Al-Kāfi - Volume 4


Book 3, Chapter 136

The Case of Tawaf of One Suffering from an Illness and One Who Is Carried by Someone Else for Tawaf
5 Aḥadīth

1ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ قَالَ شَهِدْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) وَهُوَ يُطَافُ بِهِ حَوْلَ الْكَعْبَةِ فِي مَحْمِلٍ وَهُوَ شَدِيدُ الْمَرَضِ فَكَانَ كُلَّمَا بَلَغَ الرُّكْنَ الْيَمَانِيَّ أَمَرَهُمْ فَوَضَعُوهُ بِالأَرْضِ فَأَخْرَجَ يَدَهُ مِنْ كَوَّةِ الْمَحْمِلِ حَتَّى يَجُرَّهَا عَلَى الأَرْضِ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ ارْفَعُونِي فَلَمَّا فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ مِرَاراً فِي كُلِّ شَوْطٍ قُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ الله إِنَّ هَذَا يَشُقُّ عَلَيْكَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَقُولُ لِيَشْهَدُوا مَنافِعَ لَهُمْ فَقُلْتُ مَنَافِعَ الدُّنْيَا أَوْ مَنَافِعَ الآخِرَةِ فَقَالَ الْكُلَّ.


1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn ‘Isma‘il has narrated from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan from al-Rabi‘ ibn Khuthaym who has said the following: “I saw abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s), being carried for Tawaf around al-Ka‘bah in a carriage and he was seriously ill. Whenever he would reach al-Yemaniy corner he commanded to place him on the ground, and he would extend his hand from the carriage and pull it on the ground then say, ’Lift me up.’ When he did so many times in every turn of walking around the House, I said, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, O child of the Messenger of Allah, this is difficult for you.’ He (the Imam) said, I heard Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, say, . . so that they witness the benefits for them.’” (22:28) I then asked, ‘Is it worldly benefits or the hereafter?’ He (the Imam) replied, ‘It is the benefits of both of them.’”

2ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ وَمُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) قَالَ الْمَبْطُونُ وَالْكَسِيرُ يُطَافُ عَنْهُمَا وَيُرْمَى عَنْهُمَا الْجِمَارُ.


2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn abu ‘ Umayr from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj from Mu‘awiyah ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s), has said, ‘One who has trouble in his stomach or broken body parts is carried for Tawaf and al-Jamar (pebbles) are thrown for him.’”

3ـ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْمَرِيضِ الْمَغْلُوبِ يُطَافُ عَنْهُ بِالْكَعْبَةِ قَالَ لا وَلَكِنْ يُطَافُ بِهِ.


3. Abu Ali al-Ash’ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Safwan ibn Yahya from Ishaq ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “I once asked abu Ibrahim (a.s), about a man who is ill; if Tawaf around al-Ka‘bah can be made for him. He (the Imam) said, ‘No, he can be carried around al-Ka‘bah for Tawaf.’”

4ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) قَالَ الصِّبْيَانُ يُطَافُ بِهِمْ وَيُرْمَى عَنْهُمْ قَالَ وَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) إِذَا كَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ مَرِيضَةً لا تَعْقِلُ يُطَافُ بِهَا أَوْ يُطَافُ عَنْهَا.


4. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Mu‘awiyah ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s), has said, ‘Children must be carried for Tawaf and al-Jamar (pebbles) are thrown on their behalf.’ Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s), has said, ‘If a woman is ill and cannot understand she can be carried for Tawaf or Tawaf can be made on her behalf.’”

5ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْيَمَانِيِّ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْخَالِقِ قَالَ كُنْتُ إِلَى جَنْبِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) وَعِنْدَهُ ابْنُهُ عَبْدُ الله وَابْنُهُ الَّذِي يَلِيهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ أَصْلَحَكَ الله يَطُوفُ الرَّجُلُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ وَهُوَ مُقِيمٌ بِمَكَّةَ لَيْسَ بِهِ عِلَّةٌ فَقَالَ لا لَوْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ يَجُوزُ لأَمَرْتُ ابْنِي فُلاناً فَطَافَ عَنِّي سَمَّى الأَصْغَرَ وَهُمَا يَسْمَعَانِ.


5. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Ibrahim ibn ‘Umar al-Yemaniy from ‘Isma‘il ibn ‘Abd al- Khaliq who has said the following: “I was next to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s), and with him (the Imam) was his son ‘Abd Allah and his other son born after him. A man asked him (the Imam), ‘May Allah keep you well, can a man perform Tawaf for a man who lives in Makkah and who has no difficulties?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘No, if that was permissible I would have asked my son so and so’ - mentioned the name of the smaller one - ‘to perform Tawaf on my behalf’- children were listening.’”