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Book of Usurpation

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كتاب الغصب

Narrated Abu Bakr (RA): It was the day of Hajj-al-Wida (The Farewell Pilgrimage). Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), mounted his she-camel, and then stood up, and said, "Do you know what day is this?" We kept silent, thinking that he might give that day some other name. He said, "Is not this the day of sacrifice?" We said, "Yes, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!" He again said, "Do you know what month this is?" We kept silent, thinking that he might give that month some other name. He (ﷺ) said, "Is not this the month of Dhul-Hijja?" We said, "Yes, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!" He again said, "Do you know what day is this?" We kept silent, thinking that he might give that day some other name. He (ﷺ) said, "Is not this the day of Hajj-al-Akbar?" We said, "Yes, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!" He (ﷺ) said, "No doubt! Your blood, your properties, and your honors are sacred and inviolable to one another like the sanctity of this day of yours, in this month of yours, in this town of yours. Beware! Don't go astray after me and start striking the necks of one another (killing each other). And he who is present here must convey this to him who is absent, for perhaps one who is conveyed this message may comprehend it better than one who has heard it directly." Then he (ﷺ) turned to his she-camel and said, "O Allah! I have conveyed (Your Message)." Then he went towards the Jamra and started stoning it, and then went to his place of stay at Mina, and slaughtered the camels of sacrifice. And a goat used to be slaughtered on behalf of two persons, and sometimes a goat was slaughtered on behalf of three persons.