Hadith 931

What Has Been Related About Umrah : Is It Required Or Not ?

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Darussalam · Volume 2

7. The Chapters On Hajj From The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ

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Shamela Arabic edition

الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 258

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English translation

931. Jābir narrated that the Prophet ﷺ was asked about whether 'Umrah was obligatory? He said: "No. But if you perform 'Umrah it is more virtuous." (Da'if) Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadith is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ. It is the view of some of the people of knowledge. They said: "Umrah is not obligatory. It has been said that they are two Hajj: The Greater Hajj of the Day of An-Nahr and the Lesser Hajj of 'Umrah. Ash-Shāfi'i said: "Umrah is a Sunnah about which we do not know anyone who permitted leaving it, and there is nothing confirmed about it stating that it is merely voluntary and optional." He said: "It has been reported from the Prophet ﷺ [with a chain] but it is weak, the like of which proof is not established upon. And it has reached us that Ibn 'Abbās considered it obligatory." (Abū 'Eisā said: All of it is the statement of Ash-Shāfi'i).

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٩٣١ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى الصَّنْعَانِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌عُمَرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ، عَنِ ‌الْحَجَّاجِ ، عَنْ ‌مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ ، عَنْ ‌جَابِرٍ «أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سُئِلَ عَنِ الْعُمْرَةِ أَوَاجِبَةٌ هِيَ؟ قَالَ: لَا، وَأَنْ تَعْتَمِرُوا هُوَ أَفْضَلُ». هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ. وَهُوَ قَوْلُ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ؛ قَالُوا: الْعُمْرَةُ لَيْسَتْ بِوَاجِبَةٍ، وَكَانَ يُقَالُ هُمَا حَجَّانِ: الْحَجُّ الْأَكْبَرُ يَوْمُ النَّحْرِ، وَالْحَجُّ الْأَصْغَرُ الْعُمْرَةُ. وَقَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ: الْعُمْرَةُ سُنَّةٌ، لَا نَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا رَخَّصَ فِي تَرْكِهَا، وَلَيْسَ فِيهَا شَيْءٌ ثَابِتٌ بِأَنَّهَا تَطَوُّعٌ، وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِإِسْنَادٍ وَهُوَ ضَعِيفٌ، لَا تَقُومُ بِمِثْلِهِ الْحُجَّةُ، وَقَدْ بَلَغَنَا عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُوجِبُهَا. كُلُّهُ كَلَامُ الشَّافِعِيِّ.

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Hajj and 'Umrah are both obligatory for a person who has the means.