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1905. Ja'far bin Muhammad narrated from his father, that he said, "We visited Jābir bin 'Abdullāh, and when we came to him, he asked us to introduce ourselves, until my turn came. So I said: 'I am Muḥammad bin 'Alī bin Husain.' So he lowered his hand to my head, and unbuttoned my top and bottom buttons, then placed his hand in between my chest — and I was at that time a young boy — and said: 'Welcome, and be at ease, O nephew! Ask whatever you wish.' So I asked him, and he was blind. When the time for prayer came, he stood up, and he was wrapped in a garment. Every time he tried to place it over his shoulder, it fell off due to its small size. He led us in prayer, and his Ridā was next to him on a rack. I then said: 'Inform me of the Hajj of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ.'
"He motioned with his fingers until he had closed nine of them, and said: 'The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ remained for nine years, not having performed Hajj. Then, in the tenth year, he announced to the people that he would go for Hajj. So a lot of people came to Al-Madinah, all
of them wishing to follow the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and do as he did. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ left (Al-Madinah), and we all left with him. When we came to Dhūl-Ḥulaifah, Asmā' bint Umais gave birth to Muḥammad bin Abū Bakr, so she sent someone to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ asking what she should do. He replied: "Perform Ghusl, and tighten a cloth around your private part, and enter the state of Iḥrām."
"The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ prayed in the Masjid, and then mounted his camel Qaṣwā', until it reached the peak of Al-Baidā'. There were people in front of him as far as my eye could see, riding, and walking; and a similar amount to his right; and a similar amount to his left, and also behind him — an amount equivalent to them. And the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was among us, and to him the Qur'ān was being revealed, and he knew its interpretation. So whatever he did, we also did. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ began uttering the Talbiyah of Tawḥīd: "Labbaik Allāhumma labbaik, labbaika lā sharika laka labaik! Innal-ḥamda wan-ni'mata laka wal-mulk, lā sharika laka (I respond to your call, O Allāh, I respond. I respond to Your call, You have no partner. I respond to Your call. All praise is for You, and all blessings attributed to You, as is the kingdom. You have no partner)."
And the people said the Talbiyah as they say it (now), and the
Messenger of Allāh ﷺ did not prevent them from saying anything. But he continued repeating his Talbiyah. And we only intended to perform Hajj, not even being aware of the Umrah, until, when we came to the House with him, he touched the (Black Stone) Corner, and walked briskly for three circuits, and (he walked) normally for four.
"He then went to the Station (of Ibrāhīm) and recited: 'And take the Station of Ibrāhīm a place of prayer.'[1] He stood in such a way that the Station was between him and the House. — He said: "My father would say: 'Ibn Nufail and 'Uthmān said: "I do not know but that he mentioned that from the Prophet ﷺ."[2] — And he would recite in the two Rak'ah: 'Say: He is Allāh, (the) One,[3] and, 'Say: O you who disbelieve.'[4] He then returned to the House and touched the Corner (of the Black Stone), and then exited from the door to Aṣ-Ṣafā.
"When he came close to Aṣ-Ṣafā, he recited: 'Verily, Aṣ-Ṣafā and Al-Marwah are of the Symbols of Allāh...'[5] and then he said: 'We will start with what Allāh has started with,' and he began with Aṣ-Ṣafā. He climbed on top of it until he could see the House, and he said the Takbīr, and exclaimed
His oneness, and said: 'Lā ilāha illallāh waḥdahu lā sharika lahu, laḥul-mulku wa laḥul-ḥamdu, yuḥyī wa yumītu, wa huwa 'alā kulli shai'in qadīr. Lā ilāha illallāh waḥdahu, anjaza wa'dahu, wa naṣara 'abdahu, wa hazamal-ahzāba waḥdah. (None has the right to be worshipped but Allāh Alone. He is Alone, having no partners. To Him belongs the kingdom, and to Him belongs all praise, and He gives life and death, and He is capable of all things. There is none worthy of worship except Allāh alone. He fulfilled His promise, and aided His servant, and destroyed the enemy confederates by Himself). Then he supplicated between them, and repeated these phrases three times. He then descended to Al-Marwah. When he went down the incline, he walked briskly into the valley, and when he had come back up, he walked normally, until he reached Al-Marwah, where he did as he had done on Aṣ-Ṣafā. When he finished the final round at Al-Marwah, he said: 'Had I known what I now know, I would not have brought my sacrificial animals with me, and would have made this an 'Umrah. So whoever among you does not have a Hadī with him, let him exit the state of Iḥrām, and make this an 'Umrah.'
"So everyone left the state of Iḥrām, and cut their hair, except for the Prophet ﷺ and those who had a Hadī. Surāqah bin Ju'ṣum stood up and said: 'O Messenger of Allāh! Is it for this year only, or
forever?' So the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ intertwined the fingers of one hand with the fingers of the other and said: 'Umrah has been joined with Hajj,' (motioning) with his hands twice: 'Nay, but forever, forever. Nay, but forever, forever.'
And 'Ali, may Allāh be pleased with him, arrived from Yemen, bringing with him the sacrificial animals of the Prophet ﷺ. He found Fātimah, peace be upon her, outside of her Ihrām, wearing dyed clothes and applying kohl to her eyes. So 'Ali, may Allāh be pleased with him, reprimanded her, and said: 'Who commanded you to do this?' She replied: 'My father.'
"And 'Ali, may Allāh be pleased with him, would (later) say — while he was in Al-'Irāq — 'I went to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ complaining about Fātimah regarding her actions, seeking his verdict (based) on what she said, so I told him that I reprimanded her, and that she had replied that her father had told her to do so. He (ﷺ) said: "She has told the truth, she has told the truth. What did you say when you started your Hajj?" I replied: "I said: 'O Allāh! I enter Ihrām for whatever the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ has entered Ihrām.'" So he said: 'In that case, I have the Hadī with me, so do not leave the state of Ihrām.'"
(Jābir continues:) The total number of the Hadī that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ brought from Al-Madīnah and 'Ali brought from Yemen came to one hundred.
So everyone left the state of Ihrām and cut their hair, except for the Prophet ﷺ and those who had a Hadī with them.
“On the Day of Tarwiyah (the eighth of Dhul-Hijjah), when they set out for Minā, they all entered into Ihrām for Hajj. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ rode (to Minā), and prayed Zuhr and ‘Aṣr, and Maghrib, and ‘Ishā, and Ṣubh there. He then waited for a while until the sun had risen, and commanded that a tent of hair[1] of his be placed at Namirah. The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ continued onwards, and the Quraish did not doubt that he would stop at Al-Mash‘ar Al-Ḥarām of Al-Muzdalifah, as they would do in the days of Jahiliyyah. But the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ pressed onwards until he arrived at ‘Arafah, and saw the tent that had been placed for him at Namirah. He encamped there, until the sun had begun its descent. He then commanded that his camel Al-Qaṣwā be readied, and mounted it until he reached the center of the valley. He delivered a sermon and said: ‘Your blood and wealth is sacred to you, just as the sanctity of this day, in this sacred month, in this sacred place. Verily, everything that occurred in Jahiliyyah is under my foot (abolished), null and void. And the blood-money due in Jahiliyyah is abolished — and the first blood-money that I abolish is our own, the blood money of the
son of Rabī'ah.' — 'Uthmān (one of the narrators) said: "Rabī'ah bin Al-Hārīth bin 'Abdul-Muṭṭalib." Someone among these (narrators) said: "He had been sent to the tribe of Sa'd in order that they foster him, but the tribe of Hudhail killed him" — 'And the interest of Jahiliyyah has been abolished. And the first interest that I abolish is our own: The interest due to 'Abbās bin 'Abdul-Muṭṭalib, for all of it is abolished. Fear Allāh with regards to women, for you have taken them (in marriage) with the trust of Allāh, and their private parts have been made permissible for you with the words of Allāh. And your right upon them is that they do not allow anyone that you do not like to tread on your bedding. If they do (some sin), hit them without causing any wounds. And their right over you is their sustenance, and their clothing, according to what is customary. And I have left amongst you something that you will never go astray after: The Book of Allāh. And you will be asked about me, so what will you say?'
"They said: 'We testify that you have given and passed on (the Message), and been sincere.' So he raised his pointer finger to the sky and then lowered it toward the people, saying: 'O Allāh, bear witness. O Allāh, bear witness. O Allāh, bear witness.'
"Then Bilāl called the Adhān and Iqāmah, and he prayed Zuhr, then he called the Iqāmah and he
prayed ‘Aṣr, and did not pray anything between them.
“He then rode Al-Qaṣwā’ until he arrived at the place (of Mount ‘Arafah), and he made his camel’s back face the rocks, and (stood) such that the throng of pedestrians was in front of him. He faced the Qiblah, and remained standing until the sun had set and its brightness lessened — until its last portion disappeared.
“He placed Usāmah behind him (on his camel), and went on. But the crowd had squeezed Al-Qaṣwā’, such that its head was hitting the front of the saddle, and he (ﷺ) was saying, motioning with his right hand: ‘Gently, O people! Gently, O people.’
“Whenever he reached a hillock, he would loosen its reign so that it could ascend. He then came to Al-Muzdalifah, and combined between Al-Maghrib and ‘Ishā’ (prayers) with one Adhān and two Iqāmahs” — ‘Uthmān (one of the narrators) said: “And he did not pray any voluntary prayers in between them.” — Then they (the narrators) were in accord.
“The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ then lay down until dawn broke, upon which he prayed Fajr when the light of dawn had become clear to him” — Sulaimān (one of the narrators) said: “With the Adhān and Iqāmah.” Then they (the narrators) were in accord —; He then rode Al-Qaṣwā’ to the Al-Mash‘ar Al-Ḥarām and ascended it.”
— ‘Uthmān and Sulaimān (among the narrators) said: “He faced the Qiblah, praised Allāh, and said the Takbīr and the Tahlīl.” ‘Uthmān added: “And extolled His oneness.” —
“And he remained standing until it became very bright. Then the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ departed, before the sun actually rose, and placed Al-Faḍl bin ‘Abbās behind him (on his mount) — and he was a man with beautiful hair, of a fair complexion, and well-built. Every time a woman in her riding-tent passed by, he would look at them, so the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ placed his hand on Al-Faḍl’s face, and Al-Faḍl turned his face to the other direction. (When one passed in that direction) the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ would again place his hand on Al-Faḍl’s face, so he would turn to the other direction, looking (away).
“When they reached (the valley of) Muḥassir, he hurried a little, then took the middle road — which led to Al-Jamarat Al-Kubrā. When he reached the Jamrah next to the tree, he pelted it with seven pebbles, saying the Takbīr with every pebble which would be similar to the (size) of pebbles (those used) for Khadhf.[1] He threw from the middle of the valley, then went to the slaughter area and sacrificed with his own
hands sixty-three (camels), and he commanded 'Alī to sacrifice the remaining ones, so he shared the sacrificial animals with him. He then ordered a small portion from every camel be taken to be cooked in a pot, and they ate from its meat and drank from its broth. He then rode (his camel), and went to the House, praying Zuhr in Makkah. He then went to Banū 'Abdul-Muṭṭalib while they were drawing out Zamzam (water), and said: 'Keep taking it out, O Banū 'Abdul-Muṭṭalib, for if not for the fact that people would eventually take your (rights) of drawing the water away from you, I would have drawn with you.' They gave him a bucket, and he drank from it.'" (Ṣaḥīḥ)
