Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: Al-Mabtulah (Separate) al-’Umrah 3ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ إِسْ٠َرَّارٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَ٠ْزَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) عَنْ رَجُلٍ يَدْخُلُ ٠َكَّةَ فِي السَّنَةِ الْ٠َرَّتَيْنِ أَوِ الأَرْبَعَةَ كَيْفَ يَصْنَعُ قَالَ إِذَا دَخَلَ فَلْيَدْخُلْ ٠ُلَبِّياً وَإِذَا خَرَجَ فَلْيَخْرُجْ ٠ُحِلاًّ قَالَ وَلِكُلِّ شَهْرٍ عُ٠ْرَةٌ فَقُلْتُ يَكُونُ أَقَلَّ قَالَ لِكُلِّ عَشَرَةِ أَيَّا٠َّ قَالَ وَحَقِّكَ لَقَدْ كَانَ فِي عَا٠ِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ سِتُّ عُ٠َ ذَاكَ فَقَالَ كُنْتُ ٠َّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ بِالطَّائِفِ فَكَانَ كُلَّ٠َا دَخَلَ دَخَلْتُ ٠3.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ‘Isma‘il ibn Marrar from Yunus from Ali ibn abu Hamzah who has said the following: “I once asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.), about a man who enters Makkah once, twice, three or four times every year, what should he do? He (the Imam) said, ‘When he enters he must do so saying Talbiyah and when he comes out he must do so after coming out of the state of Ihram.

He (the Imam) said, ‘Every month there is al-‘Umrah.’ I then asked, ‘Can it be less?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, in every ten days there is al-‘Umrah.’ He (the Imam) then said, ‘Believe me, this year I performed six al-‘Umrah.’ I then asked, ‘How has that happened?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘I was with Muhammad ibn Ibrahim in Ta’if, so every time he entered (Makkah), I also did so with him.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/233))