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Modesty and Simplicity of Transport
6. The Pilgrim should take a simple riding beast for transport, abstaining from
being carried in a litter unless there is a reason to fear that he could not ride the
animal. There are two considerations here: (a) sparing the camel the pain of
bearing a litter; (b) avoiding an air of ostentatious luxury, the Messenger of Allah,
praise and peace be upon him, made the Pilgrimage on a riding camel, with a
worn saddle and tattered pad, the cost of it being four dirhams. He made the
circumambulation on the camel, so that people could observe his comportment
and conduct. The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said: “Take your
rituals from me.”
They say these camel litters were an innovation introduced by Pilgrims over the
protests of the scholars of the day. Sufyan al-Thawri reports his father as saying:
“En route from Kufa to Qadisiya, bound for Pilgrimage, I caught up with traveling
companions from many lands. All the Pilgrims I saw had beasts of burden,
6. The Pilgrim should take a simple riding beast for transport, abstaining from
being carried in a litter unless there is a reason to fear that he could not ride the
animal. There are two considerations here: (a) sparing the camel the pain of
bearing a litter; (b) avoiding an air of ostentatious luxury, the Messenger of Allah,
praise and peace be upon him, made the Pilgrimage on a riding camel, with a
worn saddle and tattered pad, the cost of it being four dirhams. He made the
circumambulation on the camel, so that people could observe his comportment
and conduct. The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said: “Take your
rituals from me.”
They say these camel litters were an innovation introduced by Pilgrims over the
protests of the scholars of the day. Sufyan al-Thawri reports his father as saying:
“En route from Kufa to Qadisiya, bound for Pilgrimage, I caught up with traveling
companions from many lands. All the Pilgrims I saw had beasts of burden,