[Machine] He said, "O Messenger of Allah, indeed my father is elderly and is unable to perform Hajj, Umrah, and Tha'nah." He (the Prophet) said, "Perform Hajj on behalf of your father and perform Umrah." Abu Abdullah Al-Hafiz informed us, Ali ibn Hamshadh informed us, Ahmad ibn Salamah said, "I asked Muslim ibn Hajjaj about this hadith, meaning the hadith of Abu Razin. He said, "I heard Ahmad ibn Hanbal saying, 'I do not know of a more authentic hadith regarding the obligation of Umrah than this one. No one has narrated it more meticulously than Shu'bah.'"  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أَبِي شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ الْحَجَّ وَالْعُمْرَةَ وَلَا الظَّعْنَ قَالَ احْجُجْ عَنْ أَبِيكَ وَاعْتَمِرْ 8757 أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَمْشَاذٍ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ مُسْلِمَ بْنَ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ يَعْنِي حَدِيثَ أَبِي رَزِينٍ هَذَا فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَحْمَدَ بْنَ حَنْبَلٍ يَقُولُ لَا أَعْلَمُ فِي إِيجَابِ الْعُمْرَةِ حَدِيثًا أَجْوَدَ مِنْ هَذَا وَلَا أَصَحَّ مِنْهُ وَلَمْ يُجَوِّدْهُ أَحَدٌ كَمَا جَوَّدَهُ شُعْبَةُ