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Sunan an-Nasai 2766 — Labbaik With a Condition
What Should One Say When Stipulating A Condition?
Labbaik With a Condition: What Duba'ah Was Told to Say
Sunan an-Nasai : 2766
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 2766
أَخْبَرَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الأَحْوَلُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِلاَلُ بْنُ خَبَّابٍ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ، يَحُجُّ يَشْتَرِطُ قَالَ الشَّرْطُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فَحَدَّثْتُهُ حَدِيثَهُ - يَعْنِي عِكْرِمَةَ - فَحَدَّثَنِي عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ ضُبَاعَةَ بِنْتَ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أُرِيدُ الْحَجَّ فَكَيْفَ أَقُولُ قَالَ " قُولِي لَبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ لَبَّيْكَ وَمَحِلِّي مِنَ الأَرْضِ حَيْثُ تَحْبِسُنِي فَإِنَّ لَكِ عَلَى رَبِّكِ مَا اسْتَثْنَيْتِ " .
Hilal bin Khabbab Narrated from:
I asked Sa'eed bin Jubair about a man who performs Hajj and stipulates a condition. He said: 'Conditions are something that people do among themselves.' I narrated the Hadith of 'Ikrimah to him, and he narrated to me from Ibn 'Abbas, that Duba'ah bint Az-Zubair bin 'Abdul-Muttalib came to the Prophet, and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I want to perform Hajj, so what should I say?'He said: 'Say: Labbaik Allahumma! Labbaika wa mahilli min al-ardihayth tahbisuni (Here I am, O Allah, Here I am, and I shall exit Ihram at any place where You decree that I cannot proceed.)" And whatever condition you stipulate will be accepted by your Lord."
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 2766In-book reference : Book 24, Hadith 148English translation : Vol. 3, Book 24, Hadith 2767
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 2766
This Hadith gives the wording connected to stipulating a condition in Hajj. Duba'ah bint Az-Zubair came to the Prophet and said that she wanted to perform Hajj, asking what she should say. He told her to say Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik, and to state that her place of exiting Ihram would be wherever Allah caused her to be stopped. He also said that whatever condition she stipulated would be accepted by her Lord. The Hadith is often searched as Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik condition in Hajj. Its teaching is not broad guesswork. It is a direct report about wording, intention, and a condition tied to being unable to proceed.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet taught Duba'ah specific words for her Hajj condition.
- The condition was linked to being stopped from continuing.
- She was guided to begin with Talbiyah and state the condition clearly.
- The report shows that wording can matter in acts of worship.
