Hadith 3088

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاق، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاق، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ : سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ يَوْمِ الْحَجِّ الْأَكْبَرِ ؟ فَقَالَ : " يَوْمُ النَّحْرِ " .
´Narrated 'Ali:` "I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about the day of Al-Hajj Al-Akbar, and he said: "The day of An-Nahr."
Hadith Reference سنن ترمذي / كتاب تفسير القرآن عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم / 3088
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح ومضى (970)
Hadith Takhrij «انظر حدیث رقم 957 (صحیح)»
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
1:
Because most of the rites of Hajj—such as circumambulation (tawaf), visitation (ziyarah), stoning (rami), sacrifice (dhabh), and shaving or cutting the hair (halq)—are performed on this day. (And this hadith has been cited in the explanation of this verse:) ﴿يَوْمَ الْحَجِّ الأَكْبَرِ﴾ (al-Tawbah: 3)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 3088
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Commentary:
Note:

(In the chain of narration, Harith al-A‘war is a severely weak narrator, but based on supporting evidences, this hadith is sahih li-ghayrihi [authentic due to corroborating chains].)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 957