199 - The Sermon on the Day of ʿArafah While Riding a She-Camel

3008 - Muḥammad ibn Ādam informed us, from Ibn al-Mubārak, from Salamah ibn Nubayṭ, from his father, who said: I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivering the sermon on the Day of ʿArafah atop a red camel.

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This hadith is as will follow, and it is said: he became confused at the end of his life, and the rest of his narrators are trustworthy. ʿAmr ibn ʿAlī: he is Abū Ḥafṣ al-Fallās; Yaḥyā: he is Ibn Saʿīd al-Qaṭṭān; Sufyān: he is al-Thawrī; and Nubayṭ, the Companion in the hadith (father of Salamah): he is Ibn Sharīṭ. It is in *al-Sunan al-Kubrā* under number (3986).

It was also recorded by Aḥmad (18721), (18723), and (18724), and Ibn Mājah (1286) via multiple chains, from Salamah ibn Nubayṭ with this chain of transmission. In Aḥmad's narration (18724), from Salamah ibn Nubayṭ, that his father had met the Prophet ﷺ and was riding behind his father during the Farewell Pilgrimage: he said, "I said, 'O father, show me the Prophet ﷺ…'" And in Aḥmad's narration (18723) there is an addition: he said, Salamah said: My father advised me to pray the pre-dawn prayer. I said, "O father, I cannot manage it." He said, "Then observe the two rakʿahs before the dawn prayer—do not abandon them—and do not become agitated in times of tribulation."

It was also recorded by Abū Dāwūd (1916) via the route of ʿAbd Allāh ibn Dāwūd al-KhuraYBī, from Salamah ibn Nubayṭ, from a man of the tribe, from Nubayṭ ibn Sharīṭ, with the addition of a man between Salamah and his father Nubayṭ, and without his saying "before the prayer."

It was also recorded by Ibn Saʿd in *al-Ṭabaqāt* 8/152, from al-Faḍl ibn Dukayn, from Salamah ibn Nubayṭ, who said: My father or Nuʿaym ibn Abī Hind narrated to me from my father, who said: I performed the pilgrimage with my father and my uncle, and my father said to me: "Do you see that man on the red camel who is delivering the sermon? That is the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."

It has a supporting witness in the hadith of al-ʿAddāʾ ibn Khālid, who said: I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivering the sermon to the people on the Day of ʿArafah atop a camel, standing in the stirrups. It was recorded by Aḥmad (20335) and Abū Dāwūd (1917), and its chain is authentic.

And his saying "before the prayer" is corroborated by what appears in the long hadith of Jābir concerning the pilgrimage, recorded by Muslim (1218), which mentions his ﷺ sermon at ʿArafah, and also includes: then he gave the call to prayer, then he established the prayer and prayed Ẓuhr, then he established the prayer and prayed ʿAṣr…

The hadiths mentioning his ﷺ sermon at ʿArafah are numerous and well-known, and reference may be made to the hadith that follows.

(1) In the margin of (K): "short" (variant reading).
(2) An authentic hadith on the basis of corroborating evidence, though this chain is weak due to its inconsistency, as previously discussed in the hadith before it. Ibn al-Mubārak: he is ʿAbd Allāh, and it is in *al-Sunan al-Kubrā* under number (3985) without his saying "red."