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The sixth day of Dhul-Hijjah, according to some, is called “the Day of Adornment,” because on it the sacrificial camels are decorated with saddle-cloths and the like.

The seventh day is called “the Day of Provision” (Yawm al-Tarwiyah), for on that day the pilgrims draw water and carry with them what they will need during the standing and afterward.

The eighth day is called “the Day of Minā,” because they move on that day from al-Abṭaḥ to Minā.

The ninth day is called “the Day of ʿArafah,” for that is the day on which they stand at ʿArafah.

The tenth day is called “the Day of Sacrifice,” “the Day of Eid al-Aḍḥā,” and “the Day of the Greater Pilgrimage.”

The day that follows is called “the Day of Settlement” (Yawm al-Qarr) because the pilgrims remain settled in Minā. It is also called “the Day of Heads,” because they eat the heads of their sacrificial animals on it. This is the first of the Days of Tashrīq.

The second of the Days of Tashrīq is called “the First Day of Departure” (Yawm al-Nafr al-Awwal), because it is permissible to depart on that day; some, however, say that this is the day known as “the Day of Heads.”

The third of the Days of Tashrīq is called “the Final Day of Departure.”

Allah, Exalted is He, says: “Whoever hastens to leave in two days—there is no sin upon him—and whoever delays—there is no sin upon him” (al-Baqarah 2:203).

When the Final Day of Departure—which is the third of the Days of Tashrīq—fell on a Tuesday, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ mounted, and the Muslims with him, and left Minā. He halted at al-Muḥaṣṣab—a valley between Mecca and Minā—and there he performed the ʿAṣr prayer.

Al-Bukhārī said: Muḥammad ibn al-Muthannā related to us; Isḥāq ibn Yūsuf related to us; Sufyān al-Thawrī related to us, from ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Rufayʿ, who said: I asked Anas ibn Mālik, “Tell me something you remember from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Where did he pray ẓuhr on the Day of Provision?” He replied, “At Minā.” I asked, “Where did he pray ʿAṣr on the Day of Departure?” He said, “At al-Abṭaḥ. Do as your leaders do.” It has also been reported that he ﷺ prayed ẓuhr on the Day of Departure at al-Abṭaḥ, which is al-Muḥaṣṣab—and Allah knows best.

Al-Bukhārī also said: ʿAbd al-Mutʿāl ibn Ṭālib narrated to us; Ibn Wahb narrated to us; ʿAmr ibn al-Ḥārith informed me that Qatādah told him, and Anas ibn Mālik told him, that the Prophet ﷺ prayed ẓuhr, ʿAṣr, [Maghrib] and ʿIshāʾ, then slept briefly at al-Muḥaṣṣab, after which he rode to the House and circumambulated it. (I say: this was the Farewell Ṭawāf.)

Al-Bukhārī further said: ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb narrated to us; Khālid ibn al-Ḥārith narrated to us, who said: He was asked