hajj

sahi muslim No. 9

This hadeeth comes under the following chapter: PERTAINING TO FAITH IN ALLAAH

It is reported on the authority of Anas b. Malik that he said: We were forbidden that we should ask anything (without the genuine need) from the Prophet. It, therefore, pleased us that an intelligent person from the dwellers of the desert should come and asked him (the Prophet) and we should listen to it. A man from the dwellers of the desert came (to the Prophet) and said: Muhammad, your messenger came to us and told us your assertion that verily Allaah had sent you (as a prophet). He (the Prophet) remarked: He told the truth. He (the bedouin) said: Who created the heaven? He (the Prophet) replied: Allaah. He (the bedouin again) said: Who created the earth? He (the Prophet) replied: Allaah. He (the bedouin again) said: Who raised these mountains and who created in them whatever is created there? He (the Prophet) replied: Allaah. Upon this he (the bedouin) remarked: By Him Who created the heaven and created the earth and raised mountains thereupon, has Allaah (in fact) sent you? He (the Prophet) said: Yes. He (the bedouin) said: Your messenger also told us that five prayers (had been made) obligatory for us during the day and the night. He (the Prophet) remarked: He told you the truth. He (the bedouin) said: By Him Who sent you, is it Allaah Who ordered you about this (i. e. prayers)? He (the Prophet) said: Yes. He (the bedouin) said: Your messenger told us that Zakat had been made obligatory in our riches. He (the Prophet) said. He has told the truth. He (the bedouin) said: By Him Who sent you (as a prophet), is it Allaah Who ordered you about it (Zakat)? He (the Prophet) said: Yes. He (the bedouin) said: Your messenger told us that it had been made obligatory for us to fast every year during the month of Ramadan. He (the Prophet) said: He has told the truth. He (the bedouin) said: By Him Who sent you (as a prophet), is it Allaah Who ordered you about it (the fasts of Ramadan)? He (the Prophet) said: Yes. He (the bedouin) said: Your messenger also told us that pilgrimage (hajj) to the House (of Ka'bah) had been made obligatory for him who is able to undertake the journey to it. He (the Prophet) said: Yes. The narrator said that he (the bedouin) set off (at the conclusion of this answer, but at the time of his departure) remarked: 'By Him Who sent you with the Truth, I would neither make any addition to them nor would I diminish anything out of them. Upon this the Prophet remarked: If he were true (to what he said) he must enter Paradise.

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