Chapter 12 of 335 min read

Chapter 12: The Bid`ah invented by Quraish by calling themselves as

الفصل الثاني عشر: البدعة التي أحدثتها قريش بتسميتهم أنفسهم الحُمس

al-Hums 74 "Hums" means: "stubborn and strictly religious". Quraish were so called because they exaggerated in the sanctity of al-Haram (The Sanctuary) and exceeded the limits. And because of this, they made it binding upon themselves not to go to `Arafah (which was outside of the boundaries of al-Haram). They used to say: "We are the people of alHaram and the inhabitants of the House of Allaah." So they would not go to `Arafah, in adherence to this corrupt innovation of theirs, even though they knew well that it was part of the pilgrimage which was enjoined by Ibraaheem عليه السالم. And they used to prevent the pilgrims – those who came for Hajj or `Umrah – from eating except the food that was prepared by Quraish, and they used to prevent them from doing the Tawaaf around the Ka`bah except in the clothes provided by them. So if one of them did not find clothes provided by the Hums, he would do the Tawaaf naked, even if it happened to be a woman. So the woman who did the Tawaaf naked used to place her hand over her private parts and say: "Today some or all of it will appear, and whatever appears I don't make is permissible." Ibn Is-haaq said: They used to do that till Allaah sent Muhammad ﷺ, and revealed to him the Qur’aan, and refuted them in the things that which they innovated, saying: ﴿ َّ ث أ ف يض وا م ن ح ي ث أ ف اض النَّاس و اس تـ غ ف ر وا اللَّـه ۖ َّإ ن اللَّـه غ ف ور رَّح يم﴾ {Then depart from the place whence all the people depart}, meaning: depart from `Arafah from where the majority of the people depart. {and ask Allaah for His Forgiveness. Truly, Allaah is Oft-Forgiving, Most-Merciful.} [Surah al-Baqarah (2): 199] And we (Ibn Katheer) have already mentioned that the Prophet ﷺ used to stay in `Arafah (on the Day of `Arafah with the other pilgrims), even before he received Revelation. This is from the guidance and protection of Allaah for him ﷺ. 74 [TN: The meaning and some narrations were already mentioned in chapter 8, and how they refused to go to `Arafah during Hajj because it was outside the boundaries of al-Haram.]

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And Allaah تعاىل revealed to him the refutation against them and their innovated practice of forbidding the people from eating and wearing clothes. Allaah تعاىل says: ﴿ي ا ب ن آد م خ ذ وا ز ين ت ك م ع ند ِّك ل م س ج د و ك ل وا و اش ر ب وا و ّل ت س ر ف وا ۖ إ نَّه ّل ُُّي ب ال م س ر ف ني * ق ل م ن ح رَّم ز ين ة اللَّـه الَّت أ خ ر ج ل ع ب اد ه و الطَّيِّب ات م ن الرِّز ق﴾ {O Children of Aadam! Take your adornment to every Masjid (by wearing your clean clothes for prayers and while doing Tawaaf around the Ka`bah), and eat and drink but waste not by extravagance; certainly, He (Allaah) likes not Al-Musrifoon (those who waste by extravagance). Say: "Who has forbidden the adornment of Allaah which He has produced for His servants and the good [lawful] things of provision?"} [Surah alA`raaf (7): 31-32] [Shaikh al-Albaanee’s addition] Ibn `Abbaas رضي اهلل عنهما said: ❝Women used to circumambulate the Ka`bah naked, saying: ‘Today some or all of it will appear, and whatever appears I don't make is permissible.’ Then the following Aayah was revealed: {O Children of Aadam! Take your adornment to every Masjid…}❞ 75 Narrated `Urwa: ❝During the Jaahiliyyah (pre-Islamic period of ignorance), the people used to perform Tawaaf of the Ka`bah naked except al-Hums; and the Hums were the Quraish and their offspring. The Hums used to give clothes to the men who would perform the Tawaaf wearing them, and the women (of the Hums) used to give clothes to the women who would perform the Tawaaf wearing them. Those to whom the Hums 75 sahih Muslim (3028-25) and Sunan al-Nasaa’ee (2956) [TN: The command prohibiting the performance of the Tawaaf naked was revealed a year prior to Hajjatul-Wadaa` (the Prophet’s farewell pilgrimage). Narrated Humaid bin `Abdul-Rahmaan: Abu Hurairah رضي اهلل عنه said: ❝In the year prior to the last Hajj of the Prophet ﷺ in which he ﷺ appointed Abu Bakr as the chief of the pilgrims, Abu Bakr رضي اهلل عنه sent me (Abu Hurairah) along with announcers on the Day of Nahr in Mina to announce: "No Mushrik (pagan) shall perform Hajj after this year, and none shall perform the Tawaaf around the Ka`bah in a naked state."❞ Humaid bin `AbdulRahmaan added: "Then Allaah’s Messenger صلى اهلل عليه وسلم sent `Alee bin Abu Taalib رضي اهلل عنه (after Abu Bakr) and ordered him to recite aloud in public Surah al-Bara’ah (Surah al-Tawbah)." Abu Hurairah رضي اهلل عنه added: "So `Alee, along with us, recited Surah al-Bara’ah (loudly) before the people at Mina on the Day of Nahr and announced: ❝ "No pagan shall perform Hajj after this year and none shall perform the Tawaaf around the Ka`bah in a naked state."❞ [sahih al-Bukhaaree (369, 1622, 3177, 4363, 4655, 4656, 4657) and sahih Muslim (1347-435)]]

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did not give clothes would perform Tawaaf around the Ka`bah naked. Most of the people used to go away (disperse) directly from `Arafah but they (al-Hums) used to depart after staying at al-Muzdalifah.❞ `Urwa added: ❝My father narrated that `Aaishah رضي اهلل عنها had said: "The following Aayah was revealed about the Hums: ﴿ َّ ث أ ف يض وا م ن ح ي ث أ ف اض النَّاس﴾ {Then depart from the place whence all the people depart} [Surah al-Baqarah (2): 199]" ❞ `Urwa added: ❝The Quraish and those who embraced their religion used to call themselves as al-Hums. They used to stay at al-Muzdalifah and used to depart from there (to Mina), while the rest of the Arabs used to stay at `Arafah. So they (al-Hums) were sent to `Arafah (by Allaah’s order).❞ 76 [End of Shaikh al-Albaanee’s addition] 76 [sahih al-Bukhaaree (1665, 4520) and sahih Muslim (1219 – 151 & 152)]

Chapter 12 of 335 min read

Chapter 12: The Bid`ah invented by Quraish by calling themselves as

الفصل الثاني عشر: البدعة التي أحدثتها قريش بتسميتهم أنفسهم الحُمس

al-Hums 74 "Hums" means: "stubborn and strictly religious". Quraish were so called because they exaggerated in the sanctity of al-Haram (The Sanctuary) and exceeded the limits. And because of this, they made it binding upon themselves not to go to `Arafah (which was outside of the boundaries of al-Haram). They used to say: "We are the people of alHaram and the inhabitants of the House of Allaah." So they would not go to `Arafah, in adherence to this corrupt innovation of theirs, even though they knew well that it was part of the pilgrimage which was enjoined by Ibraaheem عليه السالم. And they used to prevent the pilgrims – those who came for Hajj or `Umrah – from eating except the food that was prepared by Quraish, and they used to prevent them from doing the Tawaaf around the Ka`bah except in the clothes provided by them. So if one of them did not find clothes provided by the Hums, he would do the Tawaaf naked, even if it happened to be a woman. So the woman who did the Tawaaf naked used to place her hand over her private parts and say: "Today some or all of it will appear, and whatever appears I don't make is permissible." Ibn Is-haaq said: They used to do that till Allaah sent Muhammad ﷺ, and revealed to him the Qur’aan, and refuted them in the things that which they innovated, saying: ﴿ َّ ث أ ف يض وا م ن ح ي ث أ ف اض النَّاس و اس تـ غ ف ر وا اللَّـه ۖ َّإ ن اللَّـه غ ف ور رَّح يم﴾ {Then depart from the place whence all the people depart}, meaning: depart from `Arafah from where the majority of the people depart. {and ask Allaah for His Forgiveness. Truly, Allaah is Oft-Forgiving, Most-Merciful.} [Surah al-Baqarah (2): 199] And we (Ibn Katheer) have already mentioned that the Prophet ﷺ used to stay in `Arafah (on the Day of `Arafah with the other pilgrims), even before he received Revelation. This is from the guidance and protection of Allaah for him ﷺ. 74 [TN: The meaning and some narrations were already mentioned in chapter 8, and how they refused to go to `Arafah during Hajj because it was outside the boundaries of al-Haram.]

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And Allaah تعاىل revealed to him the refutation against them and their innovated practice of forbidding the people from eating and wearing clothes. Allaah تعاىل says: ﴿ي ا ب ن آد م خ ذ وا ز ين ت ك م ع ند ِّك ل م س ج د و ك ل وا و اش ر ب وا و ّل ت س ر ف وا ۖ إ نَّه ّل ُُّي ب ال م س ر ف ني * ق ل م ن ح رَّم ز ين ة اللَّـه الَّت أ خ ر ج ل ع ب اد ه و الطَّيِّب ات م ن الرِّز ق﴾ {O Children of Aadam! Take your adornment to every Masjid (by wearing your clean clothes for prayers and while doing Tawaaf around the Ka`bah), and eat and drink but waste not by extravagance; certainly, He (Allaah) likes not Al-Musrifoon (those who waste by extravagance). Say: "Who has forbidden the adornment of Allaah which He has produced for His servants and the good [lawful] things of provision?"} [Surah alA`raaf (7): 31-32] [Shaikh al-Albaanee’s addition] Ibn `Abbaas رضي اهلل عنهما said: ❝Women used to circumambulate the Ka`bah naked, saying: ‘Today some or all of it will appear, and whatever appears I don't make is permissible.’ Then the following Aayah was revealed: {O Children of Aadam! Take your adornment to every Masjid…}❞ 75 Narrated `Urwa: ❝During the Jaahiliyyah (pre-Islamic period of ignorance), the people used to perform Tawaaf of the Ka`bah naked except al-Hums; and the Hums were the Quraish and their offspring. The Hums used to give clothes to the men who would perform the Tawaaf wearing them, and the women (of the Hums) used to give clothes to the women who would perform the Tawaaf wearing them. Those to whom the Hums 75 sahih Muslim (3028-25) and Sunan al-Nasaa’ee (2956) [TN: The command prohibiting the performance of the Tawaaf naked was revealed a year prior to Hajjatul-Wadaa` (the Prophet’s farewell pilgrimage). Narrated Humaid bin `Abdul-Rahmaan: Abu Hurairah رضي اهلل عنه said: ❝In the year prior to the last Hajj of the Prophet ﷺ in which he ﷺ appointed Abu Bakr as the chief of the pilgrims, Abu Bakr رضي اهلل عنه sent me (Abu Hurairah) along with announcers on the Day of Nahr in Mina to announce: "No Mushrik (pagan) shall perform Hajj after this year, and none shall perform the Tawaaf around the Ka`bah in a naked state."❞ Humaid bin `AbdulRahmaan added: "Then Allaah’s Messenger صلى اهلل عليه وسلم sent `Alee bin Abu Taalib رضي اهلل عنه (after Abu Bakr) and ordered him to recite aloud in public Surah al-Bara’ah (Surah al-Tawbah)." Abu Hurairah رضي اهلل عنه added: "So `Alee, along with us, recited Surah al-Bara’ah (loudly) before the people at Mina on the Day of Nahr and announced: ❝ "No pagan shall perform Hajj after this year and none shall perform the Tawaaf around the Ka`bah in a naked state."❞ [sahih al-Bukhaaree (369, 1622, 3177, 4363, 4655, 4656, 4657) and sahih Muslim (1347-435)]]

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did not give clothes would perform Tawaaf around the Ka`bah naked. Most of the people used to go away (disperse) directly from `Arafah but they (al-Hums) used to depart after staying at al-Muzdalifah.❞ `Urwa added: ❝My father narrated that `Aaishah رضي اهلل عنها had said: "The following Aayah was revealed about the Hums: ﴿ َّ ث أ ف يض وا م ن ح ي ث أ ف اض النَّاس﴾ {Then depart from the place whence all the people depart} [Surah al-Baqarah (2): 199]" ❞ `Urwa added: ❝The Quraish and those who embraced their religion used to call themselves as al-Hums. They used to stay at al-Muzdalifah and used to depart from there (to Mina), while the rest of the Arabs used to stay at `Arafah. So they (al-Hums) were sent to `Arafah (by Allaah’s order).❞ 76 [End of Shaikh al-Albaanee’s addition] 76 [sahih al-Bukhaaree (1665, 4520) and sahih Muslim (1219 – 151 & 152)]