The sermon of the Day of Sacrifice at Mina

On the Day of Sacrifice, 10 Dhu al-Hijja, the Prophet preached at Mina seated on a grey mule with Ali relaying his words, announcing that time had come full circle to the form it had the day God created the heavens and the earth, and declaring blood, wealth and honour inviolable ¹.

The Prophet preached on the Day of Sacrifice when the forenoon had risen, on a grey mule with Ali relaying for him, the people standing and sitting ². In it he said: time has come full circle to the form it had the day God created the heavens and the earth — the year is twelve months, of which four are sacred: three consecutive, Dhu al-Qa'da, Dhu al-Hijja and Muharram, and Rajab of Mudar ³. He asked them: what month is this? What town is this? What day is this? — until they answered: Dhu al-Hijja, the sacred town, the Day of Sacrifice. He said: your blood, your wealth and your honour are inviolable to you like the inviolability of this day, in this town, in this month ⁴. He warned them: you will meet your Lord and He will ask you about your deeds — so do not return after me as misguided people striking one another's necks; then: O God, bear witness — let the present tell the absent, for many a told one grasps more than a hearer ⁵. In one version he said: let no wrongdoer wrong any but himself; and that Satan has despaired of being worshipped in your land forever, but he will be obeyed in deeds of yours you count small ⁵. He also preached on one of the tashriq days, as Sarra' bint Nabhan relates — on the day of the heads ⁵.