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The final sermon: the honor of a human being and the end of racism

ahmad:23489Ismāʿīl > Saʿīd al-Jurayrī > Abū Naḍrah > someone

someone who heard the sermon of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during the middle the days of tashrīq ˹toward the end of Ḥajj˺ narrated to me that he (the Prophet ﷺ) said, "O people! Your Lord is One and your father ˹Adam˺ is one. There is no preference of an Arab over a non-Arab, nor a non-Arab over an Arab, and neither one of white skin over one of black skin, nor one of black skin over one of white skin, except through God-conscious righteousness. Have I delivered ˹the message˺?” They said, “The Messenger of Allah has delivered ˹the message˺."

Then he said, "Which day is this?" They said: A sacred day. Then he said, "Which month is this?" They said: A sacred month. He said, then he said, "Which city is this?", They said: A sacred city. He said, "˹Similarly,˺ Allah has made your lives and and your wealth sacred between you" – he said: and I don't know whether or not he said "your honor", "just like the sanctity of this day of yours, in this month of yours, in this city of yours. Have I delivered ˹the message˺?" They said: “The Messenger of Allah has delivered ˹the message˺."

He said, "The one present must deliver to the one absent."  

أحمد:٢٣٤٨٩حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ؛ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ الْجُرَيْرِيُّ؛ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ

حَدَّثَنِي مَنْ سَمِعَ خُطْبَةَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي وَسَطِ أَيَّامِ التَّشْرِيقِ فَقَالَ: «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ! أَلَا إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ وَاحِدٌ، وَإِنَّ أَبَاكُمْ وَاحِدٌ۔ أَلَا لَا فَضْلَ لِعَرَبِيٍّ عَلَى عَجَمِيٍّ، وَلَا لِعَجَمِيٍّ عَلَى عَرَبِيٍّ، وَلَا أَحْمَرَ عَلَى أَسْوَدَ، وَلَا أَسْوَدَ عَلَى أَحْمَرَ، إِلَّا بِالتَّقْوَى۔ أَبَلَّغْتُ؟» قَالُوا: بَلَّغَ رَسُولُ اللهِ!

ثُمَّ قَالَ: «أَيُّ يَوْمٍ هَذَا؟» قَالُوا: يَوْمٌ حَرَامٌ۔ ثُمَّ قَالَ: «أَيُّ شَهْرٍ هَذَا؟» قَالُوا: شَهْرٌ حَرَامٌ۔ قَالَ: ثُمَّ قَالَ: «أَيُّ بَلَدٍ هَذَا؟» قَالُوا: بَلَدٌ حَرَامٌ۔ قَالَ: «فَإِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ حَرَّمَ بَيْنَكُمْ دِمَاءَكُمْ وَأَمْوَالَكُمْ۔» قَالَ وَلَا أَدْرِي قَالَ أَوْ «أَعْرَاضَكُمْ» أَمْ لَا «كَحُرْمَةِ يَوْمِكُمْ هَذَا فِي شَهْرِكُمْ هَذَا فِي بَلَدِكُمْ هَذَا۔ أَبَلَّغْتُ؟» قَالُوا: بَلَّغَ رَسُولُ اللهِ! قَالَ: «لِيُبَلِّغِ الشَّاهِدُ الْغَائِبَ۔»  


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bukhari:1739ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Fuḍayl b. Ghazwān > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās > Rasūl

Ibn ʿAbbas said: "Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivered a sermon on the Day of Nahr, and said, 'O people! (Tell me) what is the day today?' The people replied, 'It is the forbidden (sacred) day.' He asked again, 'What town is this?' They replied, 'It is the forbidden (Sacred) town.' He asked, 'Which month is this?' They replied, 'It is the forbidden (Sacred) month.' He said, 'No doubt! Your blood, your properties, and your honor are sacred to one another like the sanctity of this day of yours, in this (sacred) town (Mecca) of yours, in this month of yours.' The Prophet ﷺ repeated his statement again and again. After that he raised his head and said, 'O Allah! Haven't conveyed (Your Message) to them'. Haven't I conveyed Your Message to them?' " Ibn ʿAbbas added, "By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, the following was his will (Prophet's will) to his followers:--It is incumbent upon those who are present to convey this information to those who are absent Beware don't renegade (as) disbelievers (turn into infidels) after me, Striking the necks (cutting the throats) of one another.' "  

البخاري:١٧٣٩حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ غَزْوَانَ حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَطَبَ النَّاسَ يَوْمَ النَّحْرِ فَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَىُّ يَوْمٍ هَذَا قَالُوا يَوْمٌ حَرَامٌ قَالَ فَأَىُّ بَلَدٍ هَذَا قَالُوا بَلَدٌ حَرَامٌ قَالَ فَأَىُّ شَهْرٍ هَذَا قَالُوا شَهْرٌ حَرَامٌ قَالَ فَإِنَّ دِمَاءَكُمْ وَأَمْوَالَكُمْ وَأَعْرَاضَكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ حَرَامٌ كَحُرْمَةِ يَوْمِكُمْ هَذَا فِي بَلَدِكُمْ هَذَا فِي شَهْرِكُمْ هَذَا فَأَعَادَهَا مِرَارًا ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ هَلْ بَلَّغْتُ اللَّهُمَّ هَلْ بَلَّغْتُ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّهَا لَوَصِيَّتُهُ إِلَى أُمَّتِهِ فَلْيُبْلِغِ الشَّاهِدُ الْغَائِبَ لاَ تَرْجِعُوا بَعْدِي كُفَّارًا يَضْرِبُ بَعْضُكُمْ رِقَابَ بَعْضٍ  

ahmad:14365Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Aʿmash > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Jābir

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said during his pilgrimage, "Which day is the greatest in sanctity?" They replied, "This day of ours." He said, "Then, which month is the greatest in sanctity?" They replied, "This month of ours." He said, "Then, which city is the greatest in sanctity?" They replied, "This city of ours." He said, "Indeed, your lives and your wealth are as sacred to one another as this day is sacred, in this month is sacred, and in this city is sacred."  

أحمد:١٤٣٦٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي حَجَّتِهِ أَيُّ يَوْمٍ أَعْظَمُ حُرْمَةً؟ قَالُوا يَوْمُنَا هَذَا قَالَ فَأَيُّ شَهْرٍ أَعْظَمُ حُرْمَةً؟ قَالُوا شَهْرُنَا هَذَا قَالَ فَأَيُّ بَلَدٍ أَعْظَمُ حُرْمَةً؟ قَالُوا بَلَدُنَا هَذَا قَالَ فَإِنَّ دِمَاءَكُمْ وَأَمْوَالَكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ حَرَامٌ كَحُرْمَةِ يَوْمِكُمْ هَذَا فِي شَهْرِكُمْ هَذَا فِي بَلَدِكُمْ هَذَا  

ahmad:2036Ibn Numayr > Fuḍayl / Ibn Ghazwān > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said during the Farewell Pilgrimage, "O people, what day is this?" They said, "This is a forbidden day." He said, "What land is this?" They said, "A forbidden land." He said, "What month is this?" They said, "A forbidden month." He said, "Verily, your lives, your wealth, and your honor are sacred to you, just as this day of yours is sacred, in this land of yours, in this month of yours." Then he repeated it several times. Then he raised his head to the sky and said, "O Allah, have I conveyed the message?" Ibn Abbas said, "By Allah, it is indeed a testament to his Lord." Then he said, "So let the witness inform the absent ones, do not turn back after me as disbelievers, striking the necks of one another."  

أحمد:٢٠٣٦حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ غَزْوَانَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَيُّ يَوْمٍ هَذَا؟ قَالُوا هَذَا يَوْمٌ حَرَامٌ قَالَ أَيُّ بَلَدٍ هَذَا قَالُوا بَلَدٌ حَرَامٌ قَالَ فَأَيُّ شَهْرٍ هَذَا؟ قَالُوا شَهْرٌ حَرَامٌ قَالَ إِنَّ أَمْوَالَكُمْ وَدِمَاءَكُمْ وَأَعْرَاضَكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ حَرَامٌ كَحُرْمَةِ يَوْمِكُمْ هَذَا فِي بَلَدِكُمْ هَذَا فِي شَهْرِكُمْ هَذَا ثُمَّ أَعَادَهَا مِرَارًا ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ اللهُمَّ هَلْ بَلَّغْتُ مِرَارًا قَالَ يَقُولُ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَاللهِ إِنَّهَا لَوَصِيَّةٌ إِلَى رَبِّهِ ﷻ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَلا فَلْيُبَلِّغِ الشَّاهِدُ الْغَائِبَ لَا تَرْجِعُوا بَعْدِي كُفَّارًا يَضْرِبُ بَعْضُكُمْ رِقَابَ بَعْضٍ