SECTION ON THE RITES OF HAJJ · 35 – THE SHADOWING OF THE PERSON IN IHRAM
1834 – It is narrated from Umm al-Husayn (may Allah be pleased with her): During the Farewell Pilgrimage (Ḥajjat al-Wadāʿ), we performed ḥajj together with the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him). I saw that one of Usama or Bilal (may Allah be pleased with them both) was holding the rein of the camel of the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him), and the other was raising his garment to shade him from the sun. This continued until the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him) had stoned the Jamrat al-ʿAqabah. [582]
EXPLANATION
This noble hadith is evidence that there is no objection to a person in ihram (iḥrām, the sacred state for pilgrimage) being shaded while standing, sitting, or on a mount. Only Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Imam Malik considered it disliked (makrūh) for a person in ihram to be shaded while on a mount.