The word Hums denotes extremism, including in the matters of religion. (Lisanul- Arab: Hamasa).It denotes being strict and harsh in religion. Quraish highly glorified he Haram and committed themselves not to leave the Haram on the night of Arafah and used to say: "We are the people of Allah and we shall not go out of the sanctuaryof makkah."
Ibn Ishaq said:
I do not know whether it was before or after the Year of the Elephant that Quraish invented the idea of Hums and put it into practice. They said : "We are the sons of Ibrahim (as), the people of the holy sanctuary, the guardians of the House and the citizens of makkah. No one else among Arabs has rights like ours or a position like ours. The Arabs recognize none as they recognize us, so do not attach the same importance to lands outside the Sanctuary., for if you do, the Arabs will lose respect for your sacred position and they will say, "They have given the same importance to the land outside the sanctuary as to the sanctuary." So they gave up stopping at Arafah and the departure therefrom, even though they recognized that these were parts of rituals of the Hajj and the religion of the religion of Ibrahim. They believed that the other Arabs should stop there and depart from there, but they said: "We are the people of the sanctuary and it is not appropriate that we should leave the sanctuary and venerate any other place as we, the Hums, honour it, for the Hums are the people of the sanctuary." They then proceeded to apply the same rules on other Arabs who descended from them, whether they were born within or outside the sanctuary.
Tribes who believed in the Hums along with the Quraish-
Kinanah, Khuza'ah joined Quraish in that. Ibn Hisham said: Abu Ubaisah An-Nahwi told me that Banu 'Aamir ibn Sa'sa'ah ibn Mu'awiyah ibn Bakr ibn Hawazin also joined them in that.
Later many more innovations were added to the Hums. The Holy Prophet (saw) abolished all the innovations and established the true religion of Araham according to the shariyah of Allah.
Ibn Ishaq said:
I do not know whether it was before or after the Year of the Elephant that Quraish invented the idea of Hums and put it into practice. They said : "We are the sons of Ibrahim (as), the people of the holy sanctuary, the guardians of the House and the citizens of makkah. No one else among Arabs has rights like ours or a position like ours. The Arabs recognize none as they recognize us, so do not attach the same importance to lands outside the Sanctuary., for if you do, the Arabs will lose respect for your sacred position and they will say, "They have given the same importance to the land outside the sanctuary as to the sanctuary." So they gave up stopping at Arafah and the departure therefrom, even though they recognized that these were parts of rituals of the Hajj and the religion of the religion of Ibrahim. They believed that the other Arabs should stop there and depart from there, but they said: "We are the people of the sanctuary and it is not appropriate that we should leave the sanctuary and venerate any other place as we, the Hums, honour it, for the Hums are the people of the sanctuary." They then proceeded to apply the same rules on other Arabs who descended from them, whether they were born within or outside the sanctuary.
Tribes who believed in the Hums along with the Quraish-
Kinanah, Khuza'ah joined Quraish in that. Ibn Hisham said: Abu Ubaisah An-Nahwi told me that Banu 'Aamir ibn Sa'sa'ah ibn Mu'awiyah ibn Bakr ibn Hawazin also joined them in that.
Later many more innovations were added to the Hums. The Holy Prophet (saw) abolished all the innovations and established the true religion of Araham according to the shariyah of Allah.
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