1 00:00:01,419 --> 00:00:07,419 The story of the Hajj of our mother ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her. 2 00:00:07,419 --> 00:00:12,660 Staying overnight in Muzdalifah. 3 00:00:12,660 --> 00:00:14,660 And Sawdah’s request for permission. 4 00:00:14,660 --> 00:00:16,660 To depart during the night. 5 00:00:16,660 --> 00:00:19,899 The day of ‘Arafah had passed. 6 00:00:19,899 --> 00:00:21,899 And the sun had set. 7 00:00:21,899 --> 00:00:24,899 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, departed. 8 00:00:24,899 --> 00:00:26,899 Accompanied by the Mothers of the Believers. 9 00:00:26,899 --> 00:00:28,899 Toward Muzdalifah. 10 00:00:28,899 --> 00:00:31,030 When he arrived at Muzdalifah. 11 00:00:31,030 --> 00:00:34,030 He prayed Maghrib and ‘Isha. 12 00:00:34,030 --> 00:00:37,030 However, our mother ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, 13 00:00:37,030 --> 00:00:39,030 Did not pray with them. 14 00:00:39,030 --> 00:00:41,030 Because she had not yet become pure. 15 00:00:41,030 --> 00:00:44,289 In the last third of the night. 16 00:00:44,289 --> 00:00:46,289 And after the moon had set. 17 00:00:46,289 --> 00:00:49,289 The Prophet, peace be upon him, sent off. 18 00:00:49,289 --> 00:00:52,289 The vulnerable members of his household to Mina. 19 00:00:52,289 --> 00:00:55,289 Among them were Umm Salamah and Umm Habibah. 20 00:00:55,289 --> 00:00:59,289 From the Mothers of the Believers, may Allah be pleased with them. 21 00:00:59,289 --> 00:01:02,320 So the Mother of the Believers, Sawdah, requested. 22 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:04,319 To depart with them. 23 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:07,319 And he granted her permission, may Allah be pleased with her. 24 00:01:07,319 --> 00:01:10,540 Our mother ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, said: 25 00:01:10,540 --> 00:01:13,540 We arrived at Muzdalifah. 26 00:01:13,540 --> 00:01:16,540 Then Sawdah asked the Prophet, peace be upon him, for permission. 27 00:01:16,540 --> 00:01:18,540 To depart before him. 28 00:01:18,540 --> 00:01:20,540 And before the crush of the people. 29 00:01:20,540 --> 00:01:23,540 She was a slow-moving woman. 30 00:01:23,540 --> 00:01:25,540 So he granted her permission. 31 00:01:25,540 --> 00:01:28,540 And she departed before the crush of the people. 32 00:01:28,540 --> 00:01:31,540 We remained until morning. 33 00:01:31,540 --> 00:01:33,540 Then we departed when he departed. 34 00:01:33,540 --> 00:01:38,700 Had I asked the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, for permission. 35 00:01:38,700 --> 00:01:40,700 Just as Sawdah had asked. 36 00:01:40,700 --> 00:01:43,700 It would have been dearer to me than anything I could be happy about. 37 00:01:43,700 --> 00:01:47,280 Sending the vulnerable ahead to Mina. 38 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:49,280 In the last third of the night. 39 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:53,280 Its goal is for them to arrive before the crush of the people. 40 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:57,280 The intent is to ease the burden of the crowds upon them. 41 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:00,280 So they arrive at Mina before the people. 42 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:02,280 Then they pray Fajr. 43 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:07,280 After which they head to the Jamrat al-‘Aqabah al-Kubra to stone it. 44 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:11,280 As our mother ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, said: 45 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:17,280 I wish I had asked the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, for permission. 46 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:19,280 Just as Sawdah had asked him. 47 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:21,280 So that I could pray the morning prayer in Mina. 48 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:25,280 And stone the Jamrah before the people arrived. 49 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:27,280 It was said to ‘Aishah: 50 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:30,280 Did Sawdah ask for permission? 51 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:32,280 She said: Yes. 52 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:36,280 She was a heavy, slow-moving woman. 53 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:40,280 So she asked the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, for permission. 54 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:42,280 And he granted it to her. 55 00:02:42,280 --> 00:02:45,280 So she prayed Fajr in Mina. 56 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:48,280 And stoned the Jamrah before the people arrived. 57 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:52,439 This objective is achieved and the vulnerable benefit from it. 58 00:02:52,439 --> 00:02:57,439 If the pilgrims commit to following the guidance of the Prophet, peace be upon him. 59 00:02:57,439 --> 00:02:59,439 By staying overnight in Muzdalifah. 60 00:02:59,439 --> 00:03:03,439 And restricting the night departure from it to the vulnerable. 61 00:03:03,439 --> 00:03:09,500 As for what pilgrims do today by not committing to staying in Muzdalifah. 62 00:03:09,500 --> 00:03:13,500 And limiting it to praying there and collecting pebbles. 63 00:03:13,500 --> 00:03:16,500 Then departing directly from there. 64 00:03:16,500 --> 00:03:20,500 This is a failure to implement the Prophetic guidance in Hajj. 65 00:03:20,500 --> 00:03:25,500 Which the Prophet, peace be upon him, emphasized by saying: 66 00:03:25,500 --> 00:03:28,500 "Take your rituals from me." 67 00:03:28,500 --> 00:03:32,500 Consequently, people crowd during departure and arrival at Mina. 68 00:03:32,500 --> 00:03:34,500 And during the stoning of the Jamrat. 69 00:03:34,500 --> 00:03:40,539 This congestion makes us think before we send the vulnerable ahead. 70 00:03:40,539 --> 00:03:44,539 Will departing with them at night be more difficult than them staying overnight? 71 00:03:44,539 --> 00:03:49,539 And will this departure truly achieve the intended ease for them? 72 00:03:49,539 --> 00:03:55,569 From the reality of experience over 36 consecutive Hajj seasons. 73 00:03:55,569 --> 00:04:02,569 We found that what people do today—violating the Sunnah regarding the overnight stay—is more harmful to the vulnerable. 74 00:04:02,569 --> 00:04:08,569 Departing with them from Muzdalifah at night has become more difficult for them than staying overnight. 75 00:04:08,569 --> 00:04:12,569 Because of this congestion caused by the pilgrims. 76 00:04:12,569 --> 00:04:18,569 Sending the vulnerable ahead before the crush and congestion of the people is a remaining concession. 77 00:04:18,569 --> 00:04:20,569 Intended to provide ease. 78 00:04:20,569 --> 00:04:26,569 It is not mandatory for every woman or every vulnerable person to leave. 79 00:04:26,569 --> 00:04:31,300 Our mother ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her. 80 00:04:31,300 --> 00:04:34,300 And steadfastness until death. 81 00:04:34,300 --> 00:04:38,870 It was the methodology of the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them all. 82 00:04:38,870 --> 00:04:46,870 That if they were performing a good deed from the recommended acts of worship during the time of the Prophet, peace be upon him. 83 00:04:46,870 --> 00:04:53,870 And then he died while they were doing it, they would not change it until they met Allah, the Almighty. 84 00:04:53,870 --> 00:04:59,870 The reason for this is that they were committed to fulfilling the hadith: 85 00:04:59,870 --> 00:05:04,870 "The most beloved of religion to Him is that which its practitioner persists in." 86 00:05:04,870 --> 00:05:11,939 They also feared being among those who changed and altered things after him, peace be upon him. 87 00:05:12,939 --> 00:05:16,939 Even though it was a recommended act of worship. 88 00:05:16,939 --> 00:05:23,029 Among the most famous of those for whom this is recorded is ‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Amr Ibn al-‘As, may Allah be pleased with them both. 89 00:05:23,029 --> 00:05:27,029 Who used to fast one day and break his fast the next. 90 00:05:27,029 --> 00:05:30,029 When he grew old and weak, he said: 91 00:05:30,029 --> 00:05:36,029 "Had I accepted the concession of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 92 00:05:36,029 --> 00:05:39,029 It would have been dearer to me than anything else. 93 00:05:39,029 --> 00:05:45,029 But I parted from him while on a practice I dislike to abandon for another." 94 00:05:45,029 --> 00:05:52,670 This methodology helps us understand the statement of our mother ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her: 95 00:05:52,670 --> 00:05:58,670 "Had I asked the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, for permission as Sawdah did. 96 00:05:58,670 --> 00:06:01,670 It would have been dearer to me than anything I could be happy about." 97 00:06:01,670 --> 00:06:07,699 She persisted in not taking the concession to depart from Muzdalifah before dawn. 98 00:06:07,699 --> 00:06:12,699 Because she did not do so during the time of the Prophet, peace be upon him. 99 00:06:12,699 --> 00:06:16,699 Therefore, al-Qasim Ibn Muhammad Ibn Abi Bakr said: 100 00:06:16,699 --> 00:06:21,699 "‘Aishah would not depart except with the Imam." 101 00:06:21,699 --> 00:06:28,699 Even clearer than that is what Abu al-Zubayr said in his narration of the hadith of Jabir, may Allah be pleased with him. 102 00:06:29,699 --> 00:06:38,699 He said: "When ‘Aishah performed Hajj, she did as she had done with the Prophet of Allah, peace be upon him." 103 00:06:38,699 --> 00:06:44,990 From this, my sister pilgrim, we learn that if a woman performs a good deed. 104 00:06:44,990 --> 00:06:50,990 She should strive to persist in it as much as she is able. 105 00:06:50,990 --> 00:06:57,139 When did our mother ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, become pure? 106 00:06:57,139 --> 00:07:03,750 On the morning of the Day of Sacrifice, after the Prophet, peace be upon him, had stood. 107 00:07:03,750 --> 00:07:07,750 Along with those of the Mothers of the Believers who were with him at the Sacred Site. 108 00:07:07,750 --> 00:07:12,750 He set off for Mina to stone the Jamrat al-‘Aqabah al-Kubra. 109 00:07:12,750 --> 00:07:17,750 When they reached their quarters in Mina and after they had stoned the Jamrah. 110 00:07:17,750 --> 00:07:22,750 Our mother ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, became pure from her menses. 111 00:07:22,750 --> 00:07:27,750 She purified herself in preparation for going to Makkah for the Tawaf al-Ifadah. 112 00:07:27,750 --> 00:07:31,910 Our mother ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, says: 113 00:07:31,910 --> 00:07:35,910 "We went out on his Hajj until we arrived at Mina. 114 00:07:35,910 --> 00:07:40,910 I became pure, then I went out from Mina and performed Tawaf around the House." 115 00:07:40,910 --> 00:07:43,980 Her purification from menses was in Mina. 116 00:07:43,980 --> 00:07:47,980 And her ritual bathing (ghusl) was also in Mina. 117 00:07:47,980 --> 00:07:50,980 As she, may Allah be pleased with her, said: 118 00:07:50,980 --> 00:07:54,980 "I went out on my Hajj until we descended at Mina. 119 00:07:54,980 --> 00:07:59,009 I purified myself, then we performed Tawaf around the House." 120 00:07:59,009 --> 00:08:04,009 This means that the cycle of our mother ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her. 121 00:08:04,009 --> 00:08:06,009 Was seven days. 122 00:08:06,009 --> 00:08:08,009 It began on Saturday morning. 123 00:08:08,009 --> 00:08:11,009 And she became pure on Saturday morning. 124 00:08:11,009 --> 00:08:14,009 Because the Day of Sacrifice was a Saturday.