It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when Ibrahim (peace be upon him) finished building the House of Allah, he said: "O my Lord, I have finished." Allah said: "Proclaim the Hajj among the people." He said: "O my Lord, how will my voice reach (everyone)?" Allah said: "You proclaim, and conveying it is My responsibility." He asked: "O my Lord, what shall I say?" Allah said: (Say:) "O people, Hajj has been prescribed for you, the Hajj of the Ancient House." So everything between the heavens and the earth heard this call. Do you not see that people come from the farthest corners of the earth, calling out the Talbiyah? The chain of narration of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty named the House of Allah al-Bayt al-Atiq (the Ancient, or Free, House) because Allah kept it free from the domination of tyrants and oppressors, so no tyrant has ever been able to prevail over it." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Bukhari, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning this statement of Allah Almighty: "And the camels (for sacrifice) We have made for you among the symbols of Allah; for you therein is good. So mention the name of Allah upon them when lined up (standing)" [Surah al-Hajj: 36] , that he said: When you intend to slaughter the sacrificial camel (by nahr), make it stand, then say: 'Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar, minka wa lak' (Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest; (O Allah,) this is from You and for You). Then say Bismillah and slaughter it. The narrator says: I asked: "Should I say these same words for the Eid sacrifice (of smaller animals) too?" He said: "Yes, for the Eid sacrifice as well." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zayd bin Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him) that we said: "O Messenger of Allah, what are these sacrifices?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is the Sunnah of your father Ibrahim (peace be upon him)." We said: "What reward is there for us in them?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "For every hair of the animal there is a good deed." We said: "O Messenger of Allah, and what about wool?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "For every hair of wool there is also a good deed." The chain of narration of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever has the means to offer a sacrifice and still does not sacrifice, let him not come near our place of Eid prayer." The chain of narration of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever sells the skin of his sacrificial animal, his sacrifice (its reward) is lost." This hadith is sahih (authentic) like the previous hadith, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning this statement of Allah Almighty: "He has given permission to those who fight, because they were wronged; and indeed, Allah is able to give them victory" [Surah al-Hajj: 39] , that he recited it (in this way) and said: "This is the very first verse revealed concerning fighting (jihad)." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, has Surah al-Hajj been given superiority (over other surahs) by having two prostrations? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, so whoever does not perform these two prostrations, let him not recite them (the verses of prostration)." We have recorded this hadith as musnad (with a connected chain to the Prophet) only through this chain. Abdullah bin Lahi'ah bin Uqbah al-Hadrami is one of the Imams; he has been criticised only because of the confusion of his memory in the last part of his life. And the narration of this (that there are two prostrations in Surah al-Hajj) is authentically established from the statements of Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud, Sayyiduna Abu Musa, Sayyiduna Abu al-Darda' and Sayyiduna Ammar (may Allah be pleased with them).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Tha'labah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he prayed the Fajr prayer with Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), and he performed two prostrations in Surah al-Hajj.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "There are two prostrations in Surah al-Hajj."