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مَا رَوَى عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ سَوْدَةَ

tabarani:20567ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAbd al-Ṣamad al-ʿAmmī > Manṣūr b. al-Muʿtamir > Mujāhid > Yūsuf b. al-Zubayr > Ibn al-Zubayr > Sawdah > a man

[Machine] "O Messenger of Allah, my father is an old man who is unable to perform Hajj. Should I perform Hajj on his behalf?" So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Have you ever considered if your father had a debt and you paid it off, would it fulfill his obligation?" He replied, "Yes." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Then perform Hajj on his behalf."  

الطبراني:٢٠٥٦٧حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ الْعَمِّيُّ ثنا مَنْصُورُ بْنُ الْمُعْتَمِرِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنِ ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ سَوْدَةَ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ

يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَبِي شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ الْحَجَّ أَفَأَحُجُّ عَنْهُ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أَبِيكَ دَيْنٌ فَقَضَيْتَهُ أَكَانَ يُجْزِئُ عَنْهُ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «حُجَّ عَنْهُ»  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Suyūṭī
nasai:5393Mujāhid 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:٥٣٩٣أَخْبَرَنَا 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:5396Muḥammad 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:٥٣٩٦أَخْبَرَنَا 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:2640Mujāhid 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:٢٦٤٠أَخْبَرَنَا 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:1812Hushaym > 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:١٨١٢حَدَّثَنَا 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  

ahmad:16125Jarīr > Manṣūr > Mujāhid > Yūsuf b. al-Zubayr > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Zubayr

"A man from Khath'am came to the Messenger of Allah and said: 'My father is an old man who cannot ride, and the command of Allah to perform Hajj has come. Will it be good enough if I perform Hajj on his behalf?' He said: 'Are you the oldest of his children?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Don't you think that if he owed a debt you would pay it off?, He' said: 'Yes.' He said: 'then perform Hajj on his behalf.'''(Daif) (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2638)   

أحمد:١٦١٢٥حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ خَثْعَمٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَبِي أَدْرَكَهُ الْإِسْلَامُ وَهُوَ شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ رُكُوبَ الرَّحْلِ وَالْحَجُّ مَكْتُوبٌ عَلَيْهِ أَفَأَحُجُّ عَنْهُ؟ قَالَ أَنْتَ أَكْبَرُ وَلَدِهِ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أَبِيكَ دَيْنٌ فَقَضَيْتَهُ عَنْهُ أَكَانَ ذَلِكَ يُجْزِئُ عَنْهُ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَاحْجُجْ عَنْهُ  

ahmad:27417ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAbd al-Ṣamad al-ʿAmmī Abū ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Manṣūr > Mujāhid > a freed slave of Liāb. al-Zubayr Yuqāl Lah Yūsuf b. al-Zubayr or al-Zubayr b. Yūsuf > Ibn al-Zubayr > Sawdah b. Zamʿah

[Machine] A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "Indeed, my father is an old man who is unable to perform Hajj." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Have you ever thought about paying off any of your father's debts? If you did, wouldn't it be accepted from you?" The man replied, "Yes." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said, "Verily, Allah is more merciful in fulfilling the duty of Hajj on behalf of your father."  

أحمد:٢٧٤١٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ الْعَمِّيُّ أَبُو عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورٌ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ مَوْلًى لِابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ يُقَالُ لَهُ يُوسُفُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ أَوِ الزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ عَنِ ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ سَوْدَةَ بِنْتِ زَمْعَةَ قَالَتْ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَبِي شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَحُجَّ قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَكَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أَبِيكَ دَيْنٌ فَقَضَيْتَهُ عَنْهُ قُبِلَ مِنْكَ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ ﷺ فَاللهُ أَرْحَمُ حُجَّ عَنْ أَبِيكَ  

darimi:1878Muḥammad b. Ḥumayd > Jarīr > Manṣūr > Mujāhid > Yūsuf b. al-Zubayr a freed slave of Liāl al-Zzubayr > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Zubayr

"A man from Khath'am came to the Messenger of Allah and said: 'My father is an old man who cannot ride, and the command of Allah to perform Hajj has come. Will it be good enough if I perform Hajj on his behalf?' He said: 'Are you the oldest of his children?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Don't you think that if he owed a debt you would pay it off?, He' said: 'Yes.' He said: 'then perform Hajj on his behalf.'''(Daif) (Using translation from Nasāʾī 2638)   

الدارمي:١٨٧٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ مَوْلًى لِآلِ الْزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ خَثْعَمَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَبِي أَدْرَكَهُ الْإِسْلَامُ وَهُوَ شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ رُكُوبَ الرَّحْلِ وَالْحَجُّ مَكْتُوبٌ عَلَيْهِ أَفَأَحُجُّ عَنْهُ؟ قَالَ «أَنْتَ أَكْبَرُ وَلَدِهِ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أَبِيكَ دَيْنٌ فَقَضَيْتَهُ عَنْهُ أَكَانَ ذَلِكَ يُجْزِئُ عَنْهُ؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَاحْجُجْ عَنْهُ»  

darimi:1879Ṣāliḥ 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:١٨٧٩أَخْبَرَنَا 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»  

ذِكْرُ تَمْثِيلِ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ الْحَجِّ عَلَى مَنْ وَجَبَتْ عَلَيْهِ بِالدَّيْنِ إِذَا كَانَ عَلَيْهِ

ibnhibban:3990al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Ibrāhīm b. al-Ḥajjāj al-Sāmī > Ḥammād b. Salamah > Yaḥyá b. Abū Isḥāq > a man Saʾal Sulaymān b. Yasār > Āmraʾah Arādat > Taʿtiq from her mother > Sulaymān > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās

[Machine] A man asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ : "O Messenger of Allah, my father embraced Islam when he was old and weak. If I were to take him on a journey, I fear that I would end up causing his death. And if I don't take him, he won't be able to perform the obligations of Hajj. Should I perform Hajj on his behalf?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "Have you ever thought if your father had a debt, would you pay it off for him?" The man replied, "Yes." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said, "Then perform Hajj on his behalf."  

ابن حبّان:٣٩٩٠أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ السَّامِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ أَنْ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ يَسَارٍ عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ أَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَعْتِقَ عَنْ أُمِّهَا قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنْ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَبِي دَخَلٍ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ وَهُوَ شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ فَإِنْ أَنَا شَدَدْتُهُ عَلَى رَاحِلَتِي خَشِيتُ أَنْ أَقْتُلَهُ وَإِنْ لَمْ أَشُدَّهُ لَمْ يَثْبُتْ عَلَيْهَا أَفَأَحُجُّ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَرَأَيْتَ لَوَ كَانَ عَلَى أَبِيكَ دَيْنٌ فَقَضَيْتَهُ عَنْهُ أَكَانَ يُجْزِئُ عَنْهُ» قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ «فَاحْجُجْ عَنْ أَبِيكَ»  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ جَوَازِ الْحَجِّ عَمَّنْ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ الْحَجَّ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ عَنْ كِبَرِ سِنٍّ بِهِ

ibnhibban:3994Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Junayd Bibust > Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Simāk > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, my father is an elderly man and is unable to perform Hajj. Should I perform Hajj on his behalf?" The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, "Yes, perform Hajj on behalf of your father."  

ابن حبّان:٣٩٩٤أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْجُنَيْدِ بِبُسْتَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَبِي شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ الْحَجَّ أَفَأَحُجُّ عَنْهُ قَالَ «نَعَمْ حُجَّ مَكَانَ أَبِيكَ»  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنْ هَذَا الْخَبَرِ تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ

ibnhibban:3997Abū Yaʿlá > Khalaf b. Hishām al-Bazzār > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Simāk > ʿIkrimah > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] "A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, my father is an elderly man who is unable to perform Hajj. Should I perform Hajj on his behalf?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, 'Yes, perform Hajj on behalf of your father.'"  

ابن حبّان:٣٩٩٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ الْبَزَّارُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سِمَاكٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَبِي شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ الْحَجَّ أَفَأَحُجُّ عَنْهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «نَعَمْ فَحُجَّ عَنْ أَبِيكَ»  

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"عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: أَتَى رَجُلٌ النَّبِىَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ أَبِى شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ لَمْ يَحُجَّ أَفَأَحُجّ عَنْهُ؟ فَقَالَ: لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أَبِيكَ دَيْن فَقَضَيْتَهُ عَنْهُ أَكانَ يَجْزِى عَنْهُ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: حُجَّ عَنْهُ".  

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