When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed through the valley of Usfan during his pilgrimage, he said, "Abu Bakr, which valley is this?"Abu Bakr replied, "It is the valley of Usfan."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Hud and Salih passed through it on red young camels, their bridles made of palm fiber, their lower garments were woolen cloaks and their upper garments were striped wraps, calling out the talbiyah as they made pilgrimage to the Ancient House."
حدثنا وكيع حدثنا زمعة بن صالح عن سلمة بن وهرام عن عكرمة
لما مر رسول الله ﷺ بوادي عسفان حين حج قال يا أبا بكر أي واد هذا قال وادي عسفان قال لقد مر به هود وصالح على بكرات حمر خطمها الليف أزرهم العباء وأرديتهم النمار يلبون يحجون البيت العتيق
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Its chain is daif due to the weakness of Zama bin Salih. Ibn Kathir quoted it in al-Tarikh 1:138, and said, its chain is hasan. This has already come up in the story of Nuh from the narration of Tabarani, where it mentions Nuh, Hud, and Ibrahim, referring to what he mentioned in 1:119, though there it is attributed to Abu Yaala, not Tabarani, and he said afterward, it contains gharabah (an unusual feature). See also 1854.Asfan, with a dammah on the ain and a sukun on the sin, is a watering station along the road between Juhfah and Makkah. Bakarat is the plural of bakrah, with a fathah on the ba and a sukun on the kaf, meaning young camels. Al-hutam, with two dammahs, is the plural of hutamah. An-nimar, with a kasrah on the nun and a light mim, is the plural of nimrah, with a fathah on the nun and a kasrah on the mim, which is the striped wrap worn as a garment by the desert Arabs, as if its name were taken from the color of the leopard.