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(the wife of the Prophet) Safiya bin Huyai, the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ) menstruated during Hajjat-ul-
Wada` The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Is she going to detain us?" I said to him, "She has already come to Mecca
and performed the Tawaf (ul-ifada) around the Ka`ba, O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, " Let her
then proceed on (to Medina).
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 64, Hadith 424
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The Prophet (ﷺ) arrived (at Mecca) in the year of the Conquest (of Mecca) while Usama was riding
behind him on (his she-camel)'. Al-Qaswa.' Bilal and `Uthman bin Talha were accompanying him.
When he made his she-camel kneel down near the Ka`ba, he said to `Uthman, "Get us the key (of the
Ka`ba). He brought the key to him and opened the gate (of the Ka`ba), for him. The Prophet, Usama,
Bilal and `Uthman (bin Talha) entered the Ka`ba and then closed the gate behind them (from inside).
The Prophet (ﷺ) stayed there for a long period and then came out. The people rushed to get in, but I went
in before them and found Bilal standing behind the gate, and I said to him, "Where did the Prophet (ﷺ)
pray?" He said, "He prayed between those two front pillars." The Ka`ba was built on six pillars,
arranged in two rows, and he prayed between the two pillars of the front row leaving the gate of the
Ka`ba at his back and facing (in prayer) the wall which faces one when one enters the Ka`ba. Between
him and that wall (was the distance of about three cubits). But I forgot to ask Bilal about the number
of rak`at the Prophet (ﷺ) had prayed. There was a red piece of marble at the place where he (i.e. the
Prophet) had offered the prayer.
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We were talking about Hajjat-ul-Wada`, while the Prophet (ﷺ) was amongst us. We did not know what
Hajjat-ul-Wada` signified. The Prophet (ﷺ) praised Allah and then mentioned Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal and
described him extensively, saying, "Allah did not send any prophet but that prophet warned his nation
of Al-Masih Ad-Dajjal. Noah and the prophets following him warned (their people) of him. He will
appear amongst you (O Muhammad's followers), and if it happens that some of his qualities may be
hidden from you, but your Lord's State is clear to you and not hidden from you. The Prophet (ﷺ) said it
thrice. Verily, your Lord is not blind in one eye, while he (i.e. Ad-Dajjal) is blind in the right eye
which looks like a grape bulging out (of its cluster). No doubt,! Allah has made your blood and your
properties sacred to one another like the sanctity of this day of yours, in this town of yours, in this
month of yours." The Prophet (ﷺ) added: No doubt! Haven't I conveyed Allah's Message to you? " They
replied, "Yes," The Prophet (ﷺ) said thrice, "O Allah! Be witness for it." The Prophet (ﷺ) added, "Woe to
you!" (or said), "May Allah be merciful to you! Do not become infidels after me (i.e. my death) by
cutting the necks (throats) of one another."