It is likewise recorded by Muslim, al-Tirmidhī, and al-Nasāʾī through several chains going back to Qays ibn Muslim.

His ﷺ Departure from ʿArafāt to al-Mashʿar al-Ḥarām

Jābir, in his well-known detailed report, said:

“He ﷺ remained standing there until the sun had set and the faint yellow after-glow had all but disappeared, once the disk had completely sunk below the horizon. Then he seated Usāmah behind him and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ set off, pulling hard on al-Qaṣwāʾ’s rein so that her head almost touched the pommel of his saddle. With his right hand he kept signaling and saying:

‘People, tranquillity, tranquillity!’

Whenever he came to an incline among the mountain ridges he would loosen the rein a little so that she could climb, and he continued in that manner until he reached Muzdalifah. There he combined the Maghrib and ʿIshāʾ prayers with one adhān and a separate iqāmah for each, offering no supererogatory prayer in between.”

Muslim related this narration.

Al-Bukhārī headed a chapter entitled “The Manner of Travel When Departing ʿArafah” and narrated: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yūsuf told us, Mālik informed us, from Hishām ibn ʿUrwah, from his father, who said:

“While I was sitting there, Usāmah was asked how the Prophet ﷺ moved on the Farewell Pilgrimage when he left ʿArafah. He replied, ‘He would proceed at a gentle pace (al-ʿanaq), and whenever he found an open stretch he would urge the camel on at a faster gait (naṣṣ).’”

Hishām added, “Naṣṣ is a pace faster than al-ʿanaq.”

Imām Aḥmad and the rest of the compilers—apart from al-Tirmidhī—also transmitted it through several routes from Hishām ibn ʿUrwah, from his father, from Usāmah ibn Zayd.

Imām Aḥmad further said: Yaʿqūb narrated to us; my father narrated to us; from Ibn Isḥāq; from Hishām ibn ʿUrwah; from his father; from Usāmah ibn Zayd, who said:

“I was riding behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the afternoon of ʿArafah. When the sun dipped below the horizon, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ set out …”