Regarding A Child Performing Hajj
Darussalam · Volume 2
11. THE BOOK OF THE RITES OF HAJJ AND UMRAHSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 1736 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 142
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1736. Ibn ‘Abbās narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was at Ar-Rawḥā’ when he met a group of riders. He said Salām to them and asked: “Who are you?” They replied: “Muslims,” and asked: “And who are you?” They said: “The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ.” A woman was startled (by the response), and then held on to a child’s arm, took the child out of her riding-tent, and said, “O Messenger of Allāh! Is there Hajj for him?” He replied: “Yes, and you will be rewarded.” (Saḥīḥ)
1736 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ، عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالرَّوْحَاءِ فَلَقِيَ رَكْبًا فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ، قَالَ: «مَنِ الْقَوْمُ؟»، فَقَالُوا: الْمُسْلِمُونَ، فَقَالُوا: فَمَنْ أَنْتُمْ؟، قَالُوا: رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَفَزِعَتِ امْرَأَةٌ فَأَخَذَتْ بِعَضُدِ صَبِيٍّ فَأَخْرَجَتْهُ مِنْ مِحَفَّتِهَا، قَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، هَلْ لِهَذَا حَجٌّ؟ قَالَ: «نَعَمْ، وَلَكِ أَجْرٌ»
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Children accompanying their parents or guardian may also perform the rites of Hajj as much as they can do by themselves, but when they cannot, they may be helped by the elders accompanying them to perform the remaining rites. However, when they grow up and reach the age of adolescence, they will be required to perform Hajj.