﴿ ثُمَّ أَفِيضُوا۟ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَفَاضَ ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ ﴾

“and surge onward together with the multitude of all the other people who surge onward, and ask God to forgive you your sins: for, verily, God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.”

(Then hasten onward from the place whence the multitude hasteneth onward) [2:199]. Al-Tamimi informed through the chain of transmission mentioned above from Yahya ibn Hisham ibn �Urwa> his father> �A�ishah that she said: �The Arabs used to hasten onward from �Arafat while the Quraysh and those who followed their religion used to hasten onward from Jam� in the Sacred Precinct. Allah, exalted is He, then revealed (Then hasten onward from the place whence the multitude hasteneth onward)�. Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ja�far al-Muzakki informed us> Muhammad ibn �Abd Allah ibn Zakariyya> Muhammad ibn �Abd al-Rahman al-Sarkhasi> Abu Bakr ibn Khaythamah> Hamid ibn Yahya> Sufyan ibn �Uyaynah> �Amr ibn Dinar> Muhammad ibn Jubayr ibn Mut�im> his father that he said: �I lost one of my camels on the day of �Arafah and I went to look for it when I saw the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, standing with people at �Arafah. I said: �He is from the Hums, what is he doing here?� Abu Sufyan said: �the Ahmas [sing of Hums] is someone who is very strict about and observant of his religion�. This is because the Quraysh used to be called the Hums but the devil led them astray by whispering to them: �If you exalt other than your Sacred Precinct, other people will belittle your Sacred Precinct�. And so they did not hasten onward from the Sacred Precinct but rather stand at al-Muzdalifah. Upon the advent of Islam, Allah, glorious and majestic is He, revealed: (Then hasten onward from the place whence the multitude hasteneth onward), i.e. from �Arafah. This was narrated by Muslim> �Amr al-Naqid> Ibn �Uyaynah.