سنن نسائی · Hadith 3012

It was narrated that Salim bin ‘Abdullah said: “Abdul-Malik bin Marwan wrote to Al-Hajjaj bin Yusuf telling him not to go against Ibn ‘Umar with regard to the Hajj. On the day of ‘Arafat, Ibn ‘Umar came to him when the sun had passed its zenith, and I was with him, and shouted near his cotton tent: ‘Where is he?’ Al-Hajjaj came out to him, wearing a wrap dyed with safflower. He said: ‘What is the matter, Abu ‘Abdur Ralman?’ He said: ‘We have to move on if you want to follow the Sunnah.’ He said to him: ‘At this hour?’ He said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘I will pour some water over myself (have a bath) then I will come out to you.’ So he waited until he came out, then he walked between my father and me. I said: ‘If you want to follow the Sunnah, then deliver a short Khutbah and hasten to stand (in ‘Arafat).’ He started to look at Ibn ‘Umar so that he could hear that, and when Ibn ‘Umar noticed that he said: ‘He is speaking the truth.” (Sahih)

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