The day of the Greater Hajj

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sa'id bin Jubayr said: Al-Hajj al-Akbar (the Greater Hajj) is the Day of Sacrifice.

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Al-Hajj al-Akbar (the Greater Hajj) refers to the Day of Arafah.

The narrator said: I mentioned this to Sa'id bin al-Musayyib, and he said: I inform you from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Al-Hajj al-Akbar is the Day of Arafah.

Ibn Awn said: I asked Muhammad (Ibn Sirin) about al-Hajj al-Akbar. He said: It was the day on which the Hajj of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) coincided with the Hajj of the followers of the other religions.

Abu Ishaq said: I asked Abdullah bin Shaddad about al-Hajj al-Akbar. He said: Al-Hajj al-Akbar refers to the Day of Sacrifice.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Al-Hajj al-Akbar refers to the Day of Sacrifice.

On the Day of Sacrifice a man took hold of the bridle of Sayyiduna Ali's (may Allah be pleased with him) mount and asked: What is meant by al-Hajj al-Akbar? He said: It is this very day.

Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him), riding on a camel, was saying: This is the Day of Sacrifice, this is the Day of Eid al-Adha, and this is the day of al-Hajj al-Akbar.

Amir (al-Sha'bi) said: Al-Hajj al-Akbar refers to the day on which the sacrificial animals are slaughtered and the ihram is released.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abi Awfa (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Al-Hajj al-Akbar refers to the day of sacrifice.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Al-Hajj al-Akbar refers to the Day of Sacrifice.

Sayyiduna Abu Juhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Al-Hajj al-Akbar refers to the Day of Sacrifice.