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Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Whoever performs Hajj to this House (Ka`ba) and does not approach his wife
for sexual relations nor commits sins (while performing Hajj), he will come out as sinless as a newlyborn
child. (Just delivered by his mother).

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Whoever performs Hajj to this Ka`ba and does not approach his wife for sexual
relations nor commit sins (while performing Hajj), he will come out as sinless as a newborn child,
(just delivered by his mother).

My father set out (for Mecca) in the year of Al-Hudaibiya, and his companions assumed Ihram, but he
did not. At that time the Prophet (ﷺ) was informed that an enemy wanted to attack him, so the Prophet (ﷺ)
proceeded onwards. While my father was among his companions, some of them laughed among
themselves. (My father said), “I looked up and saw an onager. I attacked, stabbed and caught it. I then
sought my companions’ help but they refused to help me. (Later) we all ate its meat. We were afraid
that we might be left behind (separated) from the Prophet (ﷺ) so I went in search of the Prophet (ﷺ) and made
my horse to run at a galloping speed at times and let it go slow at an ordinary speed at other times till I
met a man from the tribe of Bani Ghifar at midnight. I asked him, “Where did you leave the Prophet (ﷺ)
?” He replied, “I left him at Ta’hun and he had the intention of having the midday rest at As-Suqya. I
followed the trace and joined the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, ‘O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! Your people (companions)
send you their compliments, and (ask for) Allah’s Blessings upon you. They are afraid lest they may
be left behind; so please wait for them.’ I added, ‘O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! I hunted an onager and some of
its meat is with me. The Prophet (ﷺ) told the people to eat it though all of them were in the state of
Ihram.”

That his father said “We proceeded with the Prophet (ﷺ) in the year of Al-Hudaibiya and his companions
assumed Ihram but I did not. We were informed that some enemies were at Ghaiqa and so we went on
towards them. My companions saw an onager and some of them started laughing among themselves. I
looked and saw it. I chased it with my horse and stabbed and caught it. I wanted some help from my
companions but they refused. (I slaughtered it all alone). We all ate from it (i.e. its meat). Then I
followed Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) lest we should be left behind. At times I urged my horse to run at a galloping
speed and at other times at an ordinary slow speed. On the way I met a man from the tribe of Bani
Ghifar at midnight. I asked him where he had left Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) . The man replied that he had left
the Prophet (ﷺ) at a place called Ta’hun and he had the intention of having the midday rest at As-Suqya.
So, I followed Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) till I reached him and said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! I have been sent by my
companions who send you their greetings and compliments and ask for Allah’s Mercy and Blessings
upon you. They were afraid lest the enemy might intervene between you and them; so please wait for
them.” So he did. Then I said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! We have hunted an onager and have some of it (i.e.
its meat) left over.” Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) told his companions to eat the meat although all of them were in a
state of Ihram.”

That Ubaidullah bin `Abdullah and Salim bin `Abdullah informed him that they told Ibn `Umar when
Ibn Az-Zubair was attacked by the army, saying “There is no harm for you if you did not perform Hajj
this year. We are afraid that you may be prevented from reaching the Ka`ba.” Ibn `Umar said “We set
out with Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and the non-believers of Quraish prevented us from reaching the Ka`ba, and
so the Prophet (ﷺ) slaughtered his Hadi and got his head shaved.” Ibn `Umar added, “I make you
witnesses that I have made `Umra obligatory for me. And, Allah willing, I will go and then if the way
to Ka`ba is clear, I will perform the Tawaf, but if I am prevented from going to the Ka`ba then I will
do the same as the Prophet (ﷺ) did while I was in his company.” Ibn `Umar then assumed Ihram for Umra
from Dhul-Hulaifa and proceeded for a while and said, “The conditions of `Umra and Hajj are similar
and I make you witnesses that I have made `Umra and Hajj obligatory for myself.” So, he did not
finish the Ihram till the day of Nahr (slaughtering) came, and he slaughtered his Hadi. He used to say,
“I will not finish the Ihram till I perform the Tawaf, one Tawaf on the day of entering Mecca (i.e. of
Safa and Marwa for both `Umra and Hajj).

We were in the company of the Prophet (ﷺ) at a place called Al-Qaha (which is at a distance of three
stages of journey from Medina). Abu Qatada narrated through another group of narrators: We were in
the company of the Prophet (ﷺ) at a place called Al-Qaha and some of us had assumed Ihram while the
others had not. I noticed that some of my companions were watching something, so I looked up and
saw an onager. (I rode my horse and took the spear and whip) but my whip fell down (and I asked
them to pick it up for me) but they said, “We will not help you by any means as we are in a state of
Ihram.” So, I picked up the whip myself and attacked the onager from behind a hillock and
slaughtered it and brought it to my companions. Some of them said, “Eat it.” While some others said,
“Do not eat it.” So, I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) who was ahead of us and asked him about it, He replied, “Eat
it as it is Halal (i.e. it is legal to eat it).

Some of the sons of `Abdullah told him (i.e. `Abdullah) if he had stayed (and not performed Hajj that
year).

That his father had told him that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) set out for Hajj and so did his companions. He sent a
batch of his companions by another route and Abu Qatada was one of them. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to them,
“Proceed along the seashore till we meet all together.” So, they took the route of the seashore, and
when they started all of them assumed Ihram except Abu Qatada. While they were proceeding on, his
companions saw a group of onagers. Abu Qatada chased the onagers and attacked and wounded a sheonager.
They got down and ate some of its meat and said to each other: “How do we eat the meat of
the game while we are in a state of Ihram?” So, we (they) carried the rest of the she-onager’s meat, and
when they met Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) they asked, saying, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! We assumed Ihram with the
exception of Abu Qatada and we saw (a group) of onagers. Abu Qatada attacked them and wounded a
she-onager from them. Then we got down and ate from its meat. Later, we said, (to each other), ‘How
do we eat the meat of the game and we are in a state of Ihram?’ So, we carried the rest of its meat. The
Prophet asked, “Did anyone of you order Abu Qatada to attack it or point at it?” They replied in the
negative. He said, “Then eat what is left of its meat.”

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) was prevented from performing (`Umra) Therefore, he shaved his head and had sexual
relations with his wives and slaughtered his Hadi and performed Umra in the following year.

From As-Sa’b bin Jath-thama Al-Laithi that the latter presented an onager to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) while he
was at Al-Abwa’ or at Waddan, and he refused it. On noticing the signs of some unpleasant feeling of
disappointment on his (As-Sab’s) face, the Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, “I have only returned it because I am
Muhrim.”