Hadith No: 4
Al-Tabari - Tafsir al-Tabari = Jami' al-Bayan 'an Ta'wil Ayae al-Quran - Surah At-Tawbah
Volume: (11) - Page Number: (316/317)
- Ibn Humayd narrated to us, who said: Salamah narrated to us, who said: Muhammad ibn Ishaq narrated to us from Hakim ibn Hakim ibn Ibad ibn Hanif
from Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Husayn ibn Ali, who said: When Surah Barakah (At-Tawbah) was revealed to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny)
, and he had sent Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) to perform the Hajj for the people, it was said to him: O Messenger of Allah, why not send to Abu Bakr? He said: Only a man from my household will carry out my duties. Then he called Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him) and said: Take this scroll from the beginning of Surah Barakah and announce to the people on the Day of Nahr when they have gathered at Mina: No disbeliever will enter Paradise, no polytheist will perform Hajj after this year, and no one will circumambulate the House naked. Whoever has a covenant with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) is bound to its duration.
So Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him) set out on the she-camel of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny), al-Adhbā, until he caught up with Abu Bakr al-Siddiq on the way. When Abu Bakr saw him, he said: Is he an emir or one under command? He said: One under command. Then they both proceeded (may Allah be pleased with them), and Abu Bakr continued to lead the people in Hajj while the Arabs were in that year at their places of worship as they had been in the pre-Islamic era. Until when the Day of Nahr came, Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him) stood up and announced to the people what the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) had commanded him, saying: O people, no soul will enter Paradise except a Muslim one, no polytheist will perform Hajj after this year, and no one will circumambulate the House naked. Whoever has a covenant with the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny) is bound to its duration. Thus, after that year, no polytheist performed Hajj, and no one circumambulated the House naked. Then they returned to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him and his holy progeny), and this was part of the message of Surah Barakah regarding those who were among the polytheists of the people of the general covenant and those bound to the specified term.