Manhaj al-Salikin wa Tawdih al-Fiqh fi al-Din - Abd al-Rahman al-Sadi’ - (123)

32—and he ordered that a tent of haircloth be pitched for him at Namira1. The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) then proceeded, while Quraysh had no doubt that he would stop at al-Mash'ar al-Harām, as Quraysh had done during the Age of Ignorance. But the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) passed on2 until he reached Arafat. There he found that the tent had been pitched for him at Namira, so he encamped there.

33—When the sun had passed its zenith, he ordered that al-Qaswā be saddled for him.

34—He then went to the bottom of the valley3, addressed the people, and said: “Your blood and your property are inviolable to one another, just as this day of yours is sacred, in this month of yours, in this land of yours. Behold, everything pertaining to the Age of Ignorance is abolished beneath my feet. The blood-claims of the Age of Ignorance are abolished, and the first of our blood-claims that I abolish is that of the son of Rabī'a ibn al-Hārith—he had been sent to be nursed among Banū Sa'd, and Hudhayl killed him. The usury of the Age of Ignorance is also abolished, and the first of our usurious claims that I abolish is that of al-'Abbās ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib; it is abolished in its entirety. Fear Allah concerning women, for you have taken them in Allah’s trust, and intimacy with them became lawful to you by Allah’s word. Your right over them is that they must not allow onto your bedding

(1) A place adjacent to Arafat, but not part of it. (2) That is, he passed Muzdalifa without stopping there and proceeded directly to Arafat. (3) That is, Wādī Urana, which marks the western boundary of Arafat but is not part of it.

٣٢- وَأَمَرَ بِقُبَّةٍ مَنْ شَعَرٍ تُضْرَبُ لَهُ بِنَمِرَةَ١، فَسَارَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ ﷺ وَلَا تَشُكَّ قُرَيْشٌ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ وَاقِفٌ عِنْدَ اَلْمَشْعَرِ اَلْحَرَامِ، كَمَا كَانَتْ قُرَيْشٌ تَصْنَعُ فِي اَلْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، فَأَجَازَ٢ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى أَتَى عَرَفَةَ، فَوَجَدَ اَلْقُبَّةَ قَدْ ضُرِبَتْ لَهُ بِنَمِرَةَ، فَنَزَلَ بِهَا، ٣٣- حَتَّى إِذَا زاغت الشمس أمر بالقصواء فرحلت له، ٣٤- فَأَتَى بَطْنَ اَلْوَادِي٣ فَخَطَبَ اَلنَّاسَ: وَقَالَ: "إِنَّ دِمَاءَكُمْ وَأَمْوَالَكُمْ حَرَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ، كَحُرْمَةِ يَوْمِكُمْ هَذَا، فِي شَهْرِكُمْ هَذَا، فِي بَلَدِكُمْ هَذَا، أَلَا كُلُّ شَيْءٍ مِنْ أَمْرِ اَلْجَاهِلِيَّةِ تَحْتَ قَدَمَيَّ مَوْضُوعٌ، وَدِمَاءُ اَلْجَاهِلِيَّةِ مَوْضُوعَةٌ، وَإِنَّ أَوَّلَ دَمٍ أَضَعُ مِنْ دِمَائِنَا: دَمُ اِبْنِ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ اَلْحَارِثِ -كَانَ مُسْتَرْضِعًا فِي بَنِي سَعْدٍ فَقَتَلَتْهُ هُذَيْلٌ- وَرِبَا اَلْجَاهِلِيَّةِ مَوْضُوعٌ، وَأَوَّلُ رِبًا أَضَعُ مِنْ رِبَانَا رِبَا عَبَّاسِ بْنَ عَبْدِ اَلْمُطَّلِبِ، فَإِنَّهُ مَوْضُوعٌ كُلُّهُ، فَاتَّقُوا اَللَّهَ فِي اَلنِّسَاءِ، فَإِنَّكُمْ أَخَذْتُمُوهُنَّ بِأَمَانَةِ اَللَّهِ، وَاسْتَحْلَلْتُمْ فُرُوجَهُنَّ بِكَلِمَةِ الله، ولكم عليهم ألا يوطئن فرشكم

١ موضع بجنب عرفات، وليست من عرفات. ٢ أي: جاوز المزدلفة ولم يقف بها، بل توجه إلى عرفات. ٣ أي: وادي عُرَنة، يحد عرفة من الجهة الغربية، وليس من عرفة.