The Farewell Hajj

Treat your women nicely as they are bound to you and are incapable of managing many of their affairs themselves.  Hence be conscious of Allah Most High about them, as you have accepted them in the name of Allah Most High and in His name, have they been made lawful to you.

 

O people!  Satan is disappointed from being ever worshipped in this land of yours.  But he is satisfied to be obeyed in those things, which you think are small.  So be cautious of him in your religion.

 

Listen to me! Worship your Sustainer (Rabb).  Offer your five daily Salaat.  Keep your fasts in the month of Ramadan.  Give the Zakaat of your wealth whole-heartedly.  Perform the pilgrimage to the House of your Lord and obey those who command you (your rulers) and you will enter the Jannah of your Lord and Sustainer.

 

Be aware, only the one who commits a crime is responsible for it.  Neither will a son be held accountable for the crime of his father nor will a father be held accountable for the crime of his son.

 

Verily, I have left among you a thing, if you hold fast to it, you will never go astray after me- the Book of Allah Most High (The Holy Quran) and the Sunnah of His Prophet.

 

O people, verily your Lord and Sustainer is one and your ancestor is one.  All of you descend from Prophet Adam (May peace be upon him) and Adam (May peace be upon him) was made from clay.  The most distinguished among you with Allah is the one who is the most pious.  An Arab does not have any superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab over an Arab; neither a white man over a black man nor a black man over a white man except the superiority gained through piety.  Did I convey the message of truth? O Allah! Be a witness.

 

Then the people said: Yes!  He (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: All those who listen to me should pass on my words to others and they to others in turn, as oftentimes, the one to whom the message is passed safe-keeps it more than those who listened to it directly.

 

Sahih Muslim, Vol.1, Page: 397

Jame’ Tirmidhi, Vol. 2, Page: 219

Kanz Ul Ummal, Vol. 3, Page: 22-24

Seerat Ibn Hisham, Vol. 1, Page: 76-77