Explanation of the Book of Hajj-10a
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The reciter: Furrah ibn Abi al-Mughirah narrated to us, Ali ibn Masihr narrated to us from Hisham ibn Urwah, who said: Urwah said:
The Shaykh : Ignorance, great ignorance. That is, they did not perform tawaf except in clothes from Quraysh, and whoever did not obtain this would perform tawaf naked. But praise be to Allah, they say: they would claim credit. The apparent meaning of "claim credit" is that they gave them [clothes] without compensation. Yes, that is correct.
The reciter: "The majority of the people would depart from 'Arafah, while al-Hams would depart from Muzdalifah. He said: And my father informed me from A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that this verse was revealed regarding al-Hams[Al-Baqarah 2:199] He said: They used to depart from Muzdalifah, so they were directed to 'Arafah."
The people used to perform tawaf in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance naked, except for al-Hams. Al-Hams were Quraysh and those whom they had given birth to. Al-Hams would claim credit with the people; a man would give a man clothes to perform tawaf in, and a woman would give a woman clothes to perform tawaf in. Whoever al-Hams did not give clothes to would perform tawaf around the House naked.
كان الناس يطوفون في الجاهلية عراةً إلا الحمس والحمس قريش وما ولدت وكانت الحمس يحتسبون على الناس يعطي الرجل الرجل الثياب يطوف فيها وتعطي المرأة المرأة الثياب تطوف فيها فمن لم يعطه الحمس طاف بالبيت عرياناًThe Shaykh : Ignorance, great ignorance. That is, they did not perform tawaf except in clothes from Quraysh, and whoever did not obtain this would perform tawaf naked. But praise be to Allah, they say: they would claim credit. The apparent meaning of "claim credit" is that they gave them [clothes] without compensation. Yes, that is correct.
The reciter: "The majority of the people would depart from 'Arafah, while al-Hams would depart from Muzdalifah. He said: And my father informed me from A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that this verse was revealed regarding al-Hams