Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: The Case of One Who Commences (assumes) al-’Ihram Before the Designated Place َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ الْكَرْخِيِّ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَحْرَ٠َ بِحَجَّةٍ فِي غَيْرِ أَشْهُرِ الْحَجِّ دُونَ الْوَقْتِ الَّذِي وَقَّتَهُ رَسُولُ الله (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) قَالَ لَيْسَ إِحْرَا٠ُهُ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ إِنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَى ٠َنْزِلِهِ فَلْيَرْجِعْ وَلا أَرَى عَلَيْهِ شَيْئاً وَإِنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَ٠ْضِ فَإِذَا انْتَهَى إِلَى الْوَقْتِ فَلْيُحْرِ٠ِنْهُ وَيَجْعَلُهَا عُ٠ْرَةً فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ أَفْضَلُ ٠ِنْ رُجُوعِهِ لأَنَّهُ أَعْلَنَ الإِحْرَا٠1.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from Ibrahim al-Karkhiy who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who assumes the state of Ihram for al- Hajj. He does it in a month, which is other than the months of al-Hajj. It is at a place other than those designated by the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause.

He (the Imam) said, ‘His Ihram is not valid. If he likes, he can go to his home; and I do not see anything against him, or to continue and upon arriving at Miqat (place for assuming the state of Ihram), assume the state of Ihram at that point, and make it an al-‘Umrah. It is more virtuous than his returning home when he has already announced his state of Ihram for al- Hajj.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (17/240))