except by the tree, when his camel rose with him on its back.” Anas said that he prayed the noon prayer and then mounted. Both hadiths are recorded in al-Sahīh (The Authentic Collection) (1). When the two reports are considered together, it becomes clear that he proclaimed his entry into ihrām only after the noon prayer.
He then recited the talbiyah, saying: “Here I am, O Allah, here I am. Here I am; You have no partner; here I am. All praise, blessings, and sovereignty belong to You. You have no partner” (2). He raised his voice in this talbiyah until his Companions heard it (3), and, as Allah had commanded him (4), instructed them to raise their voices in the talbiyah (5).
He performed his Hajj on a camel saddle, not in a mahmal, hawdaj, or ‘ammāriyya (types of camel litter) (6), riding the very camel that carried his baggage. Scholars differed over the permissibility of a pilgrim in ihrām riding in (7) a mahmal or hawdaj
(1) The hadith of Ibn ʿUmar is reported by Muslim (1186/24). The hadith of Anas is reported by Ahmad (13153), Abū Dāwūd (1774), and al-Nasāʾī (2662); al-Albānī graded it authentic in Sahīh Abī Dāwūd – al-Umm (4/379).
Note: I found the hadith of Anas—may Allah be pleased with him—with the wording quoted by the author only in reports concerning travel, in al-Bukhārī (1111) and Muslim (704/46).
(2) Reported by al-Bukhārī (5915) and Muslim (1184/21) from Ibn ʿUmar—may Allah be pleased with them both.
(3) Kāf: “al-nās” (the people).
(4) “Lahu” (to him) is absent from Qāf.
(5) Reported by Ahmad (16567), Abū Dāwūd (1814), al-Tirmidhī (829), al-Nasāʾī (2753), and Ibn Mājah (2922), from al-Sāʾib ibn Yazīd—may Allah be pleased with him. It was graded authentic by al-Tirmidhī, Ibn Khuzaymah (2625), Ibn Hibbān (3802), al-Hākim (1/450), and al-Albānī in Sahīh Abī Dāwūd – al-Umm (6/79).
(6) This is the Persian kajāwa, meaning a hawdaj or mahmal (camel litter), previously discussed on p. 129.
(7) “Al-muhrim fī” (the pilgrim in ihrām … in) is absent from Kāf.