WEBVTT 00:00:01.419 --> 00:00:07.419 The story of the Hajj of our mother ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her. 00:00:07.419 --> 00:00:12.660 Staying overnight in Muzdalifah. 00:00:12.660 --> 00:00:14.660 And Sawdah’s request for permission. 00:00:14.660 --> 00:00:16.660 To depart during the night. 00:00:16.660 --> 00:00:19.899 The day of ‘Arafah had passed. 00:00:19.899 --> 00:00:21.899 And the sun had set. 00:00:21.899 --> 00:00:24.899 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, departed. 00:00:24.899 --> 00:00:26.899 Accompanied by the Mothers of the Believers. 00:00:26.899 --> 00:00:28.899 Toward Muzdalifah. 00:00:28.899 --> 00:00:31.030 When he arrived at Muzdalifah. 00:00:31.030 --> 00:00:34.030 He prayed Maghrib and ‘Isha. 00:00:34.030 --> 00:00:37.030 However, our mother ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, 00:00:37.030 --> 00:00:39.030 Did not pray with them. 00:00:39.030 --> 00:00:41.030 Because she had not yet become pure. 00:00:41.030 --> 00:00:44.289 In the last third of the night. 00:00:44.289 --> 00:00:46.289 And after the moon had set. 00:00:46.289 --> 00:00:49.289 The Prophet, peace be upon him, sent off. 00:00:49.289 --> 00:00:52.289 The vulnerable members of his household to Mina. 00:00:52.289 --> 00:00:55.289 Among them were Umm Salamah and Umm Habibah. 00:00:55.289 --> 00:00:59.289 From the Mothers of the Believers, may Allah be pleased with them. 00:00:59.289 --> 00:01:02.320 So the Mother of the Believers, Sawdah, requested. 00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:04.319 To depart with them. 00:01:04.319 --> 00:01:07.319 And he granted her permission, may Allah be pleased with her. 00:01:07.319 --> 00:01:10.540 Our mother ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, said: 00:01:10.540 --> 00:01:13.540 We arrived at Muzdalifah. 00:01:13.540 --> 00:01:16.540 Then Sawdah asked the Prophet, peace be upon him, for permission. 00:01:16.540 --> 00:01:18.540 To depart before him. 00:01:18.540 --> 00:01:20.540 And before the crush of the people. 00:01:20.540 --> 00:01:23.540 She was a slow-moving woman. 00:01:23.540 --> 00:01:25.540 So he granted her permission. 00:01:25.540 --> 00:01:28.540 And she departed before the crush of the people. 00:01:28.540 --> 00:01:31.540 We remained until morning. 00:01:31.540 --> 00:01:33.540 Then we departed when he departed. 00:01:33.540 --> 00:01:38.700 Had I asked the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, for permission. 00:01:38.700 --> 00:01:40.700 Just as Sawdah had asked. 00:01:40.700 --> 00:01:43.700 It would have been dearer to me than anything I could be happy about. 00:01:43.700 --> 00:01:47.280 Sending the vulnerable ahead to Mina. 00:01:47.280 --> 00:01:49.280 In the last third of the night. 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:53.280 Its goal is for them to arrive before the crush of the people. 00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:57.280 The intent is to ease the burden of the crowds upon them. 00:01:57.280 --> 00:02:00.280 So they arrive at Mina before the people. 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:02.280 Then they pray Fajr. 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:07.280 After which they head to the Jamrat al-‘Aqabah al-Kubra to stone it. 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:11.280 As our mother ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, said: 00:02:11.280 --> 00:02:17.280 I wish I had asked the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, for permission. 00:02:17.280 --> 00:02:19.280 Just as Sawdah had asked him. 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:21.280 So that I could pray the morning prayer in Mina. 00:02:21.280 --> 00:02:25.280 And stone the Jamrah before the people arrived. 00:02:25.280 --> 00:02:27.280 It was said to ‘Aishah: 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:30.280 Did Sawdah ask for permission? 00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:32.280 She said: Yes. 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:36.280 She was a heavy, slow-moving woman. 00:02:36.280 --> 00:02:40.280 So she asked the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, for permission. 00:02:40.280 --> 00:02:42.280 And he granted it to her. 00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:45.280 So she prayed Fajr in Mina. 00:02:45.280 --> 00:02:48.280 And stoned the Jamrah before the people arrived. 00:02:48.280 --> 00:02:52.439 This objective is achieved and the vulnerable benefit from it. 00:02:52.439 --> 00:02:57.439 If the pilgrims commit to following the guidance of the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:02:57.439 --> 00:02:59.439 By staying overnight in Muzdalifah. 00:02:59.439 --> 00:03:03.439 And restricting the night departure from it to the vulnerable. 00:03:03.439 --> 00:03:09.500 As for what pilgrims do today by not committing to staying in Muzdalifah. 00:03:09.500 --> 00:03:13.500 And limiting it to praying there and collecting pebbles. 00:03:13.500 --> 00:03:16.500 Then departing directly from there. 00:03:16.500 --> 00:03:20.500 This is a failure to implement the Prophetic guidance in Hajj. 00:03:20.500 --> 00:03:25.500 Which the Prophet, peace be upon him, emphasized by saying: 00:03:25.500 --> 00:03:28.500 "Take your rituals from me." 00:03:28.500 --> 00:03:32.500 Consequently, people crowd during departure and arrival at Mina. 00:03:32.500 --> 00:03:34.500 And during the stoning of the Jamrat. 00:03:34.500 --> 00:03:40.539 This congestion makes us think before we send the vulnerable ahead. 00:03:40.539 --> 00:03:44.539 Will departing with them at night be more difficult than them staying overnight? 00:03:44.539 --> 00:03:49.539 And will this departure truly achieve the intended ease for them? 00:03:49.539 --> 00:03:55.569 From the reality of experience over 36 consecutive Hajj seasons. 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. 00:04:02.569 --> 00:04:08.569 Departing with them from Muzdalifah at night has become more difficult for them than staying overnight. 00:04:08.569 --> 00:04:12.569 Because of this congestion caused by the pilgrims. 00:04:12.569 --> 00:04:18.569 Sending the vulnerable ahead before the crush and congestion of the people is a remaining concession. 00:04:18.569 --> 00:04:20.569 Intended to provide ease. 00:04:20.569 --> 00:04:26.569 It is not mandatory for every woman or every vulnerable person to leave. 00:04:26.569 --> 00:04:31.300 Our mother ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her. 00:04:31.300 --> 00:04:34.300 And steadfastness until death. 00:04:34.300 --> 00:04:38.870 It was the methodology of the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them all. 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. 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. 00:04:53.870 --> 00:04:59.870 The reason for this is that they were committed to fulfilling the hadith: 00:04:59.870 --> 00:05:04.870 "The most beloved of religion to Him is that which its practitioner persists in." 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. 00:05:12.939 --> 00:05:16.939 Even though it was a recommended act of worship. 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. 00:05:23.029 --> 00:05:27.029 Who used to fast one day and break his fast the next. 00:05:27.029 --> 00:05:30.029 When he grew old and weak, he said: 00:05:30.029 --> 00:05:36.029 "Had I accepted the concession of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him. 00:05:36.029 --> 00:05:39.029 It would have been dearer to me than anything else. 00:05:39.029 --> 00:05:45.029 But I parted from him while on a practice I dislike to abandon for another." 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: 00:05:52.670 --> 00:05:58.670 "Had I asked the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, for permission as Sawdah did. 00:05:58.670 --> 00:06:01.670 It would have been dearer to me than anything I could be happy about." 00:06:01.670 --> 00:06:07.699 She persisted in not taking the concession to depart from Muzdalifah before dawn. 00:06:07.699 --> 00:06:12.699 Because she did not do so during the time of the Prophet, peace be upon him. 00:06:12.699 --> 00:06:16.699 Therefore, al-Qasim Ibn Muhammad Ibn Abi Bakr said: 00:06:16.699 --> 00:06:21.699 "‘Aishah would not depart except with the Imam." 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. 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." 00:06:38.699 --> 00:06:44.990 From this, my sister pilgrim, we learn that if a woman performs a good deed. 00:06:44.990 --> 00:06:50.990 She should strive to persist in it as much as she is able. 00:06:50.990 --> 00:06:57.139 When did our mother ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, become pure? 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. 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. 00:07:07.750 --> 00:07:12.750 He set off for Mina to stone the Jamrat al-‘Aqabah al-Kubra. 00:07:12.750 --> 00:07:17.750 When they reached their quarters in Mina and after they had stoned the Jamrah. 00:07:17.750 --> 00:07:22.750 Our mother ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, became pure from her menses. 00:07:22.750 --> 00:07:27.750 She purified herself in preparation for going to Makkah for the Tawaf al-Ifadah. 00:07:27.750 --> 00:07:31.910 Our mother ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her, says: 00:07:31.910 --> 00:07:35.910 "We went out on his Hajj until we arrived at Mina. 00:07:35.910 --> 00:07:40.910 I became pure, then I went out from Mina and performed Tawaf around the House." 00:07:40.910 --> 00:07:43.980 Her purification from menses was in Mina. 00:07:43.980 --> 00:07:47.980 And her ritual bathing (ghusl) was also in Mina. 00:07:47.980 --> 00:07:50.980 As she, may Allah be pleased with her, said: 00:07:50.980 --> 00:07:54.980 "I went out on my Hajj until we descended at Mina. 00:07:54.980 --> 00:07:59.009 I purified myself, then we performed Tawaf around the House." 00:07:59.009 --> 00:08:04.009 This means that the cycle of our mother ‘Aishah, may Allah be pleased with her. 00:08:04.009 --> 00:08:06.009 Was seven days. 00:08:06.009 --> 00:08:08.009 It began on Saturday morning. 00:08:08.009 --> 00:08:11.009 And she became pure on Saturday morning. 00:08:11.009 --> 00:08:14.009 Because the Day of Sacrifice was a Saturday.