Sahih al-Bukhari 1660

Book 25: Hajj (Pilgrimage) · Hadith 141

Hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، قَالَ كَتَبَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ إِلَى الْحَجَّاجِ أَنْ لاَ يُخَالِفَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ فِي الْحَجِّ، فَجَاءَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ يَوْمَ عَرَفَةَ حِينَ زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ، فَصَاحَ عِنْدَ سُرَادِقِ الْحَجَّاجِ، فَخَرَجَ وَعَلَيْهِ مِلْحَفَةٌ مُعَصْفَرَةٌ فَقَالَ مَا لَكَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ فَقَالَ الرَّوَاحَ إِنْ كُنْتَ تُرِيدُ السُّنَّةَ‏.‏ قَالَ هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ قَالَ نَعَمْ‏.‏ قَالَ فَأَنْظِرْنِي حَتَّى أُفِيضَ عَلَى رَأْسِي ثُمَّ أَخْرُجَ‏.‏ فَنَزَلَ حَتَّى خَرَجَ الْحَجَّاجُ، فَسَارَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ أَبِي، فَقُلْتُ إِنْ كُنْتَ تُرِيدُ السُّنَّةَ فَاقْصُرِ الْخُطْبَةَ وَعَجِّلِ الْوُقُوفَ‏.‏ فَجَعَلَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ قَالَ صَدَقَ‏.‏

Narrated Salim:`Abdul Malik wrote to Al-Hajjaj that he should not differ from Ibn `Umar during Hajj. On the Day of `Arafat, when the sun declined at midday, Ibn `Umar came along with me and shouted near Al- Hajjaj's cotton (cloth) tent. Al-Hajjaj came Out, wrapping himself with a waist-sheet dyed with safflower, and said, "O Abu `Abdur-Rahman! What is the matter?" He said, If you want to follow the Sunna (the tradition of the Prophet (ﷺ) ) then proceed (to `Arafat)." Al-Hajjaj asked, "At this very hour?" Ibn `Umar said, "Yes." He replied, "Please wait for me till I pour some water over my head (i.e. take a bath) and come out." Then Ibn `Umar dismounted and waited till Al-Hajjaj came out. So, he (Al-Hajjaj) walked in between me and my father (Ibn `Umar). I said to him, "If you want to follow the Sunna then deliver a brief sermon and hurry up for the stay at `Arafat." He started looking at `Abdullah (Ibn `Umar) (inquiringly), and when `Abdullah noticed that, he said that he had told the truth

Salim bataate hain: Abdul Malik ne Al-Hajjaj ko likha ke woh Hajj mein Ibn Umar se ikhtilaaf na kare. Arafat ke din, jab suraj dopahar se dhala, Ibn Umar mere saath aaye aur Al-Hajjaj ke cotton khaimay ke qareeb pukara. Al-Hajjaj bahar aaye, kesar se rangi hui chadar samete hue, aur kaha: "Aye Abu Abdur-Rahman! Kya baat hai?" Ibn Umar ne kaha: "Agar tum Sunnat ki pairvi karna chahte ho to (Arafat ke liye) chalo." Al-Hajjaj ne pucha: "Isi waqt?" Ibn Umar ne haan mein jawab diya. Unhone kaha: "Mera intezar karo jab tak main apne sar par paani daaal kar (ghusl karke) bahar aaun." Phir Ibn Umar utre aur Al-Hajjaj ke bahar aane tak intezar kiya. Phir woh (Al-Hajjaj) mere aur mere waalid (Ibn Umar) ke beech chale. Maine unse kaha: "Agar aap Sunnat ki pairvi karna chahte hain to chhoṭTa khutba dein aur Arafat mein thehrne ke liye jaldi karein." Woh Abdullah (Ibn Umar) ki taraf (poochte hue) dekhne lage, aur jab Abdullah ne yeh dekha, unhone kaha ke maine sach kaha hai.

Sahih al-Bukhari 1660 · Book 25, Hadith 141

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