the rocks. He faced the qiblah, with the path used by those on foot before him. Remaining on his camel, he supplicated, pleaded humbly, and implored Allah until sunset. He instructed the people to keep clear of the valley floor of ‘Uranah (1), and explained that the standing at ‘Arafah was not restricted to the spot where he stood. Rather, he said: “I have stood here, but all of ‘Arafah is a place for standing” (2).
He sent word to the people to remain at their ritual sites and observe the standing there, for these were part of the heritage of their forefather (3) Abraham (4). Some people from Najd then approached him and asked him about Hajj. He said: “Hajj is the standing on the day of ‘Arafah (5). Whoever reaches it before the dawn prayer has attained Hajj (6). The days at Minā are three—the days of Tashrīq (7). Whoever hastens to leave after two days incurs no sin, and whoever stays longer incurs no sin” (8).
(1) Reported by Ibn Hibbān (3854) and al-Bayhaqī (9/296), from Jubayr ibn Mut‘im. Its chain of transmission includes ‘Abd al-Rahmān ibn Abī Husayn, whom only Ibn Hibbān declared trustworthy. The hadith has other transmission routes and corroborating reports that strengthen it. See al-Silsilah al-Sahīhah (2464).
(2) Reported by Muslim (1218/149), from Jābir, may Allah be pleased with him.
(3) Abīhim (their forefather) is absent from kāf.
(4) Reported by Ahmad (17233), Abū Dāwūd (1919), al-Tirmidhī (883), al-Nasā’ī (3014), and Ibn Mājah (3011), from Ibn Mirba‘, may Allah be pleased with him. Al-Tirmidhī graded it sound (hasan), while Ibn Khuzaymah (2819), al-Hākim (1/462), and al-Albānī in Sahīh Abī Dāwūd—al-Umm (6/167) graded it authentic (sahīh).
(5) Yawm (day) is absent from the printed edition but appears in the versions reported by Ahmad and Abū Dāwūd.
(6) This is the reading in the manuscripts. The printed edition changes it to: “Whoever arrives before the dawn prayer on the night of Jam‘ has completed his Hajj.”
(7) Ayyām al-tashrīq (the days of Tashrīq) is absent from the printed edition but appears in all the manuscripts.
(8) Reported by Abū Dāwūd (1949), al-Tirmidhī (889), al-Nasā’ī (3044), and Ibn Mājah (3015), all through al-Thawrī, from Bukayr ibn ‘Atā’, from ‘Abd al-Rahmān ibn Ya‘mar. Ahmad (18773) reported it through Shu‘bah, from Bukayr. The hadith was graded authentic by al-Tirmidhī, Ibn Khuzaymah (2822), Ibn Hibbān (3892), and al-Hākim (1/463). See also al-Irwā’ (4/256).