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Sunan an-Nasai 2805 — Tamattu and Umrah in Hajj
It Is Permissible To Cancel Hajj And Do 'Umrah Instead If One Has Not Brought A Hadi
Hadith About Tamattu and Making Hajj Into Umrah
Sunan an-Nasai : 2805
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 2805
أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَطَاءٌ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ أَهْلَلْنَا أَصْحَابَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِالْحَجِّ خَالِصًا لَيْسَ مَعَهُ غَيْرُهُ خَالِصًا وَحْدَهُ فَقَدِمْنَا مَكَّةَ صَبِيحَةَ رَابِعَةٍ مَضَتْ مِنْ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ فَأَمَرَنَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ " أَحِلُّوا وَاجْعَلُوهَا عُمْرَةً " . فَبَلَغَهُ عَنَّا أَنَّا نَقُولُ لَمَّا لَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ عَرَفَةَ إِلاَّ خَمْسٌ أَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَحِلَّ فَنَرُوحَ إِلَى مِنًى وَمَذَاكِيرُنَا تَقْطُرُ مِنَ الْمَنِيِّ فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَخَطَبَنَا فَقَالَ " قَدْ بَلَغَنِي الَّذِي قُلْتُمْ وَإِنِّي لأَبَرُّكُمْ وَأَتْقَاكُمْ وَلَوْلاَ الْهَدْىُ لَحَلَلْتُ وَلَوِ اسْتَقْبَلْتُ مِنْ أَمْرِي مَا اسْتَدْبَرْتُ مَا أَهْدَيْتُ " . قَالَ وَقَدِمَ عَلِيٌّ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ فَقَالَ " بِمَا أَهْلَلْتَ " . قَالَ بِمَا أَهَلَّ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم . قَالَ " فَأَهْدِ وَامْكُثْ حَرَامًا كَمَا أَنْتَ " . قَالَ وَقَالَ سُرَاقَةُ بْنُ مَالِكِ بْنِ جُعْشُمٍ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ عُمْرَتَنَا هَذِهِ لِعَامِنَا هَذَا أَوْ لِلأَبَدِ قَالَ " هِيَ لِلأَبَدِ " .
Jabir Narrated from:
We, the Companions of the Prophet, entered Ihram for Hajj only, and nothing else. We came to Makkah on the morning of the fourth of Dhul-Hajjah, and the Prophet commanded us: "Exit Ihram and make it Umrah. He heard that we were saying: 'when there are only five days between us and 'Arafat he commands us to exit Ihram and we will go out to Mina with our male members dripping with semen (because of recent intimacy with our wives)?'the Prophet stood up and addressed us, saying: 'I have heard what you said. I am the most righteous and the most pious of you, and were it not for the Hadi I would have exited Ihram. If I had known what I know now, I would not have from Yemen and he said: 'for what did you enter Ihram?' He said: 'For that for which the Messenger of Allah entered Ihram.' Suraq bin Malik bin Jushum said: 'O Messenger of Allah, do you think that this Umrah of ours is for this year only or for all time?' He said: 'It is for all time."
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 2805In-book reference : Book 24, Hadith 187English translation : Vol. 3, Book 24, Hadith 2807
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 2805
This long Hadith about Tamattu in Hajj records how the Companions entered Ihram for Hajj only, then reached Makkah on the fourth of Dhul-Hijjah. The Prophet commanded them to exit Ihram and make it Umrah. Some of them found this hard to understand because only a few days remained before Arafat. The Prophet addressed them and said he had heard what they said. He explained that if he had not brought the Hadi, he would also have exited Ihram. Ali then came from Yemen and said he had entered Ihram for what the Prophet entered Ihram for, so he was told to bring Hadi and remain in Ihram. Suraqah asked whether this Umrah was only for that year or for all time, and the Prophet said it was for all time.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet corrected confusion through a direct address.
- Those without Hadi were commanded to exit Ihram and make it Umrah.
- The Prophet himself remained in Ihram because of the Hadi.
- Suraqah’s question led to a clear answer: it was for all time.
