Book 26: The Lesser Pilgrimage (Umrah)
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Abdullah bin Yusuf narrated to us that Malik informed us. He reported from Sumayy, the freed slave of Abu Bakr bin Abdur Rahman. He reported from Abu Salih Samman, Samman from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “One Umrah until the next Umrah is an atonement for the shortcomings that occur between the two, and the reward of an accepted Hajj is nothing but Paradise.”
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Ahmad bin Muhammad narrated to us that Abdullah (bin Mubarak) informed us. Ibn Juraij told us that Ikrimah bin Khalid (Makhzumi) asked Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra) about performing Umrah before Hajj, and he said: There is no harm. Ikrimah said that Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra) told: The Prophet (saw) performed Umrah before performing Hajj. Ibrahim bin Sa'd transmitted from (Muhammad) bin Ishaq: Ikrimah bin Khalid narrated to me that I asked Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra) .... and he related the same. Amr bin Ali narrated to us that Abu Asim told us. Ibn Juraij informed us that Ikrimah bin Khalid said: I asked Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra) .... He too related this same narration.
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Qutaibah narrated to us that Jarir told us. He reported from Mansur, Mansur from Mujahid, that he said: Urwah bin Zubair and I entered the mosque, and we saw Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (ra) sitting near the chamber of Aishah (ra), and some people in the mosque were offering the Ishraq Prayer (Salat). Mujahid said that we asked (Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (ra)) about this Prayer of theirs. He said: It is an innovation (Bid'ah). Then he was asked how many Umrahs the Messenger of Allah (saw) performed. He said: Four. One of them he performed in the month of Rajab. And we disliked contradicting what he said.
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And we heard the sound of Hazrat Aishah, the Mother of the Believers (ra), cleaning her teeth with a Miswak in the chamber, and Urwah said: Mother of the Believers! Do you not hear what Abu Abdur Rahman (ra) is saying? She said: What does he say? Urwah said that he says: The Messenger of Allah (saw) performed four Umrahs. One of them was in the month of Rajab. (Hazrat Aishah (ra)) said: May Allah have mercy on Abu Abdur Rahman. The Holy Prophet (saw) did not perform any Umrah without his being present in it, and he never performed an Umrah in Rajab.
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Abu Asim narrated to us that Ibn Juraij informed us. He said: Ata' told me that it is related from Urwah bin Zubair. He said: I asked Hazrat Aishah (ra), and she said that the Messenger of Allah (saw) did not perform Umrah in Rajab.
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Hassan bin Hassan narrated to us that Hammam told us. It is related from Qatadah that (he said:) I asked Hazrat Anas (ra) how many Umrahs the Prophet (saw) performed. He said: Four. The Umrah of Hudaibiyah, which he performed in Dhul Qa'dah when the idolaters stopped him (saw). That Umrah took place in Dhul Qa'dah of the following year, when he made peace with them. And the Umrah of Ji'ranah, when he distributed the spoils of war. I think these were the spoils of the Battle of Hunain. I said: How many Hajj did he perform? He said: Only one.
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Abul Walid Hisham bin Abdul Malik narrated to us that Hammam told us. It is related from Qatadah. He said: I asked Hazrat Anas (ra), and he said: The Prophet (saw) performed one Umrah when the Quraish turned him back, and one in the following year, the Umrah of Hudaibiyah, and one Umrah in Dhul Qa'dah, and one Umrah together with his Hajj.
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Hudbah (bin Khalid) narrated to us that Hammam told us, and he said: He (saw) performed four Umrahs in Dhul Qa'dah, except the Umrah which he performed together with Hajj: one Umrah of Hudaibiyah, one in the year following it, and one, the Umrah of Ji'ranah, when he distributed the spoils of Hunain. One Umrah together with his Hajj.
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Ahmad bin Uthman narrated to us that Shuraih bin Maslamah told us that Ibrahim bin Yusuf narrated to us. He reported from his father, his father from Abu Ishaq, that he said: I asked Masruq, Ata' and Mujahid, and they said that the Messenger of Allah (saw) performed Umrah in Dhul Qa'dah before performing Hajj. And Abu Ishaq said: I heard Hazrat Bara' bin Azib (ra). He used to say: The Messenger of Allah (saw) performed Umrah twice in Dhul Qa'dah, before he performed Hajj.
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Musaddad narrated to us that Yahya (bin Qattan) told us. He reported from Ibn Juraij, Ibn Juraij from Ata', that he said: I heard Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra). He informed us that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said to a woman of the Ansar (Helpers). Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra) had mentioned her name, but I have forgotten her name. “What prevented you from performing Hajj with us?” She said: We had one camel for carrying water. The father of so-and-so and his son, who is from her husband, and my son rode off on it and left behind only one camel on which we carry water. He (saw) said: “When the month of Ramadan comes, perform Umrah in it, for Umrah in Ramadan is (equal to) Hajj.” Or he said something like that.
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Muhammad bin Salam narrated to us that Abu Mu'awiyah informed us. Hisham told us. He reported from his father (Urwah), he from Hazrat Aishah (ra), that (she said:) We set out with the Messenger of Allah (saw) (from Medina) at a time when the new moon of Dhul Hijjah was about to appear, and he (saw) said to us: “Whoever of you wishes to put on the Ihram for Hajj, let him put on the Ihram (for Hajj), and whoever wishes to put on the Ihram for Umrah, let him put on the Ihram for Umrah. Had I not brought the sacrificial animal, I too would have put on the Ihram only for Umrah.” She used to say that some of us put on the Ihram for Umrah and some for Hajj, and I was among those who had put on the Ihram for Umrah. The Day of Arafat came at a time when I was menstruating. I told the Prophet (saw) of my difficulty, and he said: “Leave the Umrah, undo the hair of your head and comb it. (When the difficulty is over) put on the Ihram for Hajj.” (So I did just that.) And (after the Hajj), on the night when we reached Muhassab, he sent Abdur Rahman (ra) with me to Tan'im. Then (from there) I put on the Ihram for Umrah in place of that Umrah of mine (whose Ihram I had abandoned).
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Ali bin Abdullah narrated to us that Sufyan (bin Uyainah) told us. It is related from Amr (bin Dinar) that he heard Amr bin Aus. Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Abi Bakr (ra) informed him that the Prophet (saw) said to him: “Seat Aishah (ra) behind you (on your mount) and have her perform Umrah from Tan'im.” Sufyan (bin Uyainah) sometimes said: I heard from Amr (bin Dinar), (and sometimes said that) I heard this from Amr (bin Dinar) several times.
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Muhammad bin Muthanna narrated to us that Abdul Wahhab bin Abdul Majid told us. He reported from Habib Mu'allim, Habib from Ata' (bin Abi Rabah), that (he said:) Hazrat Jabir bin Abdullah (ra) narrated to me that the Prophet (saw) and his Companions (ra) put on the Ihram for Hajj, and apart from the Prophet (saw) and Hazrat Talhah (ra) nobody had a sacrificial animal with him. And Hazrat Ali (ra) had come from Yemen, and he had a sacrificial animal with him. He said: I have put on the same Ihram as the Messenger of Allah (saw) has put on. And the Prophet (saw) told the rest of his Companions to turn it (the Hajj) into an Umrah, perform the Tawaf of the House of Allah, then have their hair cut short and come out of the Ihram, except the one who had brought a sacrificial animal with him. The people said: (How can this be) that we go to Mina while fluid is dripping from the organs of one of us? This reached the Prophet (saw), and he (saw) said: “Had I known beforehand what I came to know afterwards, I would not have brought the sacrificial animals, and were it not that I have sacrificial animals with me, I would have come out of the Ihram.” Hazrat Aishah (ra) began to menstruate. She had performed all the rites of Hajj except that she had not performed the Tawaf of the Visit (Tawaf-uz-Ziyarah) of the House of Allah. (Hazrat Jabir (ra)) said: When she became pure from menstruation and had performed the Tawaf of the Visit, she said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! Are you going back having performed Umrah and Hajj, while I will go back having performed only Hajj? Then he told Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Abi Bakr (ra) to go with her to Tan'im. So Hazrat Aishah (ra) performed Umrah after the Hajj in the month of Hajj. And Hazrat Suraqah bin Malik bin Ju'shum (ra) met the Prophet (saw) when he was at Aqabah and was throwing the pebbles (Rami) at that time, and he said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! Is this (command to cancel the Hajj and perform Umrah) only for this time? He said: “No. Rather it is (permitted) forever.”
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Muhammad bin Muthanna narrated to us that Yahya told us. Hisham narrated to us, he said: My father informed me. He said: Hazrat Aishah (ra) informed me, she said: We set out with the Messenger of Allah (saw) at a time when the new moon of Dhul Hijjah had appeared, and the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Whoever wishes to put on the Ihram for Umrah, let him put on the Ihram (for it), and whoever wishes to put on the Ihram for Hajj, let him put on the Ihram (for it), and had I not brought the sacrificial animal, I would have put on the Ihram for Umrah.” Among the Companions were those who put on the Ihram naming Umrah, and also those who put on the Ihram naming Hajj. And I was among those who had put on the Ihram for Umrah. Then I began to menstruate before I entered Mecca. The Day of Arafah came at a time when I was still menstruating. I mentioned (this condition of mine) to the Messenger of Allah (saw), and he (saw) said: “Leave your Umrah, undo your head and comb it, and (he said: when you are pure) put on the Ihram naming Hajj.” So I did just that. (After the Hajj), on the night when we reached Muhassab, he sent Abdur Rahman (ra) with me to Tan'im, and he made (Hazrat Aishah (ra)) ride behind him, and (Hazrat Aishah (ra)) called out Labbaik naming Umrah. This Umrah was in place of that Umrah of hers (which she had to give up). In this way Allah the Exalted completed her Hajj and Umrah, and there was no deficiency in them. Therefore neither a sacrifice had to be offered, nor charity (Sadaqah) given, nor fasts kept.
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Musaddad narrated to us that Yazid bin Zurai' told us. (Abdullah) bin Aun narrated to us. He reported from Qasim bin Muhammad. Also Ibn Aun reported from Ibrahim (Nakha'i), Ibrahim from Aswad, that (Qasim and Aswad) both used to say that Hazrat Aishah (ra) said: O Messenger of Allah (saw)! The people are going back having performed two acts of worship each, and I will go with only one act of worship. Then she was told: Wait, and when you are pure, go to Tan'im. Put on the Ihram (from there). Then come to us at such and such a place. But the point is that the reward is according to the amount you spend and the hardship you bear.
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Abu Nu'aim narrated to us that Aflah bin Humaid told us. He reported from Qasim (bin Muhammad), Qasim from Hazrat Aishah (ra), that she said: We set out in the month of Hajj, having put on the Ihram with the intention of Hajj and observing the manners of Hajj, and we stopped at the place Sarif. Then the Prophet (saw) said to his companions: “Whoever has no sacrificial animal with him and wishes to make it an Umrah, let him do so, and whoever has a sacrificial animal with him should not do so.” And the Prophet (saw) and the men among his companions who had the means had sacrificial animals with them, so their Umrah did not take place. The Prophet (saw) came to me while I was weeping, and he said: “Why are you weeping?” I said: I have heard what you said to your companions. I have been deprived of the Umrah. He said: “Why, what has happened to you?” I said: I do not offer the Prayer (Salat). He said: “There is no harm to you in this. You are one of the daughters of Adam (as). For you is decreed the same as is decreed for them. So keep the intention of Hajj. It is hoped that Allah the Exalted will grant you the Umrah.” Hazrat Aishah (ra) said: I remained in this state until we set out from Mina and stopped at Muhassab. Then he (saw) called Abdur Rahman (ra) and said: “Take your sister outside the Sanctuary (Haram) so that she may call out Labbaik for Umrah and put on the Ihram for Umrah. Then both of you perform the Tawaf of the House of Allah. I will wait for you both right here.” So we came back in the middle of the night. He said: “Have you both finished (the Tawaf)?” I said: Yes. Then he had the departure announced among his Companions, and the people departed, and also those who had performed the Farewell Tawaf (Tawaf-ul-Wada') of the House of Allah before the Morning Prayer. Then he (saw) set off, heading towards Medina.
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Abu Nu'aim narrated to us that Hammam told us that Ata' narrated to us, he said: Safwan bin Ya'la bin Umayyah told me, that is, he narrated from his father, that a man came to the Prophet (saw) while he (saw) was at Ji'ranah, and he was wearing a cloak (Jubbah), and on it there was a trace of perfume. Or he said: a trace of yellow colour. He said: What do you command me to do in my Umrah? Allah the Exalted sent revelation to the Prophet (saw), and he was covered with a cloth. I had longed to see the Prophet (saw) in the state when revelation was descending upon him. Hazrat Umar (ra) said (to me): Come here. Would you be pleased to see Allah the Exalted sending down revelation upon the Prophet (saw)? I said: Yes. Then he lifted the edge of the cloth, and I saw him. He was snoring, and I think he said: as a young camel snores. When the state of revelation was over, he said: “Where is the one who asked about Umrah? Take off your cloak, wash away the trace of perfume and clean it, remove the yellow colour completely, and in your Umrah do just as you do in Hajj.”
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Abdullah bin Yusuf related to us that Malik informed us. He narrated from Hisham bin Urwah, and Hisham from his father, that he said: I said to Hazrat Aishah (ra), the wife of the Prophet (saw), and at that time I was young: “Tell me, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, has said: ‘Surely, As-Safa and Al-Marwah are among the Signs of Allah. It is, therefore, no sin for him who is on pilgrimage to the House, or performs ‘Umrah, to go round the two.’ (Qur’an 2:159) From this I understand that there is no sin on anyone if he does not perform the Tawaf of the two.” Hazrat Aishah (ra) said: “Not at all. If that were meant, as you understand it, the verse would have been: there is no sin on him if he does not perform the Tawaf of the two. (The fact is that) this verse was revealed about the Ansar (Helpers), who used to enter the state of consecration (Ihram) calling out the name of Manat. This Manat was set up opposite Qudaid, and they disliked performing the Tawaf between Safa and Marwah. When Islam came, they asked the Messenger of Allah (saw) about this, and Allah, the Exalted, revealed this verse: ‘Surely, As-Safa and Al-Marwah are among the Signs of Allah. …’ (Qur’an 2:159)” Sufyan and Abu Mu'awiyah, narrating from Hisham, added: Allah did not make complete the Hajj, nor the Umrah, of the person who did not perform the Tawaf between Safa and Marwah.
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Ishaq bin Ibrahim related to us. He narrated from Jarir, Jarir from Isma'il, and Isma'il from Hazrat Abdullah bin Abi Aufa (ra). He said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) performed the Umrah, and we too performed the Umrah with him. When he entered Mecca, he performed the circuit (Tawaf), and we too performed the Tawaf with him; and he came to Safa and Marwah, and we too came there with him. We were shielding him from the people of Mecca, lest someone shoot an arrow at him. Then a companion of mine asked (Hazrat Ibn Abi Aufa (ra)): “Did the Holy Prophet (saw) enter the Kaaba?” He said: “No.”
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Then he said: “Well, tell us what the Holy Prophet (saw) said about Hazrat Khadijah (ra).” (He said:) He (saw) said: “Give Khadijah (ra) the glad tidings of a house in Paradise made of hollow pearls, in which there is neither noise nor any kind of hardship.”
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