Hajj on a camel saddle is better than in a litter

Al-Aswad used to like that there be nothing beneath the two saddle-sacks.

Khalid al-A'war said: Dharr al-Hamdani differed with me on the question of which is better for Hajj: a litter (mahmil) or a plain camel saddle (qatab). Dharr said: "The litter."

He said: Then I asked Ibrahim, and he said: "The plain camel saddle (qatab)."

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) saw a party of the people of Yemen whose saddles were of leather. He said: "Whoever would like to see the party most resembling the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), let him look at these people."

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to perform Hajj riding on a plain saddle.

Tawus said: The Hajj of the righteous is on plain saddles.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed Hajj on a saddle and a velvet cloth worth four dirhams, or he said: not worth four dirhams. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Allah, (make it) a Hajj in which there is no showing off and no seeking of fame."

It is narrated from Abdullah bin al-Harith that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed Hajj on a plain saddle, and he was swaying; or he once said: he (peace and blessings be upon him) was leaning (to one side). And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Labbayk (Here I am, O Allah); indeed, the (true) life is the life of the Hereafter."

Muhammad (Ibn Sirin) used to dislike performing Hajj in a litter (mahmil), and he would say: People used to perform Hajj only on plain camel saddles (aqtab) and saddles (rihal).