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That `Aisha said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! The people are returning after performing the two Nusuks (i.e.
Hajj and `Umra) but I am returning with one only?” He said, “Wait till you become clean from your
menses and then go to at-Tan`im, assume Ihram (and after performing `Umra) join us at such-andsuch
a place. But it (i.e. the reward if `Umra) is according to your expenses or the hardship (which you
will undergo while performing it).

I heard Al-Bara’ saying, “The above Verse was revealed regarding us, for the Ansar on returning from
Hajj never entered their houses through the proper doors but from behind. One of the Ansar came and
entered through the door and he was taunted for it. Therefore, the following was revealed: —
“It is not righteousness That you enter the houses from the back, But the righteous man is He who
fears Allah, Obeys His order and keeps away from What He has forbidden So, enter houses through
the proper doors.” (2.189)

We set out assuming the Ihram for Hajj in the months of Hajj towards the sacred precincts of Hajj. We
dismounted at Sarif and the Prophet (ﷺ) said to his companions, “Whoever has not got the Hadi with him
and likes to make it as `Umra, he should do it, but he who has got the Hadi with him should not do it.”
The Prophet (ﷺ) and some of his wealthy companions had the Hadi with them, so they did not finish
Ihram after performing the `Umra. The Prophet (ﷺ) came to me while I was weeping. He asked me the
reason for it. I replied, “I have heard of what you have said to your companions and I cannot do the
`Umra.” He asked me, “What is the matter with you?” I replied, “I am not praying.” He said, “There is
no harm in it as you are one of the daughters of Adam and the same is written for you as for others.
So, you should perform Hajj and I hope that Allah will enable you to perform the `Umra as well.” So,
I carried on till we departed from Mina and halted at Al-Mahassab. The Prophet (ﷺ) called `Abdur-
Rahman and said, “Go out of the sanctuary with your sister and let her assume Ihram for `Umra, and
after both of you have finished the Tawaf I will be waiting for you at this place.” We came back at
midnight and the Prophet (ﷺ) asked us, “Have you finished?” I replied in the affirmative. He announced
the departure and the people set out for the journey and some of them had performed the Tawaf of the
Ka`ba before the morning prayer, and after that the Prophet (ﷺ) set out for Medina.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Traveling is a kind of torture as it prevents one from eating, drinking and sleeping
properly. So, when one’s needs are fulfilled, one should return quickly to one’s family.”

“A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was at Ji’rana. The man was wearing a cloak which had traces of
Khaluq or Sufra (a kind of perfume). The man asked (the Prophet (ﷺ) ), ‘What do you order me to perform
in my `Umra?’ So, Allah inspired the Prophet (ﷺ) divinely and he was screened by a place of cloth. I
wished to see the Prophet (ﷺ) being divinely inspired. `Umar said to me, ‘Come! Will you be pleased to
look at the Prophet (ﷺ) while Allah is inspiring him?’ I replied in the affirmative. `Umar lifted one corner
of the cloth and I looked at the Prophet (ﷺ) who was snoring. (The sub-narrator thought that he said: The
snoring was like that of a camel). When that state was over, the Prophet (ﷺ) asked, “Where is the
questioner who asked about `Umra? Put off your cloak and wash away the traces of Khaluq from your
body and clean the Sufra (yellow color) and perform in your Umra what you perform in your Hajj (i.e.
the Tawaf round the Ka`ba and the Sa`i between Safa and Marwa). ”

I was with Ibn `Umar on the way to Mecca, and he got the news that Safiya bint Abu Ubaid was
seriously ill. So, he hastened his pace, and when the twilight disappeared, he dismounted and offered
the Maghrib and `Isha’ prayers together. Then he said, “I saw that whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) had to hasten
when traveling, he would delay the Maghrib prayer and join them together (i.e. offer the Maghrib and
the `Isha prayers together).

While I was a youngster, I asked `Aisha the wife of the Prophet. “What about the meaning of the
Statement of Allah;
“Verily! (the mountains) As-Safa and Al Marwa, are among the symbols of Allah. So, it is not
harmful if those who perform Hajj or `Umra of the House (Ka`ba at Mecca) to perform the going
(Tawaf) between them? (2.158) I understand (from that) that there is no harm if somebody does not
perform the Tawaf between them.” `Aisha replied, “No, for if it were as you are saying, then the
recitation would have been like this: ‘It is not harmful not to perform Tawaf between them.’ This verse
was revealed in connection with the Ansar who used to assume the Ihram for the idol Manat which
was put beside a place called Qudaid and those people thought it not right to perform the Tawaf of As-
Safa and Al-Marwa. When Islam came, they asked Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) about that, and Allah revealed:–
“Verily! (the mountains) As-Safa and Al-Marwa Are among the symbols of Allah. So, it is not
harmful of those who perform Hajj or `Umra of the House (Ka`ba at Mecca) to perform the going
(Tawaf) between them.” (2.158) Sufyan and Abu Muawiya added from Hisham (from `Aisha): “The
Hajj or `Umra of the person who does not perform the going (Tawaf) between As-Safa and Al-Marwa
is incomplete in Allah’s sight.

When `Abdullah bin `Umar set out for Mecca intending to perform Umra, at the time of afflictions, he
said, “If I should be prevented from reaching the Ka`ba, then I would do the same as Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)
did, so I assume the lhram for Umra as Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) assumed the Ihram for Umra in the year of
Hudaibiya.”

`Abdullah bin Abu `Aufa said: “Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) performed `Umra and we too performed `Umra along
with him. When he entered Mecca he performed the Tawaf (of Ka`ba) and we too performed it along
with him, and then he came to the As-Safa and Al-Marwa (i.e. performed the Sai) and we also came to
them along with him. We were shielding him from the people of Mecca lest they may hit him with an
arrow.” A friend of his asked him (i.e. `Abdullah bin `Aufa), “Did the Prophet (ﷺ) enter the Ka`ba (during
that `Umra)?” He replied in the negative. Then he said, “What did he (the Prophet (ﷺ) ) say about
Khadija?” He (Abdullah bin `Aufa) said, “(He said) ‘Give Khadija the good tidings that she will have a
palace made of Qasab in Paradise and there will be neither noise nor any trouble in it.”

`Abdullah bin Abu `Aufa said: “Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) performed `Umra and we too performed `Umra along
with him. When he entered Mecca he performed the Tawaf (of Ka`ba) and we too performed it along
with him, and then he came to the As-Safa and Al-Marwa (i.e. performed the Sai) and we also came to
them along with him. We were shielding him from the people of Mecca lest they may hit him with an
arrow.” A friend of his asked him (i.e. `Abdullah bin `Aufa), “Did the Prophet (ﷺ) enter the Ka`ba (during
that `Umra)?” He replied in the negative. Then he said, “What did he (the Prophet (ﷺ) ) say about
Khadija?” He (Abdullah bin `Aufa) said, “(He said) ‘Give Khadija the good tidings that she will have a
palace made of Qasab in Paradise and there will be neither noise nor any trouble in it.”