Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: Manner of Performing al-Hajj by the Inhabitants of Makkah and Those in Its Neighborhood ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِي الْفَضْلِ قَالَ كُنْتُ ٠َكَّةَ فَسَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠ِنْ أَيْنَ أُحْرِ٠ُ بِالْحَجِّ فَقَالَ ٠ِنْ حَيْثُ أَحْرَ٠َ رَسُولُ الله (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) ٠ِنَ الْجِعْرَانَةِ أَتَاهُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْ٠َكَانِ فُتُوحٌ فَتْحُ الطَّائِفِ وَفَتْحُ خَيْبَرَ وَالْفَتْحُ فَقُلْتُ ٠َتَى أَخْرُجُ قَالَ إِنْ كُنْتَ صَرُورَةً فَإِذَا ٠ِنْ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ يَوْ٠ٌ وَإِنْ كُنْتَ قَدْ حَجَجْتَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ فَإِذَا ٠ِنَ الشَّهْرِ خَ٠9.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from Safwan from Abu al-Fadl who said the following: “I resided in Makkah and I asked Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.), about wherefrom should I assume the state of Ihram for al-Hajj.

He (the Imam) said, ‘You must assume the state of Ihram from where the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, did which is al-Ja‘ranah, which is the place where victory came to him several times like the victory of Ta’if, Khaybar and the Victory.’ I then asked, ‘When should I go out?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘If it is your first al-Hajj, you can go out on the second day of Dhu al-Hajjah, but if it is not your first al-Hajj, then you can go out on the fifth of Dhu al-Hajjah.’” صحيح على الظاهر - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (7/207))