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Rifqa (the travelling company): its recommendation, the duties of companions, the pilgrimage and the rules for women

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Rifqa in the lexicon is companionship; a rifqa is the company that travels with a man. 1 It is recommended to travel with a company and disliked to travel alone. 1 2 The company should be of righteous people and should appoint the best of them as leader; sharing one's food and money is advised only as far as it suits all. 2 The duty of pilgrimage requires a company where the road is dangerous. 2 3 For women the majority require a husband or a mahram to travel with them, while the Malikis allow a trusted company for a duty. 3 4 The company must bury and prepare any dead companion, and a traveller must ask his companions for water for ablution. 4

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The Prophetic Era
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Family, marriage and kinshipSacred space and pilgrimage

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Rifqa in the lexicon is companionship; a rifqa is the company that travels with a man. 1 It is recommended to travel with a company and disliked to travel alone. 1 2 The company should be of righteous people and should appoint the best of them as leader; sharing one's food and money is advised only as far as it suits all. 2 The duty of pilgrimage requires a company where the road is dangerous. 2 3 For women the majority require a husband or a mahram to travel with them, while the Malikis allow a trusted company for a duty. 3 4 The company must bury and prepare any dead companion, and a traveller must ask his companions for water for ablution. 4

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The partition of the Meccan offices between Abd Manaf and Abd al-Dar· The Settlement of Hajar and Ismail at Mecca· The Great Journey· Al-Kadhimiya Mosque (Kazimayn shrine)· al-Qullays (the Yemeni Kaaba)· Zamzam Well· Dar al-Nadwa· Dhu al-Khalasa (the 'Ka'ba of Yemen')

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.8822
  2. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.8823
  3. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.8824
  4. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.8825
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The partition of the Meccan offices between Abd Manaf and Abd al-Dar

After Abd Manaf's death his sons contested with their cousins of Abd al-Dar the offices Qusayy had bequeathed to Abd al-Dar; Quraysh split in two and nearly fought, then settled: the watering and feeding of pilgrims to Abd Manaf, Dar al-Nadwa, the banner and the custody of the Kaaba to Abd al-Dar; the Abd Manaf lot fell to Hashim, then al-Muttalib, then Abd al-Muttalib and his sons down to al-Abbas at the coming of Islam.