Bughyat al-Nasik fi Adiyat al-Manasik
- Author died
- 1252 AH
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Bughyat al-Nasik fi Adiyat al-Manasik (The Pilgrim's Desire in the Supplications of the Rites) is a concise treatise on the supplications of the Hajj pilgrimage by the Damascus-based Hanafi jurist Ibn Abidin (d. 1252 AH / 1836 CE).
Background and Sources
Ibn Abidin composed the work upon the request of Muhammad 'Anbar Agha, who had been appointed as an attendant of the Prophet's Mosque in Medina and was setting out to perform the pilgrimage to Mecca. To provide a reliable, compact manual of transmitted and recommended prayers for each station of the pilgrimage, the author compiled the material from three major Hanafi reference works: Fath al-Qadir, Manasik al-'Imadi, and al-Lubab. Ibn Abidin also cross-references this treatise in his major legal commentary, Radd al-Muhtar ala al-Durr al-Mukhtar, when discussing transmitted supplications during the pilgrimage. In biographical and bibliographical literature, it is occasionally recorded under the title Tuhfat al-Nasik fi Adiyat al-Manasik.
Structure and Content
The treatise is organized chronologically following the sequential performance of the Hajj rites:
- Entering Ihram and Entering Mecca: Beginning with the prayers recited upon assuming ihram after two rak'ahs, including the talbiyah and blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ. It provides the supplications for entering al-Masjid al-Haram through Bab al-Salam, catching sight of the Ka'bah, and facing the Black Stone.
- Tawaf and Sa'y: Supplications during circumambulation, including specific prayers when passing the Station of Ibrahim, the Iraqi Corner, the Spout of Mercy (Mizab al-Rahmah), the Levantine Corner, the Yemeni Corner, and the space between the Yemeni Corner and the Black Stone. It details invocations at al-Multazam, after the two rak'ahs of Tawaf, and upon drinking Zamzam water. For Sa'y, it gives the prayers said upon leaving the mosque, ascending and descending al-Safa and al-Marwah, and hastening in the valley bed between the green markers.
- The Days of Hajj: Supplications for departing Mecca on the Day of Tarwiyah (8 Dhu al-Hijjah), entering Mina, and proceeding to Arafat. It records the invocations at Mount 'Arafat (including reciting Surah al-Ikhlas and sending blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ one hundred times each), the prayers at sunset, and the departure (ifadah).
- Muzdalifah and Concluding Rites: The prescribed invocations during the overnight stay at Muzdalifah, casting pebbles at the Jamarat, slaughtering the sacrificial animal, and shaving or trimming the hair. It concludes with prayers for the obligatory Tawaf (Tawaf al-Ifadah), the Farewell Tawaf (Tawaf al-Wada'), and the final supplications at al-Multazam when preparing to journey home.
Publication History
The work has been published in Istanbul (1325 AH) and later in Beirut as part of Ibn Abidin's collected treatises (Majmu'at Rasa'il Ibn 'Abidin).
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