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Another error of his was to say that the Prophet’s departure was on Thursday, with six days remaining in Dhū al-Qa‘dah (1). It has already been explained that he departed with five days remaining, and that his departure was on Saturday.

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Another error, made by someone else and mentioned (2) by al-Tabarī in The Farewell Pilgrimage (3), was that he departed on Friday after the prayer. What led him into this egregious error was the wording of the hadith: “He departed with six days remaining.” He assumed that this could only mean that the departure was on Friday, since the six days would end on Wednesday, and the first of Dhū al-Hijjah was unquestionably Thursday.

This is a glaring error. It is known beyond any doubt that, on the day of his departure, he prayed four rak‘ahs for the noon prayer in Medina and two rak‘ahs for the afternoon prayer at Dhū al-Hulayfah. This is established in the two Sahīh collections.

Al-Tabarī also reported a third view in his account of the pilgrimage (4): that the departure was on Saturday. This was the view preferred by al-Wāqidī (5), and it is the view we favoured earlier. However, al-Wāqidī erred

(1) See Hajjat al-Wadāʿ (The Farewell Pilgrimage), p. 115. (2) This is the reading in the manuscripts; the printed edition reads “dhakara (he mentioned).” (3) Safwat al-Qirā fī Sifat Hajjat al-Mustafā (The Choicest Hospitality in Describing the Chosen One’s Pilgrimage), p. 11. (4) Ibid., p. 11. (5) In al-Wāqidī’s al-Maghāzī (The Military Campaigns), 3/1089, which also mentions two other errors of his.

فصل ومنها: وهمٌ آخر له، أنَّ خروجه كان يوم الخميس لستٍّ بقين من ذي القعدة (١). وقد تقدَّم أنَّه خرج لخمسٍ، وأنَّ خروجه كان يوم السَّبت. فصل ومنها: وهمٌ آخر لبعضهم ذكره (٢) الطبريُّ في «حجَّة الوداع» (٣)، أنَّه خرج يوم الجمعة بعد الصَّلاة. والَّذي حمله على هذا الوهم القبيح قولُه في الحديث: «خرجَ لستٍّ بقين»، فظنَّ أنَّ هذا لا يمكن إلا أن يكون الخروج يوم الجمعة؛ إذ تمام السِّتِّ يوم الأربعاء، وأوَّل ذي الحجَّة كان الخميس بلا ريبٍ. وهذا خطأٌ فاحشٌ؛ فإنَّه من المعلوم الذي لا ريبَ فيه أنَّه صلَّى الظُّهر يوم خروجه بالمدينة أربعًا، والعصر بذي الحليفة ركعتين ثبت ذلك في «الصَّحيحين». وحكى الطبريُّ في «حَجَّته» (٤) قولًا ثالثًا: إنَّ خروجه كان يوم السَّبت، وهو اختيار الواقديِّ (٥)، وهو القول الذي رجَّحناه أوَّلًا، لكنَّ الواقديَّ وهم

(١) انظر: «حجة الوداع» (ص ١١٥). (٢) كذا في النسخ، وفي المطبوع: «ذكر». (٣) «صفوة القِرى في صفة حجة المصطفى» (ص ١١). (٤) المصدر نفسه (ص ١١). (٥) في «المغازي» له (٣/ ١٠٨٩)، وفيه ذكر وهمين آخرين له.