Hajj Ordained by Allah

Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ lived in Medina for ten years and had not performed Hajj in full, although he had performed the Umrah on two previous occasions. The revelation of the verse:

And proclaim to the people the Hajj [pilgrimage]; they will come to you on foot and on every lean camel; they will come from every distant pass (22:27)

caused him to announce that he would go on the Hajj that year. The people of Medina and surrounding towns gathered in the city to accompany the Islamic Prophet during the Hajj rituals. Before his departure, he appointed Abu Dujana Ansari ر as governor of Medina during his own absence. On the 25th of Dhul-Qai’dah, 4 nights before the end of Dhul-Qai’dah (February 632), the Prophet ﷺ left Medina, accompanied by all his wives.