Chapter on the Greater and Lesser Pilgrimages

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 3|Chapter 135

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 135

Chapter on the Greater and Lesser Pilgrimages
2 Aḥadīth
Ḥadīth 1

3041 - رُوِيَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ : سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ يَوْمَ اَلْحَجِّ اَلْأَكْبَرِ فَقَالَ «هُوَ يَوْمُ اَلنَّحْرِ وَ اَلْأَصْغَرُ هُوَ اَلْعُمْرَةُ ».

Hadith.3041 - It is narrated from Mu'awiya ibn Ammar who said: "I asked Abu Abdullah (as) about the Day of the Greater Pilgrimage (Yawm al-Hajj al-Akbar). He said, 'It is the Day of Sacrifice (Yawm al-Nahr), and the Lesser Pilgrimage (al-Asghar) is the Umrah.'"

Ḥadīth 2

3042 - وفي رواية سليمان بن داود المنقري، عن فضيل بن عياض ، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام في آخر حديث يقول فيه: " إنما سمي الحج الأكبر لأنها كانت سنة حج فيها المسلمون والمشركون ولم يحج المشركون بعد تلك السنة ".

Hadith.3042 - It is narrated from Sulaiman ibn Dawood al-Minqari, from Fudhayl ibn Iyadh, from Abu Abdullah (as), in the conclusion of a narration where he said: "It was called the Greater Pilgrimage (Hajj al-Akbar) because it was the year in which both Muslims and polytheists performed Hajj, and after that year, the polytheists no longer performed Hajj."