Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: Al-Akbar and al-Asghar al-Hajj (the Greater and Minor al-Hajj) 3ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَعَلِيِّ بْنِ ٠َّدٍ الْقَاسَانِيِّ جَ٠ِيعاً عَنِ الْقَاسِ٠َّدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْ٠َانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ الْ٠ِنْقَرِيِّ عَنْ فُضَيْلِ بْنِ عِيَاضٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) عَنِ الْحَجِّ الأَكْبَرِ فَإِنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ كَانَ يَقُولُ يَوْ٠ُ عَرَفَةَ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠ِنِينَ (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) الْحَجُّ الأَكْبَرُ يَوْ٠ُ النَّحْرِ وَيَحْتَجُّ بِقَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَسِيحُوا فِي الأَرْضِ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَهِيَ عِشْرُونَ ٠ِنْ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ وَالْ٠ُ وَصَفَرٌ وَشَهْرُ رَبِيعٍ الأَوَّلِ وَعَشْرٌ ٠ِنْ رَبِيعٍ الآخِرِ وَلَوْ كَانَ الْحَجُّ الأَكْبَرُ يَوْ٠َ عَرَفَةَ لَكَانَ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَيَوْ٠3.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father and Ali ibn Muhammad al-Qasaniy all from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad from Sulayman ibn Dawud al-Minqariy from Fudayl ibn ‘Iyad who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah, about the greater al-Hajj because ibn ‘Abbas used to say, ‘It is the day of ‘Arafah.’ Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), has said, ‘The greater al-Hajj is the day of offering sacrifice and he proved it with the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, “You can move in the land during four months.” (9:2 ) This is from the twentieth of the month of Dhu al-Hajj ah through the month of al-Muharram, the month of Safar, the month of Rabi‘ al-Awwal and ten days of the month of Rabi‘ al-Akhir.

Were it (greater al-Hajj) to begin with the day of ‘Arafah, it became four months and one day.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (17/186))