15/57. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1306b — Forgetfulness in Hajj Rites
It is permissible to offer the sacrifice before stoning the Jamrah, or to shave before offering the sacrifice or stoning the Jamrah, or to perform Tawaf before any of them
Hadith About Forgetfulness in Hajj Rites
Sahih Muslim : 1306b
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1306b
وَحَدَّثَنِي حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، حَدَّثَنِي عِيسَى بْنُ طَلْحَةَ التَّيْمِيُّ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ، يَقُولُ وَقَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ فَطَفِقَ نَاسٌ يَسْأَلُونَهُ فَيَقُولُ الْقَائِلُ مِنْهُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ أَشْعُرُ أَنَّ الرَّمْىَ قَبْلَ النَّحْرِ فَنَحَرْتُ قَبْلَ الرَّمْىِ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " فَارْمِ وَلاَ حَرَجَ " . قَالَ وَطَفِقَ آخَرُ يَقُولُ إِنِّي لَمْ أَشْعُرْ أَنَّ النَّحْرَ قَبْلَ الْحَلْقِ فَحَلَقْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَنْحَرَ . فَيَقُولُ " انْحَرْ وَلاَ حَرَجَ " . قَالَ فَمَا سَمِعْتُهُ يُسْأَلُ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنْ أَمْرٍ مِمَّا يَنْسَى الْمَرْءُ وَيَجْهَلُ مِنْ تَقْدِيمِ بَعْضِ الأُمُورِ قَبْلَ بَعْضٍ وَأَشْبَاهِهَا إِلاَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " افْعَلُوا ذَلِكَ وَلاَ حَرَجَ " .
Abdullah bin 'Amr bin Al-'as Narrated from:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) stopped while riding his camel and the people began to ask him. One of the inquirers said: Messenger of Allah, I did not know that pebbles should be thrown before sacrificing the animal, and by mistake I sacrificed the animal before throwing pebbles, whereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: (Now) throw pebbles and there is no harm in it.Then another (person) came saying: I did not know that the animal was to be sacrificed before shaving, but I got myself shaved before sacrificing the animal, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Sacrifice the animal (now) and there is no harm in it. He (the narrator) said: I did not hear that anything was asked on that day (shout a matter) which a person forgot and could not observe the sequence or anything like it either due to forgetfulness or ignorance, but Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said (about that): Do it; there is no harm in it.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1306bIn-book reference : Book 15, Hadith 361USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 7, Hadith 2996
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1306b
This Hadith explains the same Hajj ease with more wording about ignorance and forgetfulness. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم stopped while riding his camel, and people asked him. One person had sacrificed before throwing pebbles because he did not know the order. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم told him to throw and said there was no harm. Another had shaved before sacrificing because he did not know. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم told him to sacrifice and said there was no harm. The narrator adds that he did not hear the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم asked that day about a matter done out of forgetfulness or ignorance in sequence except that he said, “Do it; there is no harm.” This is directly relevant to searches about Hajj mistakes and no harm in Hajj rites.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم gave ease to those who acted out of ignorance or forgetfulness in the rite order.
- Sacrificing before stoning was answered with: throw now, no harm.
- Shaving before sacrificing was answered with: sacrifice now, no harm.
- The narration focuses on sequence mistakes in Hajj rites.
