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Sunan Ibn Majah 2897

Chapter: What (condition) makes Hajj obligatory

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 2897

Narrator:Ibn ‘Abbās

حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْقُرَشِيُّ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ وَأَخْبَرَنِيهِ أَيْضًا، عَنِ ابْنِ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ ‏

"‏ الزَّادُ وَالرَّاحِلَةُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ يَعْنِي قَوْلَهُ ‏‏{‏ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلاً ‏}‏

It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

“Provision and a mount,” meaning, about Allah’s saying: “Whoever can bear the way.” [3:97]

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 2897).

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Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله يَعْنِي قَوْله ( مَنْ اِسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًا ) وَقَدْ جَاءَ الْعَدَد مُخْتَلِفًا فَالظَّاهِر أَنْ يُؤْخَذ بِالْأَقَلِّ وَيُحْمَل الْأَكْثَر عَلَى عَدَم اِعْتِبَار الْمَفْهُوم وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَم.…

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Scholars’ grades

The 4 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH Very weakVery Daif The hadith No. 2897
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 2897
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 2897
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH Very weakVery Daif The hadith No. 2897

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Not graded Hadith qudsi Mishkat al-Masabih 2521

‘All reported God’s messenger as saying, “If anyone possesses enough provision and a riding-beast to take him to God’s House and does not perform the pilgrimage, it does not matter whether he dies a Jew or Christian. That is because God who is blessed and exalted says, 'Pilgrimage to the House is a…

وَعَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " مَنْ مَلَكَ زَادًا وَرَاحِلَةً تُبَلِّغُهُ إِلَى بَيْتِ اللَّهِ وَلَمْ يَحُجَّ فَلَا عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَمُوتَ…

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Good (hasan) Mishkat al-Masabih 2527

He said that a man asked God’s messenger to describe a pilgrim, and he replied, “Unkempt and unperfumed." Another got up and asked which part of the pilgrimage was most excellent, and he replied, “Raising the voice in the talbiya and shedding the blood of sacrificial victims." Another got up and…

وَعَنْهُ قَالَ: سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: مَا الْحَاج؟ فَقَالَ: «الشعث النَّفْل» . فَقَامَ آخَرُ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ الْحَجِّ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ: «الْعَجُّ…

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Differing grades Sunan Ibn Majah 2896

“A man stood up and said to the Prophet (ﷺ): ‘O Messenger of Allah! What makes Hajj obligatory?’ He said: ‘Provision and a mount.’ He said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, what is the (real) Hajj?’ He said: ‘The one with dishevelled hair and no perfume.’ Another (man) stood up and said: ‘O Messenger of…

"‏ الزَّادُ وَالرَّاحِلَةُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَمَا الْحَاجُّ قَالَ ‏"‏ الشَّعِثُ التَّفِلُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَقَامَ آخَرُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا الْحَجُّ قَالَ ‏"‏ الْعَجُّ وَالثَّجُّ ‏"

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Weak Mishkat al-Masabih 2535

Abu Umama reported God’s messenger as saying, “He who is not prevented from performing the pilgrimage by an obvious necessity, a tyrannical ruler, or a disease which confines him at home and dies without having performed the pilgrimage, may die if he wishes as a Jew, or if he wishes as a…

وَعَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ لَمْ يَمْنَعْهُ مِنَ الْحَجِّ حَاجَةٌ ظَاهِرَةٌ أَوْ سُلْطَانٌ جَائِرٌ أَوْ مَرَضٌ حَابِسٌ فَمَاتَ وَلَمْ يَحُجَّ فَلْيَمُتْ…

Narrated by Abu Umāmah + 1 other version

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