Indeed, people of all ranks, learned and lay alike, know that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, never mentioned these things more clearly than they know that he performed only one Hajj after the migration; that no one produced anything to rival the Quran; that he prescribed no obligatory prayers other than the five daily prayers; that he did not postpone daytime prayers until night or nighttime prayers until day; that no call to prayer was given for him for the two Eid prayers, the eclipse prayer, or the prayer for rain; that he never approved of the religion of the disbelievers, whether polytheists or People of the Book; that he never exempted anyone of sound mind from the five daily prayers; that none of those who believed in him ever fought against him, neither the people of the Suffa nor anyone else; that the call to prayer was not given in Mecca; that there were no people of the Suffa in Mecca, nor any in Medina before he migrated there; that he never assembled his Companions to listen to hand-clapping or frame drums; that he did not cut the hair of everyone who embraced Islam or repented of a sin; that he did not execute everyone who stole, accused someone of unchastity, or drank alcohol; that, when in good health, he performed the five daily prayers only with the Muslims—he did not perform the obligatory prayer alone or in the unseen; that he never performed Hajj through the air; and that he never said, “I saw my Lord while awake,” whether on the night of the Ascension or at any other time.
Nor did he say:
“Allah descends on the afternoon of the Day of Arafah to