حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُبَشِّرٍ ، نا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ الْقَطَّانُ ، نا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ ، نا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَطَاءٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ يَعْمَرَ الدِّيلِيُّ ، قَالَ : أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ وَاقِفٌ بِعَرَفَةَ ، فَأَتَاهُ نَاسٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ نَجْدٍ ، فَقَالُوا : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، مَا الْحَجُّ ؟ قَالَ : " الْحَجُّ عَرَفَةُ الْحَجُّ عَرَفَةُ ، مَنْ أَدْرَكَ عَرَفَةَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الْفَجْرِ فِي يَوْمِ النَّحْرِ فَقَدْ تَمَّ حَجُّهُ ، أَيَّامُ مِنًى ثَلاثَةٌ مَنْ تَعَجَّلَ فِي يَوْمَيْنِ فَلا إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ وَمَنْ تَأَخَّرَ فَلا إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ " .
Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Ya'mar Daili (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I came to the service of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was encamped at Arafah. Some people from Jeddah came to him and said, "O Messenger of Allah! What is Hajj?" The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Hajj is (standing at) Arafah. Whoever reaches Arafah before dawn on the Day of Sacrifice, his Hajj is complete. The days at Mina are three, but whoever departs after two days, there is no sin upon him, and whoever stays later (i.e., on the third day), there is also no sin upon him."