Farewell Sermon

The Farewell Sermon (Template:Langx, Khuṭbatu l-Wadāʿ ) also known as Muhammad's Final Sermon or the Last Sermon, is a religious speech, delivered by the Islamic prophet Muhammad on Friday the 9th of Dhu al-Hijjah, 10 AH (6 March 632<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>) in the Uranah valley of Mount Arafat, during the Islamic pilgrimage of Hajj. Muhammad al-Bukhari refers to the sermon and quotes part of it in his Sahih al-Bukhari.<ref> Template:Cite web</ref><ref> Template:Cite web</ref><ref> Template:Cite web</ref> Part of it is also present in Sahih Muslim<ref> Template:Cite web</ref> and Sunan Abu Dawood.<ref> Template:Cite web</ref> Verse Template:Cite quran, "Today I have perfected for you your religion," is believed to have been recited during the address as the capstone verse of the Quran.<ref name="Brown-2011">Template:Cite book</ref> Various versions of the sermon have been published, including several English translations. The sermon consists of a series of general exhortations for Muslims to follow the teachings that Allah had set forth in the Quran and Muhammad in his Sunnah. Template:Muhammad

Narrations in hadith literature

In a hadith included in the Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abi Dawood,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Sunan Ibn Majah,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Jabir ibn Abd Allah narrated details of Muhammad's pilgrimage and reported the following words of his sermon:

Al-Jahiz in the Kitāb al-Bayān wa-al-Tabyīn presents the following text of the Farewell Sermon,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> also mentioned in Musnad of Imam Ahmad (hadith no.19774) as translated and annotated by Nuh Ha Mim Keller:<ref name="Keller2001"/>