The Farewell Hajj

Sermon of the Farewell Haj

 

All praise is for Allah Most High.  We Praise Him.  We seek His pardon and His help and we turn to Him.  We take refuge with Allah Most High from the evils of our selves (Nafs) and the severe consequences of our actions.  There is none to lead astray whom Allah Most High guides and there is none to guide whom Allah Most High misguides.  I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah Most High.  He is One without any partners.  I bear witness that Hadhrat Muhammad (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) is His servant and His Messenger.

 

I exhort you, servants of Allah Most High, to be conscious of Allah Most High and I urge you to obey Him.

 

O people listen to me! I deliver a message to you for I do not know whether I shall ever get an opportunity to meet you after this in this place.

 

O people, indeed your lives, your properties and your honor are sacred and inviolable to you until you meet your Lord (i.e. forever), like the sanctity, which you have, for this day, this month and this city.  Have I conveyed the message?  O Lord be the witness!

 

Thus, he who has any trust to discharge should restore it to the person who deposited it with him.

 

Lo! All interest-based transactions of the days of ignorance (the period before Islam) are declared null and void, but your principal amount belongs to you.  Neither oppresses others nor be oppressed.  Allah Most High has forbidden you to take any interest (usury) and all obligations in this regard are henceforth waived.  To begin with, I cancel all interest due to my uncle Abbas Bin Abdul Muttalib.

 

Lo!  There will be no revenge-killings for the bloodshed of the days of ignorance (before Islam).  First, I forgive those who murdered my cousin A’amir Bin Rab‘eea Bin Harith Bin Abdul Muttalib.

 

Lo! All customs and designations of Pre-Islamic days stand abolished except that of the maintenance of Holy Ka’aba and the duty of supplying water to the pilgrims of the House of Allah Most High.

 

Deliberate murder will be punished with execution.  A quasi-deliberate murder (like with a club, stick or stone) invokes a blood-money of a hundred camels.  Any one demanding more than that wl be considered to be from among the ignorant (Pre-Islamic period).

 

O people, Allah Most High has granted the (appropriate) rights to every one deserving, therefore no other testament (which goes against the laws of inheritance) will be considered valid for any heir.

 

The husband of the mother will be considered the child's father.  Adultery when proved is punishable with stoning.  Their judging will be done by Allah Most High.