The Rites of Pilgrimage

Mishkat al-Masabih

As-Sa'b b. Jaththama said that he presented to God’s messenger a wild ass when he was at al-Abwa’ or Waddan (A village not far from al-Abwa’) and that he rejected it, but when he saw how he looked he said,...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Abu Qatada said that he went out with God’s messenger and stayed behind with some of his companions who were in the sacred state, although he was not. They saw a wild ass before Abu Qatada saw it, and when...

Mishkat al-Masabih

the rat, the crow, the kite, the scorpion and the biting dog." Bukhari and Muslim.

Mishkat al-Masabih

the snake, the pied crow, the rat, the biting dog and the kite." Bukhari and Muslim.

Mishkat al-Masabih

Jabir reported God’s messenger as saying, “The flesh of game is lawful for you when you are wearing the ihram, as long as you do not hunt it or have it hunted on your behalf.” Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi and Nasa’i...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Ibn ‘Abbas said that the Prophet had himself cupped when he was in the sacred state. Bukhari and Muslim.

Mishkat al-Masabih

‘Uthman told on the authority of God’s messenger that when a man has a complaint in his eyes while he is in the sacred state, he should apply aloes to them. Muslim transmitted it.

Mishkat al-Masabih

Umm al-Husain said she saw Usama and Bilal, one of them holding the halter of God’s messenger’s she-camel, while the other raised his garment and sheltered him from the heat till he had thrown pebbles at the jamra of the...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Ka‘b b. ‘Ujra told that the Prophet came upon him at al-Hudaibiya while he was still in the sacred state before entering Mecca. He was kindling a fire under a pot and lice were falling in large numbers over his...

Mishkat al-Masabih

Ibn ‘Umar said he heard God’s messenger forbidding women to wear gloves or veils or any garment with dye of wars or saffron on it while they were engaged in the rites of pilgrimage; but afterwards they could wear any...