Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 5648

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: I was sitting with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the mosque of Mina. A man from the Ansar and a man from the tribe of Thaqif came to him. They both gave the greeting of peace, and then they both said: "O Messenger of Allah! We have come to ask you something." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If you wish, I will tell the two of you what you have come to ask about, and if you wish, I will not tell." They both said: "O Messenger of Allah! Tell us." The man from Thaqif said to the Ansari: "You ask." He said: "O Messenger of Allah! Tell me." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You have come to me to ask about your going out from your house intending the Sacred House, and what reward you will get for it; you want to ask about the two rak'ahs after the circumambulation (tawaf), what reward you will get for them; you want to ask about the rounds between Safa and Marwah, what reward you will get for them; you want to ask about your standing on the evening of Arafah, what reward you will get for it; you want to ask about your stoning of the Jamarat, what reward you will get for it; you want to ask about your sacrifice, what reward you will get for it; you want to ask about having your head shaved, what reward you will get for it; and you want to ask about the Tawaf al-Ifadah of the House after that, what reward you will get for it?" That man said: "By the One who sent you with the truth, it is about this very thing that I have come to ask you." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you went out from your house intending to go to the Sacred House, for every foot that your she-camel put down and every foot it lifted, Allah Almighty recorded a good deed for you in return and erased an evil deed from you. As for the two rak'ahs after the circumambulation, they are like freeing a slave from the descendants of Sayyiduna Isma'il (peace be upon him). As for the Sa'y between Safa and Marwah, it is like freeing seventy slaves. As for your standing on the evening of Arafah, Allah Almighty descends to the lowest heaven and takes pride in you before the angels, and He says: 'My servants have come to Me with dishevelled hair from distant regions; they desire My Paradise.' (Allah Almighty, addressing the servants, says:) 'If your sins were as many as the grains of sand, or as many as the drops of rain, or as much as the foam of the sea, Allah Almighty would forgive them' (the narrator is in doubt; perhaps the words are:) 'I would forgive them. O My servants! Go back in such a state that you have been forgiven, and the one for whom you have interceded has also been forgiven.' (The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:) As for your stoning of the Jamarat, then for every pebble that you threw at it, a destructive major sin (will be forgiven) in return. As for your sacrifice, it will be kept in store with your Lord. As for having your own head shaved, then for every single hair that is shaved you will get a good deed, and in return for it one of your sins will be erased. As for your circumambulation of the House after that, you will circumambulate in a state in which you have no sin. An angel will come, place both his hands between your shoulders and say: 'Now act anew, for you have been forgiven for (the sins of) the past.'"
Imam al-Bazzar recorded this narration.