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The Prophet (ﷺ) saw an old man walking, supported by his two sons, and asked about him. The people
informed him that he had vowed to go on foot (to the Ka`ba). He said, “Allah is not in need of this old
man’s torturing himself,” and ordered him to ride.

While a man was standing with the Prophet (ﷺ) at `Arafat, he fell from his Mount and his neck was
crushed by it. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Wash the deceased with water and Sidr and shroud him in two pieces
of cloth, and neither perfume him nor cover his head, for Allah will resurrect him on the Day of
Resurrection and he will be reciting Talbiya.”

My sister vowed to go on foot to the Ka`ba, and she asked me to take the verdict of the Prophet (ﷺ) about
it. So, I did and the Prophet (ﷺ) said, “She should walk and also should ride.”Narrated Abul-Khair from `Uqba as above.:

A man was in the company of the Prophet (ﷺ) and his she-camel crushed his neck while he was in a state
of Ihram and he died Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “Wash him with water and Sidr and shroud him in his two
garments; neither perfume him nor cover his head, for he will be resurrected on the Day of
Resurrection, reciting Talbiya.”

A woman from the tribe of Juhaina came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, “My mother had vowed to perform
Hajj but she died before performing it. May I perform Hajj on my mother’s behalf?” The Prophet (ﷺ)
replied, “Perform Hajj on her behalf. Had there been a debt on your mother, would you have paid it or
not? So, pay Allah’s debt as He has more right to be paid.”

A woman from the tribe of Khath’am came in the year (of ,Hajjat-al-Wada` of the Prophet (ﷺ) ) and said,
“O Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)! My father has come under Allah’s obligation of performing Hajj but he is a very
old man and cannot sit properly on his Mount. Will the obligation be fulfilled if I perform Hajj on his
behalf?” The Prophet (ﷺ) replied in the affirmative.

A person stood up and asked, “O Allah’s: Apostle! What clothes may be worn in the state of Ihram?”
The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, “Do not wear a shirt or trousers, or any headgear (e.g. a turban), or a hooded
cloak; but if somebody has no shoes he can wear leather stockings provided they are cut short off the
ankles, and also, do not wear anything perfumed with Wars or saffron, and the Muhrima (a woman in
the state of Ihram) should not cover her face, or wear gloves.”

A man was crushed to death by his she-camel and was brought to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) who said, “Give him
a bath and shroud him, but do not cover his head, and do not bring any perfume near to him, as he will
be resurrected reciting Talbiya.”

`Abdullah bin Al-Abbas and Al-Miswar bin Makhrama differed at Al-Abwa’; Ibn `Abbas said that a
Muhrim could wash his head; while Al-Miswar maintained that he should not do so. `Abdullah bin
`Abbas sent me to Abu Aiyub Al-Ansari and I found him bathing between the two wooden posts (of
the well) and was screened with a sheet of cloth. I greeted him and he asked who I was. I replied, “I
am `Abdullah bin Hunain and I have been sent to you by Ibn `Abbas to ask you how Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ)
used to wash his head while in the state of lhram.” Abu Aiyub Al-Ansari caught hold of the sheet of
cloth and lowered it till his head appeared before me, and then told somebody to pour water on his
head. He poured water on his head, and he (Abu Aiyub) rubbed his head with his hands by bringing
them from back to front and from front to back and said, “I saw the Prophet (ﷺ) doing like this.”

I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) delivering a sermon at `Arafat saying, “If a Muhrim does not find slippers, he
could wear Khuffs (socks made from thick fabric or leather, but he has to cut short the Khuffs below
the ankles), and if he does not find an Izar (a waist sheet for wrapping the lower half of the body) he
could wear trousers.”