The Fairwell Pilgrimage

The Hajj of The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) of Dhu al-Hijjah and stayed at the location of Abtah. He remained there for four days until the 8th of Dhu alHijjah, offering shortened (Qasr) prayers along with his Companions. On the 8th of Dhu al-Hijjah, the Prophet proceeded to Mina with all his Companions. He did not perform Tawaf before leaving. On that day, he performed the Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, and Isha prayers at Mina and spent the night there. The following morning, on the 9th of Dhu al-Hijjah, after the sun had risen, he departed for Arafat. He camped in a tent at Namerah (Wadi Urnah). Some Companions chanted the Talbiyah, while others recited the Takbir, and none objected to the other. At the time of Zawal (when the sun begins to decline), the Prophet mounted his camel and moved to the center of the plain of Arafat. There, seated on his mount at the location where the current Masjid Namerah stands, he delivered his famous Farewell Sermon (Khutbah Hajjatul Wada). Both this sermon and the second sermon he delivered are mentioned separately in the books of Hadith. A compilation of these sermons is being transcribed in the following sections. It was Friday, the 9th of Dhu al-Hijjah. After the sermon, the Prophet instructed Bilal to call the Adhan. Bilal did so, and the Prophet offered the Dhuhr and Asr prayers, shortened to two Rak’ahs each, with one Adhan and two Iqamahs. This was not the Jumu’ah prayer but the shortened Dhuhr prayer, as he did not recite the Quran aloud, and he did not perform any Sunnah or Nafl prayers after the obligatory prayers.