of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in Dhū al-Hijjah of the following year. He said: “Time has returned to its original state as it was on the day Allah created the heavens and the earth”—and the hadith continues. Hajj thus became fixed in Dhū al-Hijjah until the Day of Resurrection. After that year, no polytheist performed Hajj, nor did anyone circumambulate the House naked.

In this year and the following year, the tenth, Arab delegations came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to embrace Islam. For when Allah enabled His Messenger, peace be upon him, to conquer Mecca, granted him victory at Hunayn, and he returned from Tabūk and Thaqīf embraced Islam, Arab delegations came to him from every direction, entering Allah’s religion in multitudes. All who came to him came willingly to embrace Islam, except ʿĀmir ibn al-Tufayl and Marthad ibn Qays in the delegation of Banū ʿĀmir, and Musaylimah in the delegation of Banū Hanīfah. We have related their accounts in the fourth volume of the commentary on the Jāmiʿ of al-ʿUtbiyyah.

[The Tenth Year]

Then came the tenth year. In this year, the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, performed Hajj. When Dhū al-Qaʿdah began, he prepared for Hajj and instructed the people to perform it. He set out with five days remaining in Dhū al-Qaʿdah, appointing Abū Dujānah al-Sāʿidī to govern Medina in his absence; according to another account, it was Sibāʿ ibn ʿUrfutah al-Ghifārī. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, performed only three pilgrimages during the Islamic era: two while in Mecca, and one from Medina after Hajj had been made obligatory. Among the finest and most complete accounts describing his Hajj is the hadith of Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh, may Allah be pleased with him. Muslim and other compilers of authentic hadith recorded it. Mālik divided it into passages in his Muwattaʾ, citing in each chapter the portion needed there; al-Bukhārī did likewise. We have cited the hadith in full in the section on Hajj in this work, The Introductions.

In this year, funds amounting to one hundred and eighty thousand dirhams were brought to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, from Bahrain, and he distributed them among the people.

In this year, he sent ʿAlī to Yemen—according to one account, to teach the religion; according to another, to collect the obligatory alms from