IT IS PERMISSIBLE TO ENTER MECCA WITHOUT IHRAM(SAHIH HADITH MUSLIM)
Friday, March 28th, 2008Chapter# 81, Book 7, Number 3145:
Anas b. Malik (Allah be pleased with them) reported that Allah’s Apostle (may peace be upon him) entered Mecca in the Year of Victory with a helmet on his head; and when he took it off, a man came to him and said: Ibn Khatal is hanging on to the curtains of the Ka’ba, whereupon he said: Kill him. Malik (one of the narrators) attested this statement having been made.
Book 7, Number 3146:
Jabir b. ‘Abdullah al-Ansari (Allah be pleased with them) reported that Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) entered Mecca and Qutaiba (another narrator) stated that he entered Mecca in the Year of Victory, wearing a black turban, but not wearing the Ihram.
Book 7, Number 3147:
Jabir b. Abdullah reported that Allah’s Apostle (may peace be upon him) entered on the day of Victory of Mecca wearing a black turban on his head. and she said: In case Allah cures me I will certainly go and observe prayer in Bait al-Maqdis. She recovered and so she made preparations to go out (to that place). She came to Maimuna. the wife of Allah’s Apostle (may peace be upon him). and after greeting her she informed her about it, whereupon she said: Stay here. and eat the provision (which you had made) and observe prayer In the mosque of the Messenger (may peace be upon him). for I heard Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) say: Prayer in it is better than a thousand prayers observed in other mosques except the mosque of the Ka’ba.
Book 7, Number 3148:
Amr b. Huraith reported on the authority of his father that Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) addressed the people (on the day of the Victory of Mecca) with a black turban on his head.
Book 7, Number 3149:
Ja’far b. ‘Amr b. Huraith reported his father as saying: As if I am seeing Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) on the pulpit with a black turban on his head, and its two ends hanging between his shoulders. Abu Bakr (another narrator) did not make mention of:” Upon the pulpit”.