Mouood Mouood English Edition
On the last day of Tashriq, God revealed Sura of Nasr. The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) understood that his death was about to fall. He declared people to gather in Al-Kheif Mosque for the prayer. When people came there, he orated:
“Praised and thanked be Allah.
God may bloom the servant who will listen and understand my words, and convey them to the absent.
A bearer of knowledge may happen to be illiterate, and a bearer of knowledge may happen to carry it to the more knowledgeable.
Muslim’s hearts should never act unfaithfully in three matters; sincere performance of God’s duties, providing the advice to the Muslims’ imams and committing to their congruity. Their congruity is binding.
The believers are brothers of equal blood. The least among them can bear their situation. They are one hand against their enemies. O people! I am leaving among you the two weighty things.” “What are the two weighty things, God’s messenger?” wondered people. The Prophet explained: “They are the Book of Allah and my people; my household. The Knower of subtleties, the Aware has informed me that these two things shall never separate until they will join me on the Divine Pool. Their joining shall be like the joining of the forefingers of my two hands, not the joining of the forefinger and the next one, since there is a little space may be left.”
Some of the Prophet’s companions spoke to each other that Mohammed intended to dedicate the leadership to his household. Four of them traveled to Mecca and entered the Kaba where they concluded an agreement on preventing the Prophet’s household from holding any position of leadership as soon as Mohammed would be dead or assassinated. Hence, God revealed to his Prophet: (Or have they settled an affair? Then, surely We are the settlers. Or do they think that We do not hear what they conceal and their secret discourses? Aye! And our messengers with them write down.)
Al-Bukhari’s: 5/126:
Abu Bakra: The Prophet (peace be upon him) stated:
“Time has rotated as same as the first day on which the Lord created the heavens and the earth. A year contains twelve months, four of them are sanctified. Three are successive; Dhu’l-Qada, Dhu’l-Hijja and Muharram. And the fourth is Rajab which falls between Jumada and Shaban. Which month is this?”
“God and His Apostle are the most knowledgeable,” we answered.
The Prophet paused for a considerable while that we thought he would call another name to that month.
“Is it not Dhu’l-Hijja?” asked the Prophet.
“Yes, it is,’ we replied.
“Which land is this?’ asked he.
“God and His Apostle are the most knowledgeable,” we answered.
The Prophet paused for a considerable while that we thought he would call another name to it.
“Is it not Al-Balda?” asked the Prophet.
“Yes, it is,” we replied.
“Which day is today?” asked the Prophet.
“God and His Apostle are the most knowledgeable,” we answered.
The Prophet kept peace for a considerable while that we thought he would call another name to it.
“Is it not the Nahr Day?” asked the Prophet.
“Yes, it is,” we answered.
The Prophet spoke, “Your souls and estate (Mohammed: He might said, “and your honor…”) are sanctified among you as same as the sanctification of this day in this month on this land. You shall meet your Lord, and He shall examine your deeds. After me, return not to deviation by beheading each other. The witness should inform the absent. It may happen that an indirect receiver is being more committed than the direct.”
It is noticeable that the narrator uses ‘deviation’ instead of ‘unbelief’ which was mentioned in the other ways of narration.
Al-Bukhari’s: 1/24:
… The Prophet (peace be upon him) sat on the back of his camel while a man was catching to its bridle. “Which day is today?” asked the Prophet. We kept peace for a considerable while that we thought he would call another name to that day.
“Is it not the Nahr Day?” asked the Prophet.
“Yes, it is,” we replied.
“Which month are we in?” asked the Prophet.
We kept peace for a considerable while that we thought he would call another name to that month.
“Is it not Dhu’l-Hijja?” asked the Prophet.
“Yes, it is,” we replied.
The Prophet added, “Your souls, estate and honor are sanctified among you as same as the sanctification of this day in this month on this land. The witness should inform the absent. A witness may convey to a more committed.”
Muslim’s: 4/41:
… The Prophet (peace be upon him) descended the valley and orated:
“Your souls and estate are sanctified among you as same as the sanctification of this day in this month on this land. Every affair of the Jahilism is being under my feet. Revenge of the Jahilism is revoked. The first revenge I am to revoke is Rabia Bin Al-Harith’s; ours. He was suckling in the quarter of Bani Sa’d, and the Hutheil killed him.
Usury of Jahilism is revoked. The first usury I am to revoke is Al-Abbas Bin Abdil-Muttelib’s; ours.
Watch your Lord during treating your women. You have taken them by the trust of God. And you have consummated their privates by the word of God. Your rights imposed upon them are that they should not permit any you dislike to sit on your furniture. If they do so, you are permitted to beat them not heavily. Their rights imposed upon you are to save their alimony and clothing in an acceptable way. I am leaving among you what will protect you against deviation as long as you commit yourselves to. It is the Book of Allah. You shall be asked about me. What will you answer?”
“We do confess you have conveyed, accomplished and advised,” shouted people.
As he raised his forefinger to the heavens and shook it towards people, the Prophet said thrice, “O Allah! Be the witness.”
Ibn Madga relates the same previous narrative with an addition.
Al-Hakim’s Al-Mustedrak; 1/77:
The Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) orated:
“O People! I will precede you to the Divine Pool. It is a pool of a distance as same as it between Kufa and the Black Stone -of the Kaba-. His vessels are as much as stars. As some people from my nation will approach, a man will come out and occlude them from being close to me. Another group shall be occluded, too. None shall escape but a few groups like the scattered animals in a cattle.”
“Am I one of them, God’s prophet?” asked Abu Bakr.
“No, you are not,” answered the Prophet, “They are people of the coming generations who will move backward.”
(Al-Hakim) According to the criteria of the two Sheiks -Muslim and Al-Bukhari-, this is an authentic narrative. Yet, they did not record it. Al-Hejjaj Bin Mohammed relates it to Al-Leith.
Ibn Madga’s As-Sunan; 2/1016:
… Abdullah Bin Masud: While he was on the back of his she-camel in Arafat, the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Do you realize which day, month and land are these?”
“These are sanctified day, month and land,” answered they.
“Your estate and souls are sanctified among you as same as the sanctification of this month, land and day,” said the Prophet, and went on, “I will precede you to the Divine Pool, and I will take pride in you before the other nations. Blacken not my face. I will save some people, and some will be taken away from me. I will say, ‘O Lord! Those are my companions.’ I will be answered, ‘You lack knowledge of what they did after you.’”
In Majma’uzzawaid, this is an authentic report.
