The sermon consists of a series of general exhortations for Muslims to follow the teachings that Allah had set forth in the Quran and Muhammad in his Sunnah.
In a hadith included in the Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abi Dawood,[8] and Sunan Ibn Majah,[9] Jabir ibn Abd Allah narrated details of Muhammad's pilgrimage and reported the following words of his sermon: Ja'far b. Muhammad reported on the authority of his father: Sulaiman bin Amr bin Al-Ahwas said: It was narrated that: Al-Jahiz in the Kitāb al-Bayān wa-al-Tabyīn presents the following text of the Farewell Sermon,[13] also mentioned in Musnad of Imam Ahmad (hadith no.19774) as translated and annotated by Nuh Ha Mim Keller:[14] All praise is Allah’s.
Truly, the hereditary distinctions that were pretensions to respect in the Era of Ignorance have been laid aside forever, except for the custodianship of the Kaaba [by Bani ‘Abd al-Dar] and the giving of drink to pilgrims [by al-‘Abbas].
An accidental death from a deliberate injury means a death resulting from [something not usually used or intended as a deadly weapon such as] a stick or a rock, for which the indemnity is one hundred camels: whoever asks for more is a person of the Era of Ignorance.
O people: the Devil has despaired of ever being worshipped in this land of yours, though he is content to be obeyed in other works of yours, that you deem to be of little importance.
Time has verily come full turn, to how it was the day Allah created the heavens and the earth.
If they do, Allah has given you leave to debar them, send them from your beds, or [finally] strike them in a way that does no harm.
Never go back to being unbelievers, smiting each other’s necks, for verily, I have left among you that which if you take it, you will never stray after me: the Book of Allah.
The noblest of you in Allah’s sight is the most godfearing: Arab has no merit over non-Arab other than godfearingness.