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١٤٣ 143 Concerning the Pilgrimage God imposed the obligation to perform the Pilgrimage on those who are able. The Prophet is quoted as saying that being able includes having provisions and transportation. God’s Emissary also reported about the timing of the Pilgrimage , how one ritually announces one’s approach,221 the applicable practices, what clothing and scents the pilgrim in a ritual state should avoid, and other parts of the Pilgrimage such as ʿArafah, al-Muzdalifah, casting stones,222 shaving the head, circumambulation of the Kaaba, and other things. If the only instance of the practice of God’s Emissary functioning together with God’s Book that one knew about was the one that we just mentioned, in which God’s Emissary instituted practices to explain the meaning of what God revealed in general terms, and if one then correctly understood what I have described about God’s imposition of certain obligatory acts, and His making things lawful and unlawful, and including and excluding certain things, and appointing certain times for certain acts, and leaving other matters unaddressed, then binding authority would be established for him to the effect that the Practice of God’s Emissary, if it occupies that position alongside the obligations imposed by God in His Book once or more, must do so always. One should infer, moreover, that a practice of the Prophet never contradicts the Book of God and that such a practice—though it might concern something for which there is no explicit scriptural prooftext—is binding because of what I have explained, together with my additional discussion of God’s imposition of the obligation to obey His Emissary. One must know that God did not grant this to any creature except His Emissary, and one must always make the opinion and deeds of everyone else subordinate to the Book of God and then to the Practice of His Emissary. One should also know that if an opinion were transmitted from a scholar that in any way contradicted a practice established by God’s Emissary, then if that scholar had known that particular practice of God’s Emissary, he would not have contradicted it and would have moved away from his own opinion in favor of one based on the Prophet’s Practice, God willing. If he did not do that, he would receive no 242 241 ١٤٤ 144 "$&g       ¡    01 ŽžŸ # DE    x I      ›œ _` a  01  j a  QI  Ö    ufƒï‘   JK•uf v w  ¡¢f›œ  I¼ï #‘  Ì    [ z{   $&I J¬de f–ã1    ¡   ù  ú [ [‹Œ  DE ¨K 6¯‡ Oˆý   .  .– 78" defg¬ # DE I   Ä8"DE –à iDE  01 žŸ I J   6“”DE   x y P%Q   I J   6“”DEq1 ١ "$&g     ô  õ s £ W F  C àË L#  L  G I J  L † C WX L#  L  L (Ɛ L àþ¦ F§K C MŸ L# L žŸ L  C _” L  bV L  L  Q L žŸ £  v w [L DE C ! L#  LŽDE F WX L $&G I UVL DE C Só F¡‡ OˆL ã1 LŽ C DE L q  L DE L Y F  78 L  L  P%Q L  R L DE}  [ z{ äå   Ì   L  C´¦L # îQ L žŸ  L # o L¡cR L DE} äå   Ì  DE {£DE FF  7   L  L– [Lšuf L Ÿ L  L (Ɛ L àþ¦ F§K C MŸ L# L žŸ L  C _” L  bV L  L  Q L žŸ F  Z [L §K L•uf L _` a F C  R L DE} äå   Ì  DE {£ W C òþ L ǜ L DE L d±  / G I| C '¥ L#k l m n oR  F  Z [L   DE F # L DE L  C _” L· : L  C Só L¡  L # o L¡cR L DE£ W F  C àË L#  F   L– [Lšuf L Ÿ L  F (Ɛ F ‘ L  $&L g  L     C ST F HI C  îQ Lº8 C WX R  L Ž L #  C Só F¡‡ OˆL #̧ ü  L´L    L 01 L  j a × L à : L " C  R  L L 01 g˜  ל   ¡   DE Y6     ¡¢f›œ  [ z{  Z € iDE #  $&I  Ö  ¿ Å ] ^g c defg¬ #   j a  † d±  I  JK æ   .{ L  F g˜ L Ùuf Cƒ( L¤¥ L  C (Æ  L 6“” L  bV Ž L#  L  F (Ɛ F Luf L  v w L#  ŽDE‡ Oˆ¸ Ž #   Z§ |  '¥   " # I  Ö   5   6“”  bV Ž # def019 :‹Œ  de  fv w #  Ž #   N 2O "DE £  ÉǜDE !@˜   #   I J  †! #  g˜ · iDE  ! 23 4g   h i   I  Ԕ  7    d¢Í Ò 2ª  ô  õ s  g¬$%& v w #  0T  â I J 1   žŸ  $&g   žŸ  Z Ä8 #  ٢g˜ · iDE  ! g˜  ל   ¡   DE Yã1£ 23 401v w ٣ .£ g 1 ufƒïAB‘  Z Ä8 #  g˜ ךuf›œ I Jʤ¥ DE  ! ™  Ì  DE $&g †  Z§   6“”DEDE  p! 9...

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