Pilgrimage & Hajj

Mishkat al-Masabih

The Rites of Pilgrimage

Jabir said that God’s messenger slaughtered a cow for ‘A’isha on the day of sacrifice. Muslim transmitted it.

Mishkat al-Masabih

The Rites of Pilgrimage

He said that the Prophet sacrificed a cow for his wives at his pilgrimage. Muslim transmitted it.

Mishkat al-Masabih

The Rites of Pilgrimage

I twisted the garlands of the Prophet’s sacrificial camels with my own hands, after which he garlanded them, marked them, and sent them as offerings, and nothing which had been lawful for him became forbidden. (When one is not performing...

Mishkat al-Masabih

The Rites of Pilgrimage

I twisted their garlands from carded wool which I had, then he sent them with my father. Bukhari and Muslim.

Mishkat al-Masabih

The Rites of Pilgrimage

Abu Huraira said that God’s messenger saw a man driving a sacrificial camel and told him to ride on it, to which he replied that it was a sacrifical camel. He told him again to ride on it and received...

Mishkat al-Masabih

The Rites of Pilgrimage

Abuz Zubair said he heard Jabir b. ‘Abdallah being asked about riding sacrificial animals, to which he replied that he had heard the Prophet say, “Ride on them gently when you have nothing else, till you find a mount.” Muslim...

Mishkat al-Masabih

The Rites of Pilgrimage

Ibn ‘Abbas said that God’s messenger sent sixteen sacrificial camels with a man whom he put in charge of them. He asked God’s messenger what he should do with those of them which became fatigued and he replied, “Slaughter them,...

Mishkat al-Masabih

The Rites of Pilgrimage

In the year of al-Hudaibiya(6 A.H.) we, along with God's messenger, sacrificed a camel for seven people and a cow for seven people. Muslim transmitted it.

Mishkat al-Masabih

The Rites of Pilgrimage

Ibn ‘Umar came upon a man who had made his camel kneel and was sacrificing it, so he told him to make it stand up fettered according to the sunna of Muhammad. Bukhari and Muslim.

Mishkat al-Masabih

The Rites of Pilgrimage

‘Ali said that God’s messenger put him in charge of his sacrificial I camels, telling him to give their flesh, skins and saddle-cloths as sadaqa,but not to give anything to the butcher, saying he would pay him himself. Bukhari and...

Mishkat al-Masabih

The Rites of Pilgrimage

Jabir said they were not accustomed to eat the flesh of their sacrificial camels for more than three days, but God’s messenger gave them licence saying, “Eat and preserve the meat,” so they did so. Bukhari and Muslim.

Mishkat al-Masabih

The Rites of Pilgrimage

Ibn ‘Abbas said that in the year of al-Hudaibiya the Prophet included among his sacrificial animals a camel with a silver (a version has gold) nose-ring which had belonged to Abu Jahl,( A chief of Quraish who had been hostile...

Mishkat al-Masabih

The Rites of Pilgrimage

Najiya al-Khuza‘i said he asked God's messenger what he should do with sacrificial camels which became fatigued, and he told him to slaughter them, dip their shoes in their blood, and leave them for the people to eat. Malik, Tirmidhi...

Mishkat al-Masabih

The Rites of Pilgrimage

'Abdallah b. Qurt reported the Prophet as saying that the greatest day in God’s sight is the day of sacrifice and next the day of resting,( Yaum al-qarr, the 11th ol Dhul Hijja) which Thaur(He is one of those who...

Mishkat al-Masabih

The Rites of Pilgrimage

Salama b. al-Akwa‘ reported the Prophet as saying, “Those of you who make a sacrifice must not have any of it in their house after three days." The following year the people asked him whether they should do as they...

Mishkat al-Masabih

The Rites of Pilgrimage

Nubaisha reported God’s messenger as saying, “I forbade you to eat their meat for more than three days in order that you might have abundance ; but God has produced abundance, so you may eat, store up and seek reward....

Mishkat al-Masabih

The Rites of Pilgrimage

Ibn ‘Umar said that God’s messenger had his head shaved at the Farewell Pilgrimage, as did some of his companions, but some had their hair clipped. Bukhari and Muslim.

Mishkat al-Masabih

The Rites of Pilgrimage

Ibn ‘Abbas said that Mu'awiya told him he had clipped some hair from the Prophet’s head at al-Marwa with a broad, iron arrowhead. Bukhari and Muslim.

Mishkat al-Masabih

The Rites of Pilgrimage

Ibn ‘Umar told that at the Farewell Pilgrimage God's messenger said, “O God, have mercy on those who have themselves shaved.” The people suggested that he should add those who had clipped their hair. He again said the same words,...

Mishkat al-Masabih

The Rites of Pilgrimage

Yahya b. al-Husain quoted his grandmother as saying she heard the Prophet at the Farewell Pilgrimage make supplication three.times for those who had their heads shaved and once for those who clipped their hair. Muslim trahsmitted it.