WEBVTT 00:00:01.419 --> 00:00:07.419 The story of the Hajj of our mother ‘A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her. 00:00:07.419 --> 00:00:16.660 The Mother of the Believers, Safiyyah, may Allah be pleased with her, experienced menstruation during the days of Mina. 00:00:16.660 --> 00:00:26.579 Who among the Mothers of the Believers experienced menstruation during the Farewell Hajj, other than our mother ‘A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her? 00:00:26.579 --> 00:00:29.620 Safiyyah, may Allah be pleased with her. 00:00:29.620 --> 00:00:32.619 Our mother ‘A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, says: 00:00:32.619 --> 00:00:40.619 "Safiyyah bint Huyayy, the wife of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, menstruated during the Farewell Hajj." 00:00:40.619 --> 00:00:50.810 It was from the mercy of Allah toward our mother Safiyyah, may Allah be pleased with her, that her menstruation began only after she had performed the Tawaf al-Ifadah. 00:00:50.810 --> 00:00:53.899 Our mother ‘A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, says: 00:00:54.899 --> 00:01:03.899 "Safiyyah bint Huyayy, the wife of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, menstruated during the Farewell Hajj after she had performed the Ifadah." 00:01:03.899 --> 00:01:13.189 Our mother ‘A’ishah did not mean that Safiyyah menstruated immediately after the Tawaf on the Day of Sacrifice. 00:01:13.189 --> 00:01:18.189 Rather, she meant that she had menstruated having already completed the Tawaf al-Ifadah. 00:01:18.189 --> 00:01:27.189 This is because the discussion regarding the possibility of the Mother of the Believers, Safiyyah, menstruating had taken place among the Mothers of the Believers before the Tawaf al-Ifadah. 00:01:27.189 --> 00:01:32.189 Therefore, they were concerned that she might menstruate before performing the Ifadah. 00:01:32.189 --> 00:01:36.219 Our mother ‘A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, says: 00:01:36.219 --> 00:01:41.219 "We were afraid that Safiyyah would menstruate before she performed the Ifadah." 00:01:41.219 --> 00:01:46.260 That is why our mother ‘A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, expressed it by saying: 00:01:46.260 --> 00:01:54.260 "We performed Hajj with the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and we performed the Ifadah on the Day of Sacrifice, then Safiyyah menstruated." 00:01:54.260 --> 00:02:01.480 As for exactly when she menstruated, our mother ‘A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, said: 00:02:01.480 --> 00:02:06.480 "Safiyyah bint Huyayy menstruated during the days of Mina." 00:02:06.480 --> 00:02:14.479 The "days of Mina" refers to the Day of Sacrifice and the three days that follow it, which are the days of Tashriq. 00:02:14.479 --> 00:02:22.580 Our mother ‘A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, clarified to us that this occurred on the night of departure from Mina. 00:02:22.580 --> 00:02:25.580 This was the night of the fourteenth of Dhu al-Hijjah. 00:02:25.580 --> 00:02:32.580 Our mother ‘A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, says: "Safiyyah menstruated on the night of departure." 00:02:32.580 --> 00:02:40.439 So, my sister pilgrim, this is the second scenario regarding the onset of menstruation for a woman during Hajj. 00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:46.439 It is that she menstruates during the days of Mina after having already performed the Tawaf al-Ifadah. 00:02:46.439 --> 00:02:50.469 In this, there is a reminder for sisters on Hajj: 00:02:50.469 --> 00:02:54.469 Not to delay the Tawaf al-Ifadah beyond the Day of Sacrifice, 00:02:54.469 --> 00:02:58.469 For fear of menstruating before having performed the Ifadah. 00:02:58.469 --> 00:03:05.620 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, sacrificed a cow on behalf of his wives. 00:03:05.620 --> 00:03:14.490 On the Day of Sacrifice, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, slaughtered one cow on behalf of his wives. 00:03:14.490 --> 00:03:19.490 As Jabir ibn ‘Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with them both, reported. 00:03:19.490 --> 00:03:27.490 He said: "The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, slaughtered a cow on behalf of his wives during his Hajj." 00:03:27.490 --> 00:03:34.580 Our mother ‘A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, explicitly stated that it was only one cow. 00:03:34.580 --> 00:03:44.580 She said: "The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, slaughtered one cow on behalf of the family of Muhammad during the Farewell Hajj." 00:03:44.580 --> 00:03:49.680 She even emphasized this by denying that it could have been more than one. 00:03:49.680 --> 00:03:58.680 She said: "Nothing was slaughtered on behalf of the family of Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, during the Farewell Hajj except for one cow." 00:03:58.680 --> 00:04:07.219 This cow was for the Hady of Tamattu‘ on behalf of those of the Prophet’s wives who had performed ‘Umrah. 00:04:07.219 --> 00:04:14.259 As Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:04:14.259 --> 00:04:20.259 slaughtered a cow on behalf of those of his wives who had performed ‘Umrah, shared among them." 00:04:20.259 --> 00:04:24.949 Preparing to leave Mina. 00:04:24.949 --> 00:04:32.230 When it was the night of departure from Mina, which is the last night of the days of Tashriq, 00:04:32.230 --> 00:04:35.230 The Mother of the Believers, Safiyyah, menstruated. 00:04:35.230 --> 00:04:42.360 Our mother ‘A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, says: "Safiyyah menstruated on the night of departure." 00:04:42.360 --> 00:04:50.459 It had been established among the Mothers of the Believers that a menstruating woman does not perform Tawaf around the House until she is pure. 00:04:50.459 --> 00:04:55.459 Especially after the incident involving our mother ‘A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her. 00:04:55.459 --> 00:04:58.459 They still had the Farewell Tawaf (Tawaf al-Wada‘) remaining. 00:04:58.459 --> 00:05:06.459 So our mother Safiyyah, may Allah be pleased with her, became certain that she would not be able to perform Tawaf around the House until she was pure. 00:05:06.459 --> 00:05:11.459 She said: "I see nothing but that I am detaining you." 00:05:11.459 --> 00:05:16.459 Meaning: I am preventing you from traveling and leaving Makkah until I am pure. 00:05:16.459 --> 00:05:22.459 She said this based on her knowledge that the Farewell Tawaf is obligatory for the pilgrim. 00:05:22.459 --> 00:05:31.060 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, wanted to be intimate with his wives before moving out of Mina. 00:05:31.060 --> 00:05:35.060 He was with our mother ‘A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her. 00:05:35.060 --> 00:05:41.060 When he wanted to leave her and head toward Safiyyah’s tent to be intimate with her, 00:05:41.060 --> 00:05:47.100 Our mother ‘A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, informed him that she had menstruated. 00:05:47.100 --> 00:05:50.100 Our mother ‘A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, says: 00:05:50.100 --> 00:05:54.100 "We performed Hajj with the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:05:54.100 --> 00:05:58.100 We performed the Ifadah on the Day of Sacrifice, then Safiyyah menstruated. 00:05:58.100 --> 00:06:04.100 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, wanted from her what a man wants from his wife. 00:06:04.100 --> 00:06:09.100 I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, she is menstruating.' 00:06:09.100 --> 00:06:15.129 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, became angry, thinking she had not performed the Ifadah. 00:06:15.129 --> 00:06:19.129 He said: '‘Aqran halqan!' 00:06:19.129 --> 00:06:22.129 'I see nothing but that she is detaining us.'" 00:06:22.129 --> 00:06:27.129 But our mother ‘A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, quickly corrected him, 00:06:27.129 --> 00:06:30.129 And said to the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him: 00:06:30.129 --> 00:06:35.129 "She has already performed the Ifadah, O Messenger of Allah, and has performed Tawaf around the House." 00:06:35.129 --> 00:06:42.129 When the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, left the tent of our mother ‘A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, 00:06:42.129 --> 00:06:46.129 Safiyyah was at the door of her tent, looking distressed. 00:06:46.129 --> 00:06:52.129 He said to her: "'Aqran halqan! You are indeed detaining us. 00:06:52.129 --> 00:06:55.129 Did you perform the Ifadah on the Day of Sacrifice?' 00:06:55.129 --> 00:06:59.129 She said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Then depart.'" 00:06:59.129 --> 00:07:03.899 As for the meaning of this phrase, ‘aqran halqan, 00:07:03.899 --> 00:07:07.899 Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar, may Allah have mercy on him, explained it, saying: 00:07:07.899 --> 00:07:12.899 "His saying '‘aqran halqan'—with a fatha on both, followed by a sukun, 00:07:12.899 --> 00:07:15.899 and shortened without tanwin in the narration. 00:07:15.899 --> 00:07:20.899 It is permissible in the language to use tanwin, and Abu ‘Ubayd considered that correct, 00:07:20.899 --> 00:07:23.899 because its meaning is an invocation of ‘aqr (wounding/barrenness) and halq (shaving/destruction). 00:07:23.899 --> 00:07:26.899 Just as one says 'suqyan wa ra‘yan' (a prayer for rain and pasture), 00:07:26.899 --> 00:07:30.899 and similar verbal nouns used for supplication." 00:07:30.899 --> 00:07:33.899 According to the first view, it is a description, not a supplication. 00:07:33.899 --> 00:07:36.959 The meaning of ‘aqran is "may Allah cause her to be ‘aqr," 00:07:36.959 --> 00:07:41.959 meaning: wounded, or it is said: "may she be made barren, unable to bear children." 00:07:41.959 --> 00:07:44.959 It is also said: "may her people be wounded." 00:07:44.959 --> 00:07:49.990 The meaning of halqan is "may her hair be shaved," which is a woman’s adornment, 00:07:49.990 --> 00:07:52.990 or "may she be afflicted with pain in her throat." 00:07:52.990 --> 00:07:56.990 Or "may her people be destroyed by her misfortune." 00:07:56.990 --> 00:08:02.990 Al-Qurtubi mentioned that it is a phrase the Jews would say to a menstruating woman. 00:08:02.990 --> 00:08:05.990 This is the origin of these two words. 00:08:05.990 --> 00:08:07.990 Then the Arabs expanded their usage, 00:08:07.990 --> 00:08:10.990 without intending their literal meanings, 00:08:10.990 --> 00:08:13.990 just as they said: "May Allah fight him," 00:08:13.990 --> 00:08:16.990 "May his hands be covered in dust," and so on. 00:08:16.990 --> 00:08:19.990 What caused the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:08:19.990 --> 00:08:22.990 to be angry with our mother Safiyyah, may Allah be pleased with her, 00:08:22.990 --> 00:08:25.990 and to rebuke her with this expression, 00:08:25.990 --> 00:08:28.990 was his perception, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:08:28.990 --> 00:08:30.990 that she had not performed the Tawaf al-Ifadah. 00:08:30.990 --> 00:08:33.990 If that had been the case, 00:08:33.990 --> 00:08:36.990 the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:08:36.990 --> 00:08:39.990 would have remained waiting for her until she became pure and performed Tawaf, 00:08:39.990 --> 00:08:42.990 and only then would he have moved to depart for Madinah. 00:08:43.990 --> 00:08:45.990 In this, there would have been hardship and delay 00:08:45.990 --> 00:08:48.990 for the rest of the Companions who were with him 00:08:48.990 --> 00:08:51.990 in the Hajj caravan from Madinah. 00:08:51.990 --> 00:08:54.090 In this, O sister pilgrim, 00:08:54.090 --> 00:08:57.090 are lessons, admonitions, and benefits 00:08:57.090 --> 00:09:00.090 that will benefit you in your religion and your worldly life. 00:09:00.090 --> 00:09:04.090 You should understand the desire of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 00:09:04.090 --> 00:09:08.090 to be intimate with his wife before moving toward Madinah. 00:09:08.090 --> 00:09:12.090 It may happen to you, if you are on Hajj with your husband, 00:09:12.090 --> 00:09:16.090 that he desires to be intimate with you before moving to return. 00:09:16.090 --> 00:09:20.090 Do not refuse on the pretext of preparing for travel. 00:09:20.090 --> 00:09:24.149 You must be mindful of your actions during Hajj, 00:09:24.149 --> 00:09:27.149 so as not to cause harm to the pilgrims 00:09:27.149 --> 00:09:29.149 in one way or another, 00:09:29.149 --> 00:09:33.149 especially regarding the timing of movement. 00:09:33.149 --> 00:09:36.149 We often see that the reason for the delay 00:09:36.149 --> 00:09:38.149 of the pilgrims' vehicle movement 00:09:38.149 --> 00:09:43.149 is the woman, which causes harm and annoyance to the pilgrims. 00:09:43.149 --> 00:09:46.149 This may anger the husband and cause him to pray against you 00:09:46.149 --> 00:09:48.149 with such a supplication or similar. 00:09:48.149 --> 00:09:52.149 So do not bring upon yourself what harms you. 00:09:52.149 --> 00:09:56.250 The female pilgrim must also be mindful of the matter of menstruation, 00:09:56.250 --> 00:09:59.250 and not hide the matter of her menstruation from her Mahram 00:09:59.250 --> 00:10:01.250 or her guardian during the journey, 00:10:01.250 --> 00:10:04.250 only to surprise him with the news at the last moment, 00:10:04.250 --> 00:10:06.250 making it difficult for him to act, 00:10:06.250 --> 00:10:10.250 causing him distress, and leading him to be angry with her.