This is a sub-article to Muhammad after the conquest of Mecca and the Succession to Muhammad.

The Farewell Pilgrimage (Arabic: Hujjat al-wada') was the last and only Hajj pilgrimage the Islamic prophet Muhammad participated in, in 632 CE (10 AH).

  Preparations

Muhammad told his followers that the Angel Gabriel came to him every year to recite the Qur'an with him, but this year he came twice. Muhammad understood this to mean that his time was coming to an end, and thus told his close followers to call all people from various places to join him in his final pilgrimage to Mecca. This occasion marked the first time that Muslims of this number had gathered in one place in the presence of their leader. It has been reported that more than seventy thousand people followed him to Mecca and that on the fourth day of Dhu'l-Hijjah, more than one hundred thousand Muslims had entered Mecca to complete the rites of the Hajj.

  Journey

Since Mecca had embraced Islam, and the Battle of Tabuk had ended, most of the Arabian Peninsula was under Muhammad's leadership, and there was a record high attendance to the pilgrimage.

  Event

It was during this pilgrimage that Muhammad declared the validity of the Mut'ah of Hajj.

  The Farewell Sermon

Muhammad led the pilgrims from Mecca through the Valley of Mina and up to the Mountain of Arafat and then stopped them in the Valley of Uranah. They stood in front of him silently as he sat on his camel and delivered his Farewell Sermon.

  Departure

Shi'a Muslims claim that it was after the Hajj that the events of Ghadir Khumm took place where the hadith of the two weighty things and Hadith of the pond of Khumm were reported. These are a point of controversy among Sunni and Shi'a. According to the latter this is where Muhammad appointed his cousin and son-in-law Ali ibn Abi Talib as Imam and his successor and asked the present Muslims to pledge allegiance to the future Imam.

  Controversy

There is a controversy regarding when verse ^{[Quran 5:67]} was revealed:

O Apostle! deliver what has been revealed to you from your Lord; and if you do it not, then you have not delivered His message, and Allah will protect you from the people; surely Allah will not guide the unbelieving people.

Some Muslims say this verse was revealed during the Farewell Pilgrimage, while some other's opine it was revealed just prior to the Ghadir Khumm events.

  Participants

• Talha ibn Ubayd-Allah ^[1]

  See also

• Islam
• The first pilgrimage

  References

1. ^ www.islam4theworld.com

  External links

Sunni:

• http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/MH_LM/farewell_pilgrimage.htm
• http://ccminc.faithweb.com/iqra/articles/9705farewellpilgrim.html
• http://www.islaam.com/Article.aspx?id=439
• http://www.masmn.org/documents/Books/Safiur_Rahman_Mubarakpuri/Raheeq_Al_Maktoom/709.htm

Shi'a: