Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: When the Ka`ba was rebuilt, the Prophet and `Abbas went to carry stones. `Abbas said to the Prophet (Take off and) put your waist sheet over your neck so that the stones may not hurt you. (But as soon as he took off his waist sheet) he fell unconscious on the ground with both his eyes towards the sky. When he came to his senses, he said, My waist sheet! My waist sheet! Then he tied his waist sheet (round his waist).
Read More..Narrated `Amr bin Dinar and 'Ubaidullah bin Abi Yazid: In the lifetime of the Prophet there was no wall around the Ka`ba and the people used to pray around the Ka`ba till `Umar became the Caliph and he built the wall around it. 'Ubaidullah further said, Its wall was low, so Ibn Az-Zubair built it.
Read More..Narrated `Aisha: 'Ashura' (i.e. the tenth of Muharram) was a day on which the tribe of Quraish used to fast in the prelslamic period of ignorance. The Prophet also used to fast on this day. So when he migrated to Medina, he fasted on it and ordered (the Muslims) to fast on it. When the fasting of Ramadan was enjoined, it became optional for the people to fast or not to fast on the day of Ashura.
Read More..Narrated Ibn `Abbas: The people used to consider the performance of `Umra in the months of Hajj an evil deed on the earth, and they used to call the month of Muharram as Safar and used to say, When (the wounds over) the backs (of the camels) have healed and the foot-marks (of the camels) have vanished (after coming from Hajj), then `Umra becomes legal for the one who wants to perform `Umra. Allah's Apostle and his companions reached Mecca assuming Ihram for Hajj on the fourth of Dhul-Hijja. The Prophet ordered his companions to perform `Umra (with that lhram instead of Hajj). They asked, O Allah's Apostle! What kind of finishing of Ihram? The Prophet said, Finish the Ihram completely.'
Read More..Narrated Sa`id bin Al-Musaiyab's grand-father: In the pre-lslamic period of ignorance a flood of rain came and filled the valley in between the two mountains (around the Ka`ba).
Read More..Narrated Qais bin Abi Hazim: Abu Bakr went to a lady from the Ahmas tribe called Zainab bint Al-Muhajir and found that she refused to speak. He asked, Why does she not speak. The people said, She has intended to perform Hajj without speaking. He said to her, Speak, for it is illegal not to speak, as it is an action of the pre-islamic period of ignorance. So she spoke and said, Who are you? He said, A man from the Emigrants. She asked, Which Emigrants? He replied, From Quraish. She asked, From what branch of Quraish are you? He said, You ask too many questions; I am Abu Bakr. She said, How long shall we enjoy this good order (i.e. Islamic religion) which Allah has brought after the period of ignorance? He said, You will enjoy it as long as your Imams keep on abiding by its rules and regulations. She asked, What are the Imams? He said, Were there not heads and chiefs of your nation who used to order the people and they used to obey them? She said, Yes. He said, So they (i.e. the Imams) are those whom I meant.
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