The farewell pilgrimage
In the tenth Hijri year the Prophet made his only Hajj, with a hundred thousand people or more.
The Farewell Sermon
On Arafat's mount the Prophet bade the people farewell and set out their faith — in twelve cards.
Arafat
On the ninth of Dhu al-Hijjah he stood on the Mount of Mercy and addressed the people.
The blood
He said: your blood, your wealth and your honour are sacred to you, like this day's sanctity.
Usury ended
He declared the usury of the Jahiliyya abolished, starting with his uncle Abbas's.
Jahiliyya's blood
And the blood of the Jahiliyya is abolished, beginning with the son of Rabi'a ibn al-Harith.
The women
Take care of women — a charge to treat them well.
The Book
I have left among you that which if you hold it you will not stray: God's Book.
Equality
No Arab has merit over a non-Arab, no white over black, except by piety.
The message
People are from Adam and Adam is from dust — you are all equal like a comb's teeth.
Do not return
Do not return after me to disbelief, striking one another's necks.
Completion
That day came down the verse announcing that the faith was completed.
The farewell
He said: perhaps I will not meet you after this year of mine — and it was the Farewell Sermon.
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- The farewell pilgrimage
In the tenth Hijri year the Prophet made his only Hajj, with a hundred thousand people or more. - Arafat
On the ninth of Dhu al-Hijjah he stood on the Mount of Mercy and addressed the people. - The blood
He said: your blood, your wealth and your honour are sacred to you, like this day's sanctity. - Usury ended
He declared the usury of the Jahiliyya abolished, starting with his uncle Abbas's. - Jahiliyya's blood
And the blood of the Jahiliyya is abolished, beginning with the son of Rabi'a ibn al-Harith. - The women
Take care of women — a charge to treat them well. - The Book
I have left among you that which if you hold it you will not stray: God's Book. - Equality
No Arab has merit over a non-Arab, no white over black, except by piety. - The message
People are from Adam and Adam is from dust — you are all equal like a comb's teeth. - Do not return
Do not return after me to disbelief, striking one another's necks. - Completion
That day came down the verse announcing that the faith was completed. - The farewell
He said: perhaps I will not meet you after this year of mine — and it was the Farewell Sermon.