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 134 of the intention to pray. Then he rode Al Qáswah until he came to Al Mashʿaruʾl-Ḥarám, and he faced the temple of Mecca and prayed and repeated the words, "God is great. There is no God but Alláh" and "God is one." And he continued standing until the sky became very red, after which he returned before the sun rose. Then he mounted behind him Al Faḍl bin ʿAbbás until he came to the bottom of the valley Muḥassir. There he hastened a little. Afterwards he took the middle road, which comes out at Al Jamrahuʾl-Kubra, until he came to Al Jamra, which is near a tree. There he threw seven pebbles, similar to the small stone pebbles which he threw in the bottom of the valley, and with each pebble he repeated the words, "God is great." After that he returned to the place of sacrifice and sacrificed sixty-three camels with his own hand. After that he gave what remained to ʿAlí and he sacrificed them. Thus he made ʿAlí a partner in his sacrifice. Then he ordered a small piece from each camel, and they were placed in a cooking vessel and were cooked. And they both ate of their flesh and drank the soup. After that he mounted his camel and hastened to the House (of God), and prayed in Mecca the midday prayer. Then he came to the sons of ʿAbduʾl-Muṭṭalib as they were giving the people to drink of the water of (the well) Zamzam. And he said, "Draw, ye sons of ʿAbduʾl-Muṭṭalib, for had it not been that the people would have gained possession of your right to draw, and would have given this water to drink, verily I would have drawn with you." Then they gave him a bucket, and he drank from it.'—Muslim.

It is related from ʿÁyesha that she said, 'The Prophet of God arrived (at Mecca) on the fourth or fifth night of (the month) Dhuʾl-Hajj, and came in to me, and he was angry, I said to him, "Who has angered thee, O Apostle of God; may God put him in the fire!" He replied, "Dost thou not know that I ordered the people a certain thing, and behold, they hesitate (to do it). If I had known before what I have learned since of my affairs, I would not have brought the sacrifice with me, until I had bought it (in Mecca). Then I would have taken off the pilgrim garb as they have done."'—Muslim.