her circumambulation behind the people on the Day of Sacrifice, while the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was beside the House, praying and reciting (1): “By the Mount (1), and by a Book inscribed”? This is impossible, for this prayer and recitation took place during the dawn, sunset, or night prayer. Even if it (2) had taken place on the Day of Sacrifice, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was certainly not in Mecca at that time. This, then, was an error on his part, may Allah have mercy on him.
‘Ā’ishah performed one circumambulation and one passage between Safā and Marwah that day, which sufficed for both her Hajj and her ‘umrah. Safiyyah also performed circumambulation that day, then began menstruating. That circumambulation sufficed in place of the farewell circumambulation, which she did not perform (3). Thus, his established Sunnah, peace and blessings be upon him, concerning a ritually pure woman (4) who begins menstruating before circumambulation (5) is that she should combine Hajj and ‘umrah, contenting herself with one circumambulation and one passage between Safā and Marwah. If she begins menstruating after the principal Hajj circumambulation, that suffices in place of the farewell circumambulation.
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He then returned to Minā that same day, peace and blessings be upon him, and spent the night there. The following morning, he waited until the sun had passed its zenith. He then walked from his campsite to the pillars without riding. He began with the first pillar, the one nearest al-Khayf Mosque, and threw seven pebbles at it, one after another, saying with each pebble, “Allah is greatest.” Then he moved forward, away from (6) the pillar and beyond it, until