15. Ḥajj (Major Pilgrimage)

١٥۔ كتاب الحج

15.72 Validity of a child's hajj, and the reward of the one who takes him for Hajj

١٥۔٧٢ باب صِحَّةِ حَجِّ الصَّبِيِّ وَأَجْرِ مَنْ حَجَّ بِهِ

The Prophet ﷺ answers a woman that she and her a child both are rewarded for Ḥajj

muslim:1336aAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah And Zuhayr b. Ḥarb And Ibn Abū ʿUmar > Ibn ʿUyaynah > Abū Bakr > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Ibrāhīm b. ʿUqbah > Kurayb a freed slave of Ibn ʿAbbās > Ibn ʿAbbās

Who art thou? He said: (I am) Messengef of Allah. A woman (then) lifted up a boy to him and said: Would this child be credited with having performed the Hajj? Thereupon he said: Yes, and you will have a reward.  

مسلم:١٣٣٦aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ وَابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ جَمِيعًا عَنِ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ مَوْلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَقِيَ رَكْبًا بِالرَّوْحَاءِ فَقَالَ: «مَنِ الْقَوْمُ؟» قَالُوا: الْمُسْلِمُونَ، فَقَالُوا مَنْ أَنْتَ؟ قَالَ: «رَسُولُ اللَّهِ!» فَرَفَعَتْ إِلَيْهِ امْرَأَةٌ صَبِيًّا فَقَالَتْ: أَلِهَذَا حَجٌّ؟ قَالَ: «نَعَمْ، وَلَكِ أَجْرٌ۔»  

Even a child is rewarded for Ḥajj

muslim:1336bAbū Kurayb Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Abū Usāmah > Sufyān > Muḥammad b. ʿUqbah > Kurayb > Ibn ʿAbbās

A woman lifted up her child and said: Messenger of Allah, would the child be credited with having performed the Hajj? Thereupon he said: Yes, and there would be a reward for you.  

مسلم:١٣٣٦bحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

رَفَعَتِ امْرَأَةٌ صَبِيًّا لَهَا فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلِهَذَا حَجٌّ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَلَكِ أَجْرٌ  

Even a child is rewarded for Ḥajj

muslim:1336cMuḥammad b. al-Muthanná > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Ibrāhīm b. ʿUqbah > Kurayb

A woman lifted a child and said: Messenger of Allah, would he be credited with Hajj? He said: Yes. and for you there would be a reward.  

مسلم:١٣٣٦cوَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً رَفَعَتْ صَبِيًّا فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلِهَذَا حَجٌّ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَلَكِ أَجْرٌ  

muslim:1336dIbn al-Muthanná > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Muḥammad b. ʿUqbah > Kurayb

A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas through another chain of transmitters.  

مسلم:١٣٣٦dوَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ كُرَيْبٍ

عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ بِمِثْلِهِ