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Rh ignorance placed under my feet (that is, abrogated)? And the blood of the time of ignorance is so placed. And verily the first of our blood shed was the blood of Nádam bin Rabiya binuʾl-Ḥárith. Verily he was brought up amongst the Bani Saʾd, and Hudhail killed him. And the taking of interest in the time of ignorance is abrogated. And the first interest taken amongst us was that taken by ʿAbbás bin ʿAbduʾl-Muṭṭalib, and it is totally abrogated. And fear God in the matter of your wives, for ye have taken them with the protection of God and have made them inviolate by the Word of God. Their duty towards you is (to see) that no one is brought to your bed whom ye despise; and if they do that, then beat them, though not severely. And your duty to them is to give them sustenance and their clothing with kindness. And verily I have left amongst you that by which ye will never stray after (receiving) it, if ye protect yourselves by it, that is the Word of God. And ye will be asked concerning me (on the judgement day). Then what will ye say?" They replied, "We will bear witness that thou hast brought us news and carried out thy commission and given us instruction." Then he said, raising his forefinger towards heaven, and turning it towards the people, "O God, be Thou witness; O God, be Thou witness." This he said three times. After that Bilál gave the call to prayers and repeated the affirmation of the intention to pray. And he prayed the midday prayer. After that he gave the call to prayer and said the afternoon prayer. And he never prayed any prayer between these two. After that he mounted his camel, and came to the place of standing. Then he placed the breast of his camel, Al Qáswah, in the direction of As Ṣakhrat, and placed the Ḥabluʾl-Mashát in front of him and faced the temple of Mecca. And he continued standing until the sun sank in the West and the yellow tints faded away and the sun set. Then he took up Usámah behind him, and returned until he came to Al Muzdalifah, where he prayed the evening prayer and the night prayer with one call to prayer, but with two announcements of the intention to pray. And he did not praise God between the two. After that he lay down upon his side until the morning dawned. Then he prayed the morning prayer when the morning was announced to him by the call to prayer and the announcement