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3008. It was narrated that Sâlim bin 'Abdullâh said: "Abdul-Malik bin Marwân wrote to Al-Hajjâj bin Yûsuf telling him not to go against Ibn 'Umar with regard to the Hajj. On the day of 'Arafât, Ibn 'Umar came to him when the sun had passed its zenith, and I was with him, and shouted near his cotton tent: 'Where is he?' Al-Hajjâj came out to him, wearing a wrap dyed with safflower. He said: 'What is
the matter, O Abû 'Abdur-Rahmân?' He said: 'We have to move on if you want to follow the Sunnah.' He said to him: 'At this hour?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'I will pour some water over myself (have a bath) then I will come out to you.' So he waited until he came out, then he walked between my father and me. I said: 'If you want to follow the Sunnah, then deliver a short Khutbah and hasten to stand (in 'Arafât').' He started to look at Ibn 'Umar so that he could hear that, and when Ibn 'Umar noticed that he said: 'He is speaking the truth.'" (Sahih)
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1. This incident occurred in to the year that Hajjaj had seized Makkah after martyring Ibn Zubair ﷺ. The days of Hajj were near. Therefore, the current Caliph Abdul Malik made him (Hajjaj) the commander of Hajj (Amîr of Hajj), but made him to follow the guidance of Ibn 'Umar ﷺ in the issues of the Hajj.
2. "At this hour?" He was surprised that the Khutbah and the prayer would be commenced with the sun's decline from the meridian (Zawâl).
