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Madinah

632 CE10 AH

The Farewell Pilgrimage

The Prophet ﷺ leads the pilgrimage with a crowd the book puts at 124,000 or 144,000. At ‘Arafah he tells them their blood and property are sacred to one another, abolishes blood feuds and usury from the days of ignorance, tells them to fear Allah in their treatment of women, and says he leaves them the Book of Allah and his Sunnah. The verse “This day I have perfected your religion for you” is revealed.

As the book dates it: set out on a Saturday in the last days of Dhul-Qa’dah, 10 A.H.; ‘Arafah on 9 Dhul-Hijjah

O people! Listen to what I say. I do not know whether I will ever meet you at this place once again after this current year.

The Prophet ﷺ, p. 299

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