Abu Qatadah (RA) al-Ansari (RA) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was asked about his fasting. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) felt annoyed. Thereupon 'Umar (RA) said: We are pleased with Allah as the Lord, with Islam as our Code of Life, with Muhammad as the Messenger and with our pledge (to you for willing and cheerful submission) as a (sacred) commitment. He was then asked about perpetual fasting, whereupon he said: He neither fasted nor did he break it, or he did not fast and he did not break it. He was then asked about fasting for two days and breaking one day. He (the Holy Prophet) said: And who has strength enough to do it? He was asked about fasting for a day and breaking for two days, whereupon he said: May Allah bestow upon us strength to do it. He was then asked about fasting for a day and breaking on the other, whereupon he said: That is the fasting of my brother David (peace be upon him). He was then asked about fasting on Monday, whereupon he said: It was the day on which I was born. on which I was commissioned with prophethood or revelation was sent to me, (and he further) said: Three days' fasting every month and of the whole of Ramadan every year is a perpetual fast. He was asked about fasting on the day of 'Arafa (9th of Dhu'I-Hijja), whereupon he said: It expiates the sins of the preceding year and the coming year. He was asked about fasting on the day of 'Ashura (10th of Muharram), whereupon be said: It expiates the sins of the preceding year. Imam Muslim said (that in this hadith) there is a narration of Imam Shu'bah that he was asked about fasting on Monday and Thursday, but we (Imam Muslim) did not mention Thursday for we found it as an error (in reporting).

'Imran bin Husain (RA) reported that the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) said to a person: Did you observe fast in the middle of this month. i. e. Sha'ban? He said: No. Thereupon he said to him: When it is the end of Ramadan, then observe fast for one day or two (Shu'bah had some doubt about it) but he said: I think that he has said: two days.

Ibn 'Umar (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: Seek it (Lailat-ul-Qadr) in the last (ten nights). If one among you shows slackness and weakness (in the earlier part of Ramadan), it should not be allowed to prevail upon him in the last week.

Ibn 'Umar (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: He who is anxious to seek it (Lailat-ul-Qadr) should seek it in the last ten (nights of Ramadan).

Abu Salama reported: 'We discussed amongst ourselves Lailat-ul-Qadr. I came to Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (RA) who was a friend of mine and said to him: Would you not go with us to the garden of date trees? He went out with a cloak over him. I said to him: Did you hear the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) making mention of Lailat-ul-Qadr? He said: Yes, (and added) we were observing i'tikaf with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in the middle ten days of Ramadan, and came out on the morning of the twentieth and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) addressed us and said: I was shown Lailat-ul-Qadr, but I forgot (the exact night) or I was caused to forget it, so seek it in the last ten odd (nights), and I was shown that I was prostrating in water and clay. So he who wanted to observe i'tikaf with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) should return (to the place of i'tikaf). He (Abu Sa'id al-Khudri) said: And we returned and did not find any patch of cloud in the sky. Then the cloud gathered and there was (so heavy) a downpour that the roof of the mosque which was made of the branches of date-palms began to drip. Then there was prayer and I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prostrating in water and clay till I saw the traces of clay on his forehead.

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (RA) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed i'tikaf in the middle ten days of Ramadan to seek Lailat-ul-Qadr before it was made manifest to him. When (these nights) were over, he commanded to strike the tent. Then it was made manifest to him that (Lailat-ul-Qadr) was in the last ten nights (of Ramadan), and commanded to pitch the tent (again). He then came to the people and said: O people, Lailat-ul-Qadr was made manifest to me and I came out to inform you about it that two persons came contending with each other and there was a devil along with them and I forgot it. So seek it in the last ten nights of Ramadan. Seek it on the ninth, on the seventh and on the fifth. I (one of the narrators) said: Abu Sa'id, you know more than us about numbers. He said: Yes, indeed we have better right than you. I said: What is this ninth, seventh, and fifth? He said: When twenty-one (nights are over) and the twenty-second begins, it is the ninth, and when twenty-three (nights) are over, that which follows (the last night) is the seventh, and when twenty-five nights are over, what follows it is fifth. Ibn Khallad said: Instead of the word Yahliqan (contending), he said Yakhtasiman, (they are disputing).

Zirr bin Hubaish reported that Ubayy bin Ka'b (RA) said about Lailat-ul-Qadr: By Allah, I know well about it. Shu'bah said: To the best of my knowledge it was the twenty-seventh night for which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded us to stand for prayer. Shu'bah doubted these words: That it was the night for which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded us to stand for prayer. And (he further) said: This was narrated to me by a friend of mine from him (the Holy Prophet).

Ibn 'Umar (RA) reported: I immediately learnt Talbiya from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) , and he then narrated the hadith.

'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) said: I still seem to see the glistening of the perfume where the hair was parted on Allah's Messeinger's (ﷺ) head while he was in the state of Ihram.

The narration transmitted by Hakam (the words are): Al-Sa'b bin Jaththama presented to the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) the leg of a wild ass. And in the narration transmitted by Shu'bah (the words are): (He presented to him) the rump of a wild ass as the blood was trickling from it. In the narration transmitted by Shu'bah on the authority of Habib (the words are): A part of a wild ass was presented to the Apostle (ﷺ) (may peace he upon him) and he returned it to him (who presented it).

This hadith is narrated on the authority of 'Uthman bin 'Abdullah bin Mauhab with the same chain of transmitters. And in the narration transmitted on the authority of Shaiban (the words are): "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Did any one of you command him to attack it or point towards it?" And in the narration transmitted by Shu'bah (the words are): "Did you point out or did you help or did you hunt?" Shu'bah said: I do not know whether he said: "Did you help or did you hunt?"

A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying: Five are the harmful things which should be killed in the state of Ihram or otherwise: snake, speckled crow, rat, voracious dog, and kite.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Umar through be upon him) as saying: "Five (are the beasts) in killing which or their being killed in the precinct of the Ka’bah there is no sin." The rest of the hadith is the same.

Kalb bin Ujra (RA) reported: It was I for whom this verse was revealed (to the Holy Prophet): "Whoever among you is sick or has an ailment of the head, he (may effect) a compensation by fasting or alms or a sacrifice" He said: I came to him (the Holy Prophet) and he said: Come near. So I went near. He (again) said: Come near. So I went near. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Do the vermins trouble you? Ibn Aun (one of the narrators) said: I think he (Ka'b bin Ujra) replied in the affirmative. He (the Holy Prophet) then commanded to do compensation by fasting or by giving sadaqa (feeding six needy persons) or by sacrifice (of a animal) that is available.

Abdullah bin Ma'qil said: I sat with Ka'b (RA) and he was in the mosque. I asked him about this verse: "Compensation in (the form of) fasting, or Sadaqa or sacrifice." Ka'b (RA) said: It was revealed in my case. There was some trouble in my head. I was taken to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and lice were creeping upon my face. Thereupon he said: I did not think that your trouble had become so unbearable as I see. Would you be able to afford (the sacrificing) of a goat? I (Ka'b) said: Then this verse was revealed: "Compensation (in the form of) fasting or alms or a sacrifice." He (the Holy Prophet) said: (It implies) fasting for three days, or feeding six needy persons, half sa' of food for every needy person. This verse was revealed particularly for me and (now) its application is general for all of you.

Ibn al-Muththanna reported on the authority of Ibn Abu'Adi who transmitted on the authority of Ibn'Aun who narrated from al-Qasim and Ibrahim having said: I cannot differentiate the hadith of one from the other (Al-Qasim and Ibrahim) that the Mother of the Believers (Allah be pleased with her) said this: Messenger of Allah, people have come back with two acts of worship. The rest of the hadith is the same.

'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out on the 4th or 5th of Dhul'I-Hijja (for Pilgrimage to Makkah) and came to me, and he was very angry. I said: Messenger of Allah, who has annoyed you? May Allah cast him in fire. He said: Don't you know that I commanded the people to do an act, but they are hesitant. (Hakam said: I think that he said: They seem to be hesitant.) And if I were to know my affair before what I had to do subsequently, I would not have brought with me the sacrificial animals, and would have bought them (at Makkah) and would have put off Ihram as others have done.

Abu Nadra reported: Ibn'Abbas commanded the performance of Tamattu' putting Ihram for 'Umrah during the montnhs of Dhu'I-Hijja and after completing it, then putting on Ihram for Hajj), but Ibn Zubair forbade to do it. I made a mention of it to Jabir bin'Abdullah (RA) and he said: It is through me that this hadith has been circulated. We entered into the state of Ihram as Tamattu' with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) . When 'Umar was installed as Caliph, he said: Verily Allah made permissible for His Messenger (ﷺ) whatever He liked and as He liked. And (every command) of the Holy Qur'an has been revealed for every occasion. So accomplish Hajj and 'Umrah for Allah as Allah has commanded you; and confirm by (proper conditions) the marriage of those women (with whom you have performed Mut'a). And any person would come to me with a marriage of appointed duration (Mut'a), I would stone him (to death).

Abu Musa (RA) said: I came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as he was encamping at Batha. He said to me: Did you intend to perform Hajj? I said: Yes. He again said: With what intention have you entered into the state of Ihram (for Ifrad, Qiran or Tamattu'). I said: I pronounced Talbiya (I have entered into the state of Ihram) with that very aim with which the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) is pronouncing Talbiya. He (the Holy Prophet) said; You have done well. Then circumambulate the House and run between al-Safa' and al-Marwah' and put off Ihram (as you have not brought the sacrificial animals along with you). So I circumambulated the House, and ran between al-Safa' and al-Marwah' and then came to a woman of the tribe of Qais and she rid my head of the lice. I again put on Ihram for Hajj, and continued giving religious verdict (according to this practice) till during the Caliphate of Umar (RA) when a person said to him: Abu Musa, or'Abdullah bin Qais (RA) , exercise restraint in delivering some religious verdict of yours, for you do not know what has been introduced after you by the Commander of the Believers in the rites (of Hajj). Thereupon he said: O people, whom we gave the religious verdict (concerning putting off Ihram) they should wait, for the Commander of the Believers is about to come to you, and you should follow him. Umar (RA) then came and I made a mention of it to him whereupon he said: If we abide by the Book of Allah (we find) the Book of Allah has commanded us to complete the Hajj and 'Umrah, and if we abide by the Sunnah of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) , we find that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) did not put off Ihram till the sacrificial animal was brought to its end (till it was sacrificed).

Abu Musa (RA) reported: I came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he was encamping at Batha. He (the Holy Prophet) said: With what purpose have you entered into the state of Ihram? I said: I have entered into the state of Ihram in accordance with the Ihram of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) . He said: Have you brought sacrificial animals along with you? I said: No. Whereupon he said: Then circumambulate the House and run between al-Safa' and al-Marwah and put off Ihram. So I circumambulated the House, ran between al-Safa' and al-Marwah, and then came to a woman of my tribe. She combed and washed my head. I used to give religious verdict (according to the above mentioned command of the Holy Prophet) during the Caliphate of Abu Bakr (RA) and also during that of 'Umar. And it was during the Hajj season that a person came to me and said: You (perhaps) do not know what the Commander of the Believers has introduced in the rites (of Hajj). I said: O people, those whom we have given religious verdict about a certain thing should wait, for the Commander of the Believers is about to arrive among you, so follow him. When the Commander of the Believers arrived, I said: What is this that you have introduced in the rites (of Hajj)? Whereupon he said: If we abide by the Book of Allah (we find) that there Allah, Exalted and Majestic, has said: "Complete Hajj and 'Umrah for Allah." And if we abide by the Sunnah of our Apostle (ﷺ) (we find) that the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) (May peace be upon him) did not put off Ihram till he had sacrificed the animals.

Abu Musa (RA) reported that he used to deliver religious verdict in favor of Hajj Tamattu'. A person said to him: Exercise restraint in delivering some of your religious verdicts, for you do not know what the Commander of Believers has introduced in the rites (of Hajj) after you (when you were away in Yemen). He (Abu Musa) met him (Hadrat Umar) subsequently and asked him (about it), whereupon 'Umar said: I know that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) (May peace be upon him) and also his Companions did that (observed Tamattu'), but I do not approve that the married persons should have intercourse with their wives under the shade of the trees, and then set out for Hajj with water trickling down from their heads.

'Abdullah bin Shaqiq reported that 'Uthman (RA) used to forbid Tamattu', whereas 'Ali (RA) ordered to do it. 'Uthman said a word to 'Ali, but 'Ali said: You know that we used to perform Tamattu' with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) , whereupon he said: It is right, but we entertained fear.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyab reported that 'Ali and 'Uthman (RA) met at 'Usfan; and 'Uthman used to forbid (people) from performing Tamattu' and 'Umrah (during the period of Hajj), whereupon 'Ali said: What is your opinion about a matter which the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did, but you forbid it? Thereupon 'Uthman said: You leave us alone, whereupon he ('Ali) said: I cannot leave you alone. When 'Ali saw this, he put on Ihram for both of them together (both for Hajj and 'Umrah).

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Mutarrif with the same chain of transmitters.

Mutarrif reported: 'Imran bin Husain sent for me during his illness of which he died, and said: I am narrating to you some ahadith which may benefit you after me. If I live you conceal (the fact that these have been transmitted by me), and if I die, then you narrate them if you like (and these are): I am blessed, and bear in mind that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) combined Hajj and 'Umrah. Then no verse was revealed in regard to it in the Book of Allah (which abrogated it) and the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) did not forbid (from doing it). And whatever a person (Umar) said was out of his personal opinion.

'Imran bin Husain (RA) reported: We performed Tamattu' (Hajj and 'Umrah combining together) in the company of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) , and nothing was revealed in the Qur'an (concerning the abrogation of this practice), and whatever a person (Hadhrat 'Umar) said was his personal opinion. 'Imran bin Husain narrated this hadith (in these words also): "Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) performed Hajj Tamattu' and we also performed it along with him."

Hafsa (Allah be pleased with her) reported: I said to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) : What is the matter with people that they have put off Ihram, whereas you have not put it off after your 'Umrah'? He said: I have driven my sacrificial animal and stuck my hair, and it is not permissible for me to put off Ihram unless I have completed the Hajj.

Nafi' reported that 'Abdullah bin 'Abdullah and Salim bin'Abdullah said to 'Abdullah (b. 'Umar) at the time when Hajjaj came to fight against Ibn Zubair: There would be no harm if you do not (proceed) for Hajj this year, for we fear that there would be fight among people which would cause obstruction between you and the House, whereupon he said: If there would be obstruction between me and that (Ka’bah), I would do as Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) did. I was with him (the Holy Prophet) when the infidels of Quraish caused obstructions between him (the Holy Prophet) and the House. I call you as my witness (to the fact) that I have made 'Umrah essential for me. He proceeded until he came to Dhu'l-Hulaifa and pronounced Talbiya for 'Umrah, and said: If the way Is clear forme, I would then complete my 'Umrah but If there is some obstruction between me and that (the Ka’bah). I would then do what Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had done (at the occasion of Hudaibiya), and I was with him (the Holy Prophet). and then recited: "Verily in the Messenger of Allah, there is a model pattern for you" (xxxiii. 21). He then moved on until he came to the rear side of al-Baida' and said: There is one command for both of them automatically) (Hajj and 'Umrah). If I am detained (in the performance) of 'Umrah, I am ( automatically detained (in the performance) of Hajj (too). I call you as witness that Hajj along with 'Umrah I had made essential for me. (I am performing Hajj and 'Umrah as Qiran.) He then bought sacrificial animals at Qudaid and then circumambulated the House and ran between al-Safa' and al-Marwah once (covering both Hajj and 'Umrah), and did not put off Ihram until on the Day of Sacrifice in the month of Dhu'l-Hijja.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Shu'bah with the same chain of transmitters, but with a slight variation of words.

Rauh and Yahya bin Kathir narrated as Nasr reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered into the state of Ihram for Hajj. And in the narration of Abu Shihab (the words are): We went out with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) pronouncing Talbiya for Hajj, And in the ahadith (narrated in this connection the words are): He led the morning prayer at al-Batha', except al- jahdami who did not make mention of it.

Ibn 'Abbas (RA) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: This is the 'Umrah of which we have taken advantage. So he who has not the sacrificial animal with him should get out of the state of Ihram completely, for 'Umrah has been incorporated in Hajj until the Day of Resurrection.

Abu Jam at al-Dubu'i reported: I performed Tamattu' but the people dis- couraged me to do so. I came to Ibn 'Abbas and asked him about it. He ordered me to do so. I came to the House (Ka’bah) and slept. I saw a visitant in the dream who said: 'Umrah is acceptable and so is the Hajj performed for God's sake. I came to Ibn Abbas (RA) and informed him about that Which I saw in the dream whereupon he said: Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest This is the Sunnah of Abu'l-Qasim (the Holy Prophet) (ﷺ) .

Ibn 'Abbas (RA) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) observed the Zuhr prayer at Dhu'l-Hulaifa; then called for his she-camel and marked it on the right side of its bump, removed the blood from it, and tied two sandals round its neck. He then mounted his camel, and when it brought him up to al-Baida', he pronounced Talbiya for the Pilgrimage.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Qatada with the same chain of transmitters but with this variation (of words): "When Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) came to Dhu'l-Hulaifa" and he made no mention (of the fact) that he led the Zuhr prayer.

Abu Hassan al-A'raj reported that a person from Bani Hujaim said to Ibn 'Abbas (RA) : What is this religious verdict of yours which has engaged the attention of the people or which has become a matter of dispute among them that he who circumambulated the House can be free from Ihram? Thereupon he said: That is the Sunnah of your Apostle (ﷺ), even though you may not approve of it.

Qatada said: I asked Anas (RA) as to how many Pilgrimages had been performed by Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) , and he replied: One Hajj and four 'Umrahs were performed by him. The rest of the hadith is the same.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Ubaidullah with the same chain of transmitters and in the narration transmitted by Zubair (it is mentioned) that the upper side is that which is at al-Batha

'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that when Allah's Messenger may peace be upon him) came to Makkah he entered from its upper side and came out from its lower side.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Jurairi with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of words (and this is) that he (the narrator) did not say:"They felt jealous of him. but said: The people of Makkah, were jealous people."

Nafi' reported on the authority of 'Abdullah (RA) that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) did not touch but the Stone and the Yamani corner.