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tabarani:11200 – ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad from my father > Rawḥ b. ʿUbādah > Zakariyyā b. Isḥāq > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] A man came to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and said, "My father is old and cannot perform Hajj. Can I perform Hajj on his behalf?" The Prophet replied, "Yes, have you not considered if your father had a debt and you paid it off on his behalf, would that not be considered as fulfilling his obligation? This is similar to that."  

الطبراني:١١٢٠٠ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ ثنا زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَبِي شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَحُجَّ أَفَأَحُجُّ عَنْهُ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ فَقَضَيْتَ عَنْهُ أَفَلَا يُجْزِئُ عَنْهُ؟ فَإِنَّمَا هَذَا مِثْلُ هَذَا»  

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Dārimī
nasai:5393 – Mujāhid b. Mūsá > Hushaym > Yaḥyá b. Abū Isḥāq > Sulaymān b. Yasār > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās

A man asked the Messenger of Allah [SAW]: "The (command to perform) Hajj has come while my father is an old man and cannot sit firmly in the saddle, and if I tie him, I fear that he may die. Can I perform Hajj on his behalf?" He said: "Do you think that if he owed a debt you would pay it off for him?" He said: "Yes." He said: "Then perform Hajj on behalf of your father."  

النسائي:٥٣٩٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُجَاهِدُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ هُشَيْمٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ إِنَّ أَبِي أَدْرَكَهُ الْحَجُّ وَهُوَ شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ لاَ يَثْبُتُ عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ فَإِنْ شَدَدْتُهُ خَشِيتُ أَنْ يَمُوتَ أَفَأَحُجُّ عَنْهُ قَالَ أَفَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ فَقَضَيْتَهُ أَكَانَ مُجْزِئًا قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَحُجَّ عَنْ أَبِيكَ  

nasai:5396 – Muḥammad b. Maʿmar > Abū ʿĀṣim > Zakariyyā b. Isḥāq > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Abū al-Shaʿthāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

A man came to the Prophet [SAW] and said: "My father is an old man, can I perform Hajj on his behalf?" He said: "Yes. Don't you think that if he owed a debt and you paid it off, that would suffice him?"  

النسائي:٥٣٩٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْمَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي الشَّعْثَاءِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَبِي شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ أَفَأَحُجُّ عَنْهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ فَقَضَيْتَهُ أَكَانَ يُجْزِئُ عَنْهُ  

nasai:2640 – Mujāhid b. Mūsá > Hushaym > Yaḥyá b. Abū Isḥāq > Sulaymān b. Yasār > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās

a man asked the Prophet "The command of ) Hajj has come while my father is an old man and cannot sit firmly in his saddle; if I tie him (to the saddle) I fear that he will die. Can I perform Hajj on his behalf?" He said: "don't you think that if your father owed a debt and you paid it off, that would be good enough?" He said: "Yes." He said: "Then perform Hajj on behalf of your father. "  

النسائي:٢٦٤٠ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُجَاهِدُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ هُشَيْمٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَنَّ أَبِي أَدْرَكَهُ الْحَجُّ وَهُوَ شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ لاَ يَثْبُتُ عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ فَإِنْ شَدَدْتُهُ خَشِيتُ أَنْ يَمُوتَ أَفَأَحُجُّ عَنْهُ قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ فَقَضَيْتَهُ أَكَانَ مُجْزِئًا قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَحُجَّ عَنْ أَبِيكَ  

ahmad:1812 – Hushaym > Yaḥyá b. Abū Isḥāq > Sulaymān b. Yasār > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās or > al-Faḍl b. ʿAbbās

a man asked the Prophet "The command of ) Hajj has come while my father is an old man and cannot sit firmly in his saddle; if I tie him (to the saddle) I fear that he will die. Can I perform Hajj on his behalf?" He said: "don't you think that if your father owed a debt and you paid it off, that would be good enough?" He said: "Yes." He said: "Then perform Hajj on behalf of your father. " (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2640)   

أحمد:١٨١٢ – حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَوْ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أَبِي أَدْرَكَهُ الْإِسْلامُ وَهُوَ شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ لَا يَثْبُتُ عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ أَفَأَحُجُّ عَنْهُ؟ قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ فَقَضَيْتَهُ عَنْهُ أَكَانَ يُجْزِيهِ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَاحْجُجْ عَنْ أَبِيكَ  

darimi:1879 – Ṣāliḥ b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Ibn ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Manṣūr > Mujāhid > a freed slave of Ibn al-Zubayr Yuqāl Lah Yūsuf b. al-Zubayr or al-Zubayr b. Yūsuf > Sawdah b. Zamʿah

[Machine] A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "Indeed, my father is an old man who is unable to perform Hajj." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Have you considered if your father had a debt and you paid it off, would that be accepted from him?" He replied, "Yes." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Indeed, Allah is more merciful to perform Hajj on behalf of your father."  

الدارمي:١٨٧٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا صَالِحُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ هُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ مَوْلَى ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ يُقَالُ لَهُ يُوسُفُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ أَوِ الزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ عَنْ سَوْدَةَ بِنْتِ زَمْعَةَ قَالَتْ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَبِي شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَحُجَّ قَالَ «أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أَبِيكَ دَيْنٌ فَقَضَيْتَهُ عَنْهُ قُبِلَ مِنْهُ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «اللَّهُ أَرْحَمُ حُجَّ عَنْ أَبِيكَ»