The Farewell Pilgrimage
At the end of the tenth year after the migration to Medina, Muhammad performed his first truly Islamic pilgrimage, thereby teaching his followers the rules governing the various ceremonies of the annual Great Pilgrimage (hajj). On this occasion he uttered the Qur'anic verse:
This day have I perfected your religion for you, completed My favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion. —Qur'an, sura Al-Ma'ida, ayah 3Read more about this topic: Muhammad In Medina
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““... Farewell then,
Until, under a better sky
We may meet expended, for just doing it
Is only an excuse. We need the tether
Of entering each other’s lives, eyes wide apart, crying.””
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)
“The ripest fruit first falls, and so doth he.
His time is spent; our pilgrimage must be.”
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