CHAPTER: IT IS PERMISSIBLE TO ENTER MECCA WITHOUT IHRAM
No. 3145
Anas b. Malik (Allaah be pleased with them) reported that Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) entered Mecca in the Year of Victory with a helmet on his head; and when he took it off, a man came to him and said: Ibn Khatal is hanging on to the curtains of the Ka'ba, whereupon he said: Kill him. Malik (one of the narrators) attested this statement having been made.
No. 3146
Jabir b. 'Abdullah al-Ansari (Allaah be pleased with them) reported that Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) entered Mecca and Qutaiba (another narrator) stated that he entered Mecca in the Year of Victory, wearing a black turban, but not wearing the Ihram.
No. 3147
Jabir b. Abdullah reported that Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) entered on the day of Victory of Mecca wearing a black turban on his head. and she said: In case Allaah cures me I will certainly go and observe prayer in Bait al-Maqdis. She recovered and so she made preparations to go out (to that place). She came to Maimuna. the wife of Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam). and after greeting her she informed her about it, whereupon she said: Stay here. and eat the provision (which you had made) and observe prayer In the mosque of the Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam). for I heard Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) say: Prayer in it is better than a thousand prayers observed in other mosques except the mosque of the Ka'ba.
No. 3148
Amr b. Huraith reported on the authority of his father that Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) addressed the people (on the day of the Victory of Mecca) with a black turban on his head.
No. 3149
Ja'far b. 'Amr b. Huraith reported his father as saying: As if I am seeing Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) on the pulpit with a black turban on his head, and its two ends hanging between his shoulders. Abu Bakr (another narrator) did not make mention of:" Upon the pulpit".