It is narrated from Hazrat Salim bin Abdullah bin Umar that Abdul Malik bin Marwan (when he was the caliph) wrote to Hajjaj bin Yusuf (the cruel and bloodthirsty Thaqafi, when he had come to fight against Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zubair, may Allah be pleased with him, and after martyring him had become the ruler of Makkah) that he should not oppose Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, in any matter of the rites of Hajj. Salim said: When the day of Arafah came, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, came as soon as the sun declined, and I was with him, and he called out near the tent of Hajjaj, saying, "Where is Hajjaj?" So Hajjaj came out, wearing a cloak dyed with safflower, and said, "O Abu Abdur Rahman! What is it?" He replied, "If you wish to follow the Sunnah, then come." Hajjaj said, "Now?" He said, "Yes, now." Hajjaj said, "Give me a little time so that I may bathe, then I will come out." Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar, may Allah be pleased with them both, dismounted from his ride, then Hajjaj came out and stood between me and my father, Sayyiduna Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with him. I said to him, "If you wish to follow the Sunnah, then today make the sermon short and perform the prayer quickly." He began to look towards Sayyiduna Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with him, so that he might hear from him. When Sayyiduna Abdullah, may Allah be pleased with him, saw this, he said, "Salim has spoken the truth."