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ahmad:14397Abū Muʿāwiyah > al-Ḥajjāj b. Arṭāh > Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ came across a Bedouin man and he said, "O Messenger of Allah, tell me about performing Umrah, is it obligatory?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "No, but it is better for you to perform Umrah."  

أحمد:١٤٣٩٧حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَرْطَاةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَعْرَابِيٌّ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الْعُمْرَةِ أَوَاجِبَةٌ هِيَ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا وَأَنْ تَعْتَمِرَ خَيْرٌ لَكَ