[7] Some frequently searched issues...

[7] Some frequently searched issues: Jamarah (pelting stones) is from the Sunnah, see Appendix II. Salat: In both Harams (Makkah and Madina) salat is offered complete ( not Qasr ) , but Salat elsewhere including Arafah is Qasr (reduced) see Appendix III. Introduction: Hajj and Umrah rituals found in Ahadith of Ahl Al-Bayt -asws are included in the article. An attempt has been made to focus on the issue related to present-day living and prevailed social norms and practices.

NB: For the brevity of the article, Arabic text is not included for well-known Ahadith. Hajj and Umrah are Obligatory for those who have the means: Hajj is obligatory on those who can ‘afford’ it (that which is involved in performing Hajj) and affordability is that a Muslim is in good health and has enough resources to bear Hajj expenses as well as leave enough for his dependents’ sustenance and his Hajj route is safe and risk free.

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ قَالَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) بِمَسَائِلَ بَعْضُهَا مَعَ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ وَ بَعْضُهَا مَعَ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ فَجَاءَ الْجَوَابُ بِإِمْلَائِهِ سَأَلْتَ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ لِلَّهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ حِجُّ الْبَيْتِ مَنِ اسْتَطاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًا يَعْنِي بِهِ الْحَجَّ وَ الْعُمْرَةَ جَمِيعاً لِأَنَّهُمَا مَفْرُوضَانِ Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Umar Bin Azina who said, ‘I wrote to Abu Abdullah -asws with some questions, some of them with Ibn Bukeyrs, and some of them with Abu Al-Abbas.

So the answer came with his -asws dictation: ‘You asked about the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic [3:97] and Pilgrimage to the House is incumbent upon the people for the Sake of Allah, (upon) everyone who is able to undertake the journey to it – it Means by it the Hajj and the Umrah together, because both of these are necessities’.

وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ أَتِمُّوا الْحَجَّ وَ الْعُمْرَةَ لِلَّهِ قَالَ يَعْنِي بِتَمَامِهِمَا أَدَاءَهُمَا وَ اتِّقَاءَ مَا يَتَّقِي الْمُحْرِمُ فِيهِمَا And I asked him -asws about the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic [2:196] And complete the Hajj and the Umrah for Allah . He -asws said: ‘It Means by ‘completing’, the fulfilling of them, and abstaining from what the one in Ihram abstains from during these two’.

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