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Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) used to go (for Hajj) via Ash-Shajara way and return via Muarras way; and no doubt,
whenever Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) went to Mecca, he used to offer the prayer in the Mosque of Ash-Shajara;
and on his return, he used to offer the prayer at Dhul-Hulaifa in the middle of the valley, and pass the
night there till morning.

In the valley of Al-`Aqiq I heard Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) saying, “To night a messenger came to me from my
Lord and asked me to pray in this blessed valley and to assume Ihram for Hajj and `Umra together. ”

The Prophet (ﷺ) was asked, “Which is the best deed?” He said, “To believe in Allah and His Apostle.” He
was then asked, “Which is the next (in goodness)?” He said, “To participate in Jihad in Allah’s Cause.”
He was then asked, “Which is the next?” He said, “To perform Hajj-Mabrur. ”

Salim bin `Abdullah’s father said, “The Prophet (ﷺ) said that while resting in the bottom of the valley at
Muarras in Dhul-Hulaifa, he had been addressed in a dream: ‘You are verily in a blessed valley.’ ”
Salim made us to dismount from our camels at the place where `Abdullah used to dismount, aiming at
the place where Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) had rested and it was below the Mosque situated in the middle of the
valley in between them (the residence) and the road.

(the mother of the faithful believers) I said, “O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! We consider Jihad as the best deed.”
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “The best Jihad (for women) is Hajj Mabrur. ”

Ya’la said to ‘Umar, “Show me the Prophet (ﷺ) when he is being inspired Divinely.” While the Prophet (ﷺ) was at Ji’rana (in the company of some of his Companions) a person came and asked, “O Allah’s Messenger! What is your verdict regarding that person who assumes Ihram for ‘Umra and is scented with perfume ?” The Prophet (ﷺ) kept quiet for a while and he was Divinely inspired (then). ‘Umar beckoned Ya’la. So he came, and the Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) was shaded with sheet. Ya’la put his head in and saw that the face of Allah’s Messenger was red and he was snoring. When the state of the Prophet (ﷺ) was over, he (ﷺ) asked, “Where is the person who asked about ‘Umra?” Then that person was brought and the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Wash the perfume off your body thrice and take off the cloak and do the same in ‘Umra as you do in Hajj.”

The Prophet (p.b.u.h) said, “Whoever performs Hajj for Allah’s pleasure and does not have sexual
relations with his wife, and does not do evil or sins then he will return (after Hajj free from all sins) as
if he were born anew.”

Ibn `Umar used to oil his hair. I told that to Ibrahim who said, “What do you think about this
statement: Narrated Aswad from `Aisha: As if I were now observing the glitter of the scent in the
parting of the hair of the Prophet (ﷺ) while he was Muhrim?”

I went to visit `Abdullah bin `Umar at his house which contained many tents made of cotton cloth and
these were encircled with Suradik (part of the tent). I asked him from where, should one assume Ihram
for Umra. He said, “Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) had fixed as Miqat (singular of Mawaqit) Qarn for the people of
Najd, Dhul-Hulaifa for the people of Medina, and Al-Juhfa for the people of Sham.”

(the wife of the Prophet (p.b.u.h) I used to scent Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) when he wanted to assume Ihram
and also on finishing Ihram before the Tawaf round the Ka`ba (Tawaf-al-ifada).