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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ الَّذِي وَصَفْنَاهُ أَمْرُ نَدَبٍ، وَإِرْشَادٍ دُونَ حَتْمٍ، وَإِيجَابٍ

ibnhibban:3794Aḥmad b. al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAbd al-Jabbār al-Ṣūfī > Sulaymān b. Muḥammad Abū Dāwud al-Mubārakī > Abū Shihāb > Shuʿbah > Ayyūb > Abū al-ʿĀliyah > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Messenger of Allah came on the fourth day of Dhul-Hijjah having entered Ihram for Hajj. He prayed Subh in Al-Batha and said: 'Whoever wants to make it Umrah, let him do so.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2871)   

ابن حبّان:٣٧٩٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ الصُّوفِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ أَبُو دَاوُدَ الْمُبَارَكِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو شِهَابٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ نُهِلُّ بِالْحَجِّ فَقَدِمَ لِأَرْبَعٍ مِنْ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ الصُّبْحَ بِالْبَطْحَاءِ فَلَمَّا صَلَّى قَالَ «مَنْ شَاءَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَهَا عَمْرَةً فَلْيَجْعَلْهَا»  


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muslim:1240bNaṣr b. ʿAlī al-Jahḍamī from my father > Shuʿbah > Ayyūb > Abū al-ʿĀliyah al-Barrāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ put on Ihigm for Hajj. When four days of Dhu'l-Hijja were over, he led the dawn prayer, and when the prayer was complete, he said: He who wants to change it to Umra may do so.  

مسلم:١٢٤٠bحَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ الْبَرَّاءِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ يَقُولُ أَهَلَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِالْحَجِّ فَقَدِمَ لأَرْبَعٍ مَضَيْنَ مِنْ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ فَصَلَّى الصُّبْحَ وَقَالَ لَمَّا صَلَّى الصُّبْحَ مَنْ شَاءَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَهَا عُمْرَةً فَلْيَجْعَلْهَا عُمْرَةً  

nasai:2871Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá b. Kathīr Abū Ghassān > Shuʿbah > Ayyūb > Abū al-ʿĀliyah al-Barrāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Messenger of Allah came on the fourth day of Dhul-Hijjah having entered Ihram for Hajj. He prayed Subh in Al-Batha and said: 'Whoever wants to make it Umrah, let him do so.'"  

النسائي:٢٨٧١أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ كَثِيرٍ أَبُو غَسَّانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ الْبَرَّاءِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لأَرْبَعٍ مَضَيْنَ مِنْ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ وَقَدْ أَهَلَّ بِالْحَجِّ فَصَلَّى الصُّبْحَ بِالْبَطْحَاءِ وَقَالَ مَنْ شَاءَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَهَا عُمْرَةً فَلْيَفْعَلْ  

ahmad:3509Rawḥ > Shuʿbah > Ayyūb > Abū al-ʿĀliyah al-Barrāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Messenger of Allah came on the fourth day of Dhul-Hijjah having entered Ihram for Hajj. He prayed Subh in Al-Batha and said: 'Whoever wants to make it Umrah, let him do so.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2871)   

أحمد:٣٥٠٩حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ الْبَرَّاءِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَهَلَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالْحَجِّ فَقَدِمَ لِأَرْبَعٍ مَضَيْنَ مِنْ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ فَصَلَّى بِنَا الصُّبْحَ بِالْبَطْحَاءِ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَنْ شَاءَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَهَا عُمْرَةً فَلْيَجْعَلْهَا  

nasai-kubra:3840Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá b. Kathīr al-ʿAnbarī > Shuʿbah > Ayyūb > Abū al-ʿĀliyah al-Barāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Messenger of Allah came on the fourth day of Dhul-Hijjah having entered Ihram for Hajj. He prayed Subh in Al-Batha and said: 'Whoever wants to make it Umrah, let him do so.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2871)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٣٨٤٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ كَثِيرٍ الْعَنْبَرِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ الْبَرَاءِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِأَرْبَعٍ مَضَيْنَ مِنْ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ وَقَدْ أَهَلَّ بِالْحَجِّ فَصَلَّى الصُّبْحَ بِالْبَطْحَاءِ وَقَالَ «مَنْ شَاءَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَهَا عُمْرَةً فَلْيَفْعَلْ»  

bayhaqi:8813Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṣaffār > al-Narsī Aḥmad b. ʿUbaydullāh > Rawḥ b. ʿUbādah > Shuʿbah > Ayyūb > Abū al-ʿĀliyah al-Barāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] He said: "O people, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has said that performing Hajj for four consecutive years is equivalent to performing 'Umrah in terms of reward. So whoever wants to make it an 'Umrah, let them do so.  

البيهقي:٨٨١٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا النَّرْسِيُّ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ ثنا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ الْبَرَاءِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَهَلَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالْحَجِّ فَقَدِمَ لِأَرْبَعٍ مَضَيْنَ مِنْ ذِي الْحَجَّةِ فَصَلَّى بِنَا الصُّبْحَ بِالْبَطْحَاءِ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَنْ شَاءَ أَنْ يَجْعَلَهَا عُمْرَةً فَلْيَجْعَلْهَا  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ رَوْحٍ