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I sat with Ka`b bin ‘Ujra and asked him about the Fidya. He replied, “This revelation was revealed
concerning my case especially, but it is also for you in general. I was carried to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and
the lice were falling in great number on my face. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “I have never thought that your
ailment (or struggle) has reached to such an extent as I see. Can you afford a sheep?” I replied in the
negative. He then said, “Fast for three days, or feed six poor persons each with half a Sa of food.” (1
Sa = 3 Kilograms approx.)

(Reporting the speech of Ka`b bin Umra) Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) saw him (i.e. Ka`b) while the lice were
falling on his face. He asked (him), “Have your lice troubled you?” He replied in the affirmative. So,
he ordered him to get his head shaved while he was at Al-Hudaibiya. At that time they were not
permitted to finish their Ihram, and were still hoping to enter Mecca. So, Allah revealed the verses of
Al-Fidya. Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) ordered him to feed six poor persons with one Faraq of food or to slaughter
one sheep (as a sacrifice) or to fast for three days.

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) saw him (i.e. Ka’b) while the lice were falling on his face.

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.”

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.”