49/10. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 5395 — Hajj for a Father Who Cannot Perform It
Mentioning the Different Reports from Yahya Ibn Abi Ishaq
Hadith About Hajj for a Father Who Cannot Perform Hajj
Sunan an-Nasai : 5395
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 5395
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ يَسَارٍ، يُحَدِّثُهُ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ، قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَبِي شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ لاَ يَسْتَطِيعُ الْحَجَّ وَإِنْ حَمَلْتُهُ لَمْ يَسْتَمْسِكْ أَفَأَحُجَّ عَنْهُ قَالَ " حُجَّ عَنْ أَبِيكَ ". قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ سُلَيْمَانُ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ مِنَ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ.
Al-Fadl bin 'Abbas Narrated from:
A man came to the Prophet [SAW] and said: 'O Prophet of Allah, my father is an old man and cannot perform Hajj. If I put him on a mount he cannot sit firm. Can I perform Hajj on his behalf?' He said: 'Perform Hajj on behalf of your father.'
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 5395In-book reference : Book 49, Hadith 17English translation : Vol. 6, Book 49, Hadith 5397
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 5395
This hadith about Hajj for a father who cannot perform it is short and easy to understand. A man came to the Prophet [SAW] and said that his father was an old man who could not perform Hajj. He added that if he placed him on a mount, he could not sit firm. The man asked whether he could perform Hajj on his behalf. The Prophet [SAW] answered by telling him to perform Hajj on behalf of his father. The report gives a simple answer to a common search: can I do Hajj for my father. In this text, the reason is the father's old age and inability to hold himself on the mount.
What we learn from this hadith
- The father was old and unable to perform Hajj himself.
- The man explained that his father could not sit firm on a mount.
- The Prophet [SAW] told him to perform Hajj on behalf of his father.
