سنن نسائی · Hadith 2748

Abu Musa said: “I came from Yemen and the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم had stopped in Al-Batha’ at the time of Hajj. He asked: ‘Have you performed Hajj?’ I said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘What did you say?’ I said: ‘ (Here I am (Allah, entering Ihram for that for which the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم entered Ii’zram).’ He said: Circumambulate the House and (perform a’I) between As Safa and Al-Marwah, and exit Ihram.’ Then I went to a woman who combed my hair. I started to issue Fatwas to the people based on that. Then during the Khilafah of ‘Umar, a man said to me: ‘Abu Musa, withhold some of your Fatwas from us, for you do not know what the Commander of the Believers has introduced into the rites after you.” Abu Musa said: “people, people, whoever heard our Fatwa, let him not rush to follow it, for the Commander of the Believers is coming to you and you should follow him.” ‘Umar said: “If we follow the Book of Allah, then indeed He commands us to complete Hajj and ‘Umrah, and the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم did not exit Ihram until the HadI had reached its place.” (Sahih)

Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020