Hadith 1660

To proceed at noon on the Day of 'Arafa (9th of Dhul-Hajjah) (from the mosque of Namira towards 'Arafāt).

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Darussalam · Volume 2

25 - THE BOOK OF HAJJ(PILGRIMAGE TO MAKKAH)

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 162

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English translation

1660. Narrated Sālim: 'Abdul Mālik wrote to Al-Hajjāj that he should not differ from Ibn 'Umar رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا during Hajj. On the Day of 'Arafa, when the sun declined at midday, Ibn 'Umar رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا came along with me and shouted near Al-Hajjāj's cotton (cloth) tent. Al-Hijjāj came out, wrapping himself with a waist-sheet dyed with safflower, and said, "O Abū Abdur-Raḥmān! What is the matter?" He said, "If you want to follow the Sunna (legal way of the Prophet ﷺ) then proceed (to 'Arafāt)." Al-Hajjāj asked, "At this very hour?" Ibn 'Umar said, "Yes." He replied, "Please wait for me till I pour some water over my head (i.e., take a bath) and come out." Then Ibn 'Umar dismounted and waited till Al-Hajjāj came out. So, he (Al-Hajjāj) walked in between me and my father (Ibn 'Umar). I said to him, "If you want to follow the Sunna then deliver a brief Khutba (religious talk) and hurry up for the stay at 'Arafāt." He started looking at 'Abdullāh (Ibn 'Umar) (inquiringly), and when 'Abdullāh noticed that, he said that I had told the truth.

Arabic text

١٦٦٠ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ: أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ قَالَ: «كَتَبَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ إِلَى الْحَجَّاجِ: أَنْ لَا يُخَالِفَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ فِي الْحَجِّ، فَجَاءَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ ﵁ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ، يَوْمَ عَرَفَةَ، حِينَ زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ، فَصَاحَ عِنْدَ سُرَادِقِ الْحَجَّاجِ، فَخَرَجَ وَعَلَيْهِ مِلْحَفَةٌ مُعَصْفَرَةٌ، فَقَالَ: مَا لَكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ؟ فَقَالَ: الرَّوَاحَ إِنْ كُنْتَ تُرِيدُ السُّنَّةَ، قَالَ: هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: فَأَنْظِرْنِي حَتَّى أُفِيضَ عَلَى رَأْسِي ثُمَّ أَخْرُجُ، فَنَزَلَ حَتَّى خَرَجَ الْحَجَّاجُ، فَسَارَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ أَبِي، فَقُلْتُ: إِنْ كُنْتَ تُرِيدُ السُّنَّةَ فَاقْصُرِ الْخُطْبَةَ وَعَجِّلِ الْوُقُوفَ، فَجَعَلَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ عَبْدُ اللهِ قَالَ: صَدَقَ».

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