And al-Tirmidhi records—on the authority of Anas ibn Malik—who said: “The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, performed the pilgrimage riding on a shabby saddle and wrapped in a coarse cloak.”

Al-Bukhari likewise relates it from Anas in the Book of Pilgrimage, noting: “Anas himself performed the pilgrimage on a shabby saddle, and he was not miserly; he further narrated that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, performed the pilgrimage on a saddle, riding the same animal that carried his baggage.”

Al-Hakim, in his Ṣaḥīḥ, also transmits from Anas that the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—