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Jami' at-TirmidhiThe Book on Hajj

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 959

Chapter: What Has Been Related About Touching The Two Corners

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 959

Narrator:Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ، كَانَ يُزَاحِمُ عَلَى الرُّكْنَيْنِ زِحَامًا مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَفْعَلُهُ ‏.‏ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنَّكَ تُزَاحِمُ عَلَى الرُّكْنَيْنِ زِحَامًا مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُزَاحِمُ عَلَيْهِ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ إِنْ أَفْعَلْ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏

"‏ إِنَّ مَسْحَهُمَا كَفَّارَةٌ لِلْخَطَايَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ ‏"‏ مَنْ طَافَ بِهَذَا الْبَيْتِ أُسْبُوعًا فَأَحْصَاهُ كَانَ كَعِتْقِ رَقَبَةٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ ‏"‏ لاَ يَضَعُ قَدَمًا وَلاَ يَرْفَعُ أُخْرَى إِلاَّ حَطَّ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ بِهَا خَطِيئَةً وَكَتَبَ لَهُ بِهَا حَسَنَةً ‏"

Ibn Ubaid bin Umair narrated from his father:

"Ibn Umar was clinging on the two corners (in a manner that I had not seen any of the Companions of the Prophet doing) so I said: 'O Abu Abdur-Rahman! You are clinging on the two corners in a manner that I have not seen any of the Companions of the Prophet clining.' So he said: 'I do it because I heard the Messenger of Allah saying: "Touching them atones for sins." And I heard him saying: "Whoever performs Tawaf around this House seven times and he keeps track of it, then it is as if he freed a slave." And I heard him saying: "One foot is not put down, nor another raised except that Allah removes a sin from him and records a good merit for him."

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 959).

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Classical commentary

Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( عَنْ اِبْنِ عُبَيْدِ ) بِالتَّصْغِيرِ اِسْمُهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ ثِقَةٌ مِنْ الثَّالِثَةِ ( بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ ) بِالتَّصْغِيرِ أَيْضًا ( عَنْ أَبِيهِ ) عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ يُكَنَّى أَبَا عَاصِمٍ اللَّيْثِيِّ الْحِجَازِيِّ قَاضِي أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ وُلِدَ فِي زَمَنِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَيُقَالُ رَآهُ , وَهُوَ مَعْدُودٌ فِي كِبَارِ التَّابِعِينَ مَاتَ قَبْلَ اِبْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ. قَوْلُهُ : ( أَنَّ اِبْنَ عُمَرَ كَانَ يُزَاحِمُ ) أَيْ يُغَالِبُ النَّاسَ ( عَلَى الرُّكْنَيْنِ ) أَيْ الْحَجَرِ الْأَسْوَدِ وَالرُّكْنِ الْيَمَانِي ( زِحَامًا ) قَالَ الطِّيبِيُّ أَيْ زِحَامًا عَظِيمًا , وَهُوَ يَحْتَمِلُ أَنْ يَكُونَ فِي جَمِيعِ الْأَشْوَاطِ , أَوْ…

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Scholars’ grades

The 4 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 959
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 959
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 959
Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 959

Other versions

Authentic Mishkat al-Masabih 2580

Ibn ‘Umar used to press towards the two corners in a manner I have not seen any of the companions of God’s messenger press. He said, “If I do so, it is because I heard God’s messenger say that stroking them is an atonement for sins; and I heard him say that if anyone goes round this House for a…

وَعَن عُبيدِ بنِ عُمَيرٍ: أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ كَانَ يُزَاحِمُ عَلَى الرُّكْنَيْنِ زِحَامًا مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُزَاحِمُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ: إِنْ أَفْعَلْ…

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Authentic Sunan an-Nasa'i 2919

"O Abu abdur-Rahman, why do I only see you touching these two corners?" He said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'Touching them erases sins.' And I head him say: 'whoever circumambulates seven times, it is like freeing a slave.'"

مَسْحَهُمَا يَحُطَّانِ الْخَطِيئَةَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ ‏"‏ مَنْ طَافَ سَبْعًا فَهُوَ كَعِدْلِ رَقَبَةٍ ‏"

Narrated by Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

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