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It Is Permissible To Cancel Hajj And Do ‘Umrah Instead If One Has Not Brought A Hadī

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Darussalam · Volume 3

24. The Book Of The Rites Of Hajj

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الحديث: 2805 ¦ الجزء: 5 ¦ الصفحة: 178

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2807. It was narrated that Jâbir said: "We, the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ, entered Ihrâm for Hajj only, and nothing else. We came to Makkah on the morning of the fourth of Dhul-Hijjah, and the Prophet ﷺ commanded us: 'Exit Ihrâm and make it Umrah.' He heard that we were saying: 'When there are only five days between us and 'Arafat he commands us to exit Ihrâm and we will go out to Mina with our male members dripping with semen (because of recent intimacy with our wives)?' The Prophet ﷺ stood up and addressed us, saying: 'I have heard what you said. I am the most righteous and the most pious of you, and were it not for the Hadî I would have exited Ihrâm. If I had known what I know now, I would not have brought a Hadî.' And 'Alî came from Yemen and he ﷺ said: 'For what did you enter Ihrâm?' He said: 'For that for which the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ entered Ihrâm.' Surâqah bin Mâlik bin Ju'shum said: 'O Messenger of Allâh, do you think that this Umrah of ours is for this year only or for all time?' He said: 'It is for all time.'" (Sahîh)

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2805 - أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، عَنْ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عَطَاءٌ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ: أَهْلَلْنَا أَصْحَابَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالْحَجِّ خَالِصًا لَيْسَ مَعَهُ غَيْرُهُ خَالِصًا وَحْدَهُ، فَقَدِمْنَا مَكَّةَ صَبِيحَةَ رَابِعَةٍ، مَضَتْ مِنْ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ، فَأَمَرَنَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: «أَحِلُّوا، وَاجْعَلُوهَا عُمْرَةً» فَبَلَغَهُ عَنَّا أَنَّا نَقُولُ: لَمَّا لَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ عَرَفَةَ إِلَّا خَمْسٌ، أَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَحِلَّ فَنَرُوحَ إِلَى مِنًى، وَمَذَاكِيرُنَا تَقْطُرُ مِنَ الْمَنِيِّ، فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَخَطَبَنَا، فَقَالَ: «فَقَدْ بَلَغَنِي الَّذِي قُلْتُمْ، وَإِنِّي لَأَبَرُّكُمْ وَأَتْقَاكُمْ، وَلَوْلَا الْهَدْيُ لَحَلَلْتُ، وَلَوِ اسْتَقْبَلْتُ مِنْ أَمْرِي، مَا اسْتَدْبَرْتُ مَا أَهْدَيْتُ» قَالَ: وَقَدِمَ عَلِيٌّ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ فَقَالَ: «بِمَا أَهْلَلْتَ؟» قَالَ بِمَا أَهَلَّ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: «فَأَهْدِ، وَامْكُثْ حَرَامًا كَمَا أَنْتَ قَالَ» وَقَالَ سُرَاقَةُ بْنُ مَالِكِ بْنِ جُعْشُمٍ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَرَأَيْتَ عُمْرَتَنَا هَذِهِ لِعَامِنَا هَذَا أَوْ لِلْأَبَدِ؟ قَالَ: «هِيَ لِلْأَبَدِ»

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1. "Dripping with semen": meaning is it proper to have sexual intercourse so close to Hajj. 2. "Most righteous and most pious of you" means the thing which I do myself and command you to do, abstinence from it is sheer foolishness. Had that been improper, I would not have commanded you to do it.