon, afternoon, sunset, night 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 Allah (may peace be upon him) 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
Allah (may peace 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, 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 bin al-Harith, who was nursed among the tribe of Sa'd and killed by Hudhail.
And the usury of the 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 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 mats 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
Allah, and if you hold fast to it, you will never go astray. And you will be
asked about me (on the Day of Resurrection), (now tell me) what will you say?
They (the audience) said: We will bear witness that you have conveyed (the
message), discharged (the duty of Prophethood) and given wise (sincere)
counsel. He (the narrator) said: He (the Holy Prophet) then raised his
forefinger towards the sky and pointing it at the people (said):" O Allah,
be witness. 0 Allah, be witness," saying it thrice. (Bilal then)
pronounced Adhan and later on Iqama and he (the Holy Prophet) led the noon
prayer. He (Bilal) then uttered Iqama and he (the Holy Prophet) led the
afternoon prayer and he observed no other prayer in between the two.
The
Messenger of Allah (may peace 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 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 nosestring 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 (Allah) in between them (i. e. he did
not observe supererogatory rak'ahs between Maghrib and 'Isha' prayers). The
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) 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 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 b.
'Abbas and he was a man having beautiful hair and fair complexion and handsome
face. As the Messenger of Allah (May peace 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 (may peace be upon him) 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 Allah (may peace 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 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 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 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 Holy Prophet and Hadrat 'All)
took some meat out of it and drank its soup. The Messenger of Allah (May peace
be upon him) 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 take away 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.
