وَعَنْهُ قَالَ: سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: مَا الْحَاج؟ فَقَالَ: «الشعث النَّفْل». فَقَامَ آخَرُ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ الْحَجِّ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ: «الْعَجُّ وَالثَّجُّ». فَقَامَ آخَرُ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا السَّبِيلُ؟ قَالَ: «زَادٌ وَرَاحِلَةٌ»
He said that a man asked God’s messenger to describe a pilgrim, and he replied, “Unkempt and unperfumed.” Another got up and asked which part of the pilgrimage was most excellent, and he replied, “Raising the voice in the talbiya and shedding the blood of sacrificial victims.”
Another got up and asked the meaning of sabil (This refers to the words translated “those who can afford the journey” in Qur’an 3:97, quoted above in ‘All’s tradition), and he replied, ‘Provisions and a riding-beast.’ It is transmitted in Sharh as-sunna, and.’