Virtue of Charity

Giving Charity Repels Misfortune

The Virtue of Giving Charity Out of Public Sight

Giving Charity During the Night

Giving Charity Increases One’s Wealth

Giving Charity to Relatives

Providing for the Family to Improve the Quality of Their Lives

One’s Dependents

Giving Charity to Those Whom One Does Not Know

Giving Charity to Bedouins and People Who Live in Desolate Areas

Undesirability of Turning Away One Asking for Help

The Amount of Charity for One Asking for Help

The Prayer of the Recipient of Charity

One Who Distributes Charity Has a Share in Rewards with the Donor of Charity

Self-Abnegation (Giving Preference to Others Over One’s Self)

One Who Asks for Help Without Actually Needing Help

Unpleasantness of Begging

Embarrassing the Recipient of a Favor

Giving Charity After an Appeal From a Recipient

Benevolent Assistance (Optional Charity as Opposed to Compulsory Ones)

The Virtue of Benevolent Assistance

Another Chapter about the Subject of the Previous Chapter

Providing Benevolent Assistance Repels Wicked Encounters

Providers of Benevolent Assistance Will be Identified as Such on the Day of Judgment

Completion of Benevolent Assistance

Finding a Proper Recipient of Benevolent Assistance

Disciplines for Providing Benevolent Assistance

Refusing to Appreciate a Benevolent Assistance

Providing a Loan

Extending Due Date of Payment in Favor of the Borrower

Waiving a Loan in Favor of a Dead Person

The Cost of Maintenance of Wealth

Appreciation of Bounties

Understanding Generosity and Munificence

Spending on Deserving Causes

Stinginess and Greed

Rare Ahadith about Charity

Virtue of Serving Food

The Excellence of Moderation

Detestability of Over-Spending and Living in Austerity

Providing Water for Drinking

Charity for Descendents of al-Hashim and the People of Their Household (Servants) and Compensation to Them

The Rare Ahadith

The Excellence of Fast and Fasting

The Excellence of the Month of Ramadan

About the One Who Serves Food to a Fasting Person

Prohibition of Saying ‘Ramadan’ Instead of the ‘Month of Ramadan’

The Words to Say When the Month of Ramadan is About to Begin

Verifying the Rise of the New Moon and Finding Witnesses for It

Another Chapter about the Previous Subject

The Day That Is Doubtful About Its Being of the Month of Sha‘ban or the Month of Ramadan

Kinds of Fasts

Disciplines During Fasting

The Fasting of the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause

Excellence of Fasting in the Month of Shaman, Continuing Such Fast to Connect it with the Month of Ramadan, and Three Days of Fasting Every Month

Breakfast before Dawn

The Prayer to Say During Breakfast after Sunset

Fasting Continuously and All the Time

The Case of One Who Eats or Drinks but Has Doubts About Its Taking Place before or after Dawn

What Is Dawn, When Does It Come and When Is It Unlawful to Eat?

The Case of One Who Eats, Thinking it to Be after Sunset, when It Is Not yet Sunset

The Time of Breaking Fast after Sunset

The Case of One who Eats or Drinks out of Forgetfulness During the Month of Ramadan

The Case of One Who Knowingly Eats or Is Involved in Carnal Relation During the Month of Ramadan

The Case of a Person Involved in Carnal Relations in the Form of Kissing or Foreplay

The Case of One Who Experiences a Wet-Dream During the Night in the Month of Ramadan or at Other Times and Does Not Shower before Dawn or It Occurs During the Night or Day

The Undesirability of Immersing One’s Head in Water while Fasting

Rinsing One’s Mouth and Nostrils while Fasting

The Case of a Fasting Person’s Vomiting, Nauseating or Burping

The Case of a Fasting Person’s Use of Bath Room and Apply Cupping

The Case of a Fasting Person’s Sniffling or Use of Eardrops or Enema

The Case of a Fasting Person’s Use of Kohl (Eye Drops or powder)

A Fasting Person’s Use of Tooth Brush

A Fasting Person’s Use of Perfumes

A Fasting Person’s Use of Chewing Gum

The Case of a Fasting Person Tasting the Salt in Cooking Pot and Chews for the Fledgling

The Case of a Fly or Mucus Entering the Throat of a Fasting Person

The Case of a Fasting Person’s Keeping a Ring, a Pebble or a Date Stone in His Mouth while Fasting

The Case of Seniors Who Feel Weak when Fasting

The Case of a Pregnant or Breastfeeding Woman Who Feels Weak when Fasting

The Limit of Illness That Exempts One from Fasting

The Case of One Who Remains Ill for Two Consecutive Months of Ramadan

Remedy and Compensatory Fast for the Missed Fasting During the Month of Ramadan

The Case of One Who Wakes up in the Morning with an Intention to Fast, but Who Does Not Do So or Vice Versa when Fasting Is a Compensatory Fast for the Missed Fast in the Month of Ramadan or Other Days

The Case of One Who Fasts Optionally while He Is Obligated to Make Up for Fasting of the Month of Ramadan He Has Missed

The Case of a Person Who Passes Away Owing Fasting of the Month of Ramadan or Other Times

Children’s Fasting and When They Owe Fasting

The Case of One Who Becomes a Muslim during the Month of Ramadan

Undesirability of Traveling in the Month of Ramadan

Undesirability (unlawfulness) of Fast on a Journey

The Case of One Who Fasts on a Journey out of Ignorance

Those Who Do or Do Not Have to Break Their Fast on a Journey 

Optional Fasting on a Journey and Qada’ (compensatory fast) of Fasting Missed on a Journey

The Case of One Who Begins a Journey or Returns from a Journey in the Month of Ramadan

The Case of a Traveler Who Enters His Town or a Place where He Wants to Stay for Ten Days

The Case of One Who Involves Himself in Carnal Relations with His Wife on a Journey or Returns from a Journey in the Month of Ramadan

The Case of Fasting during Menses: Major or Minor One

The Case of One Who Owes Fasting of Two Consecutive Months but an Obstacle Prevents Him 

Fasting As Expiation for Swearing

1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) يَقُولُ الْحَجُّ ثَلاثَةُ أَصْنَافٍ حَجُّ مُفْرَدٍ وَقِرَانٍ وَتَمَتُّعٍ بِالْعُمْرَةِ إِلَى الْحَجِّ وَبِهَا أَمَرَ رَسُولُ الله (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) وَالْفَضْلُ فِيهَا وَلا نَأْمُرُ النَّاسَ إِلاَّ بِهَا.

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Mu‘awiyah ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “I have heard abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), say, ‘Al-Hajj is of three kinds: al-Mufrad al-Hajj (al- Hajj without al-‘Umrah), Qiran, and al-Tamattu , which is al-Umrah along with al-Hajj. This is how the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, had commanded. This has excellence and we do not command people to complete an al-Hajj in a manner other than this (al-Tamaatu‘).’” 

2ـ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ الصَّيْقَلِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) الْحَجُّ عِنْدَنَا عَلَى ثَلاثَةِ أَوْجُهٍ حَاجٌّ مُتَمَتِّعٌ وَحَاجٌّ مُفْرِدٌ سَائِقٌ للهدْيِ وَحَاجٌّ مُفْرِدٌ لِلْحَجِّ.

2. Abu Afi ai-Ash’ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd af-Jabbar from Safwan from Ishaq ibn ‘Ammar from Mansur af-Sayqaf who has said the following: “Abu `Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, al-Hajj with us is of three kinds: al-Hajj of al-Tamattu, al-Hajj al-Mufrid in which one drives the offering animal, and al-Mufrid al-Hajj (performing just al- Hajj without al-‘Umrah).’’’ (Hadith 2 is best explained in the form of fatwa.) 

3ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْخَزَّازِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) أَيُّ أَنْوَاعِ الْحَجِّ أَفْضَلُ فَقَالَ التَّمَتُّعُ وَكَيْفَ يَكُونُ شَيْ‏ءٌ أَفْضَلَ مِنْهُ وَرَسُولُ الله (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) يَقُولُ لَوِ اسْتَقْبَلْتُ مِنْ أَمْرِي مَا اسْتَدْبَرْتُ لَفَعَلْتُ مِثْلَ مَا فَعَلَ النَّاسُ.

3. Afi ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from abu Ayyub al-Khazzaz who has said the following: “I once asked Abu `Abd Allah (a.s.), ’Which kind of al-Hajj is more virtuous?’ He (the Imam) replied, ‘It is al-Tamattu £ . How can there be anything more virtuous and the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has said, “In future I certainly will not go back. I will do what people are doing.” (People did al-Tamattu £ and the Messenger of Allah performed Tfrad (Individual Hajj ).’” (see Chapter 27 h4 above) 

4ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) مَا نَعْلَمُ حَجّاً لله غَيْرَ الْمُتْعَةِ إِنَّا إِذَا لَقِينَا رَبَّنَا قُلْنَا رَبَّنَا عَمِلْنَا بِكِتَابِكَ وَسُنَّةِ نَبِيِّكَ وَيَقُولُ الْقَوْمُ عَمِلْنَا بِرَأْيِنَا فَيَجْعَلُنَا الله وَإِيَّاهُمْ حَيْثُ يَشَاءُ.

4. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Yunus ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman from Mu‘awiyah ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “Abu `Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, £ We do not know of any other forms of al-Hajj for the sake of Allah except al-Mut £ ah. Before Allah we will say, £ Our Lord, we followed your book and the Sunnah of Your Holy prophet, and the people will say, “We acted according to our opinions,” then Allah will place us and them as He wills.’” 

5ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الثَّانِي (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) قَالَ كَانَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) يَقُولُ الْمُتَمَتِّعُ بِالْعُمْرَةِ إِلَى الْحَجِّ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ الْمُفْرِدِ السَّائِقِ للهدْيِ وَكَانَ يَقُولُ لَيْسَ يَدْخُلُ الْحَاجُّ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الْمُتْعَةِ.

5. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn abu Nasr who has said the following: “Abu Ja‘far, al-Thaniy (a.s.), has said that abu Ja‘far (a.s.), would say, “Those who come out of the state of Ihram after al- £ Umrah until commencing acts of al-Hajj are better than those performing al-Hajj alone driving the offering animal with them.” He (the Imam) would say, ‘There is not anything better in acts of al-Hajj than al-Mut £ ah (coming out of the state of Ihram after al- £ Umrah until the commencement of the acts of al-Hajj).”’ 

6ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مَرَّارٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) قَالَ مَنْ حَجَّ فَلْيَتَمَتَّعْ إِنَّا لا نَعْدِلُ بِكِتَابِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَسُنَّةِ نَبِيِّهِ (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه).

6. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ‘Isma‘il ibn Marrar from Yunus from Mu‘awiyah who has said the following: “Abu `Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘One who performs al-Hajj should take advantage (al- Mut‘ah); we do not compromise with the book of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, and the Sunnah of His Holy prophet, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause.”’ 

7ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ وَابْنِ أَبِي نَجْرَانَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ الْجَمَّالِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) إِنَّ بَعْضَ النَّاسِ يَقُولُ جَرِّدِ الْحَجَّ وَبَعْضَ النَّاسِ يَقُولُ اقْرُنْ وَسُقْ وَبَعْضَ النَّاسِ يَقُولُ تَمَتَّعْ بِالْعُمْرَةِ إِلَى الْحَجِّ فَقَالَ لَوْ حَجَجْتُ أَلْفَ عَامٍ لَمْ أَقْرُنْهَا إِلاَّ مُتَمَتِّعاً.

7. Certain persons of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from ibn abu Najran from Safwan al-Jammal who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of certain people who say that one must perform al-Hajj alone, others say to make it Qiran and drive the offering animal, and still others say to take advantage between al-‘Umrah and al-Hajj. He (the Imam) (a.s.), said, ‘If I will perform al-Hajj for a thousand years I will not make it Qiran. I will only perform advantageous al- Hajj (al-Hajj al-Tamattu‘ ).’” 

8ـ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَدِيدٍ قَالَ كَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُيَسِّرٍ يَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ اعْتَمَرَ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ ثُمَّ حَضَرَ لَهُ الْمَوْسِمُ أَ يَحُجُّ مُفْرِداً لِلْحَجِّ أَوْ يَتَمَتَّعُ أَيُّهُمَا أَفْضَلُ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ يَتَمَتَّعُ أَفْضَلُ.

8. Ahmad ibn Muhammad from has narrated from Ali ibn Hadid who has said the following: “Once Ali ibn Muyassir wrote to him (the Imam) asking about a man who performed al-‘Umrah in the month of Ramadan, then it was al-Hajj season; if he could perform al-Hajj as al-Mufrid al-Hajj or al- Hajj al-Tamattu‘ (advantageous), and which one was better. He (the Imam) wrote in answer, ‘Al-Hajj al-Tamattu‘ is better.’” 

9ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) عَنِ الْحَجِّ فَقَالَ تَمَتَّعْ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّا إِذَا وَقَفْنَا بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قُلْنَا يَا رَبِّ أَخَذْنَا بِكِتَابِكَ وَسُنَّةِ نَبِيِّكَ وَقَالَ النَّاسُ رَأَيْنَا بِرَأْيِنَا.

9. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn abu ‘ Umayr from Hammad from al-Halabiy who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about al-Hajj. He (the Imam) said, ‘Make it al-Hajj al-Tamattu‘ (advantageous).’ He (the Imam) then said, ‘When we will stand before Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, we will say, “O our Lord, we followed Your book and the Sunnah of Your Holy prophet, but people will say, ‘We looked into our minds (opinions) and we followed them.””” 

10ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ الْبَخْتَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) قَالَ الْمُتْعَةُ وَالله أَفْضَلُ وَبِهَا نَزَلَ الْقُرْآنُ وَجَرَتِ السُّنَّةُ.

10. Muhammad ibn ‘Isma‘il has narrated from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hafs ibn al-Bakhtariy who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Al-Hajj al-Tamattu‘ (advantageous) by Allah is better. Quran had come down about it and the Sunnah has run in this way.’” 

11ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) فِي السَّنَةِ الَّتِي حَجَّ فِيهَا وَذَلِكَ فِي سَنَةِ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ وَمِائَتَيْنِ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ بِأَيِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ دَخَلْتَ مَكَّةَ مُفْرِداً أَوْ مُتَمَتِّعاً فَقَالَ مُتَمَتِّعاً فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَيُّمَا أَفْضَلُ الْمُتَمَتِّعُ بِالْعُمْرَةِ إِلَى الْحَجِّ أَوْ مَنْ أَفْرَدَ وَسَاقَ الْهَدْيَ فَقَالَ كَانَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) يَقُولُ الْمُتَمَتِّعُ بِالْعُمْرَةِ إِلَى الْحَجِّ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ الْمُفْرِدِ السَّائِقِ للهدْيِ وَكَانَ يَقُولُ لَيْسَ يَدْخُلُ الْحَاجُّ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الْمُتْعَةِ.

11. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn abu Nasr who has said the following: “I once asked abu Ja‘far (a.s.), in the year in which he performed al-Hajj which was the year two hundred and twelve and I said, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, in which manner of al-Hajj have you entered Makkah, is it Mufrid or al-Hajj al-Tamattu‘ (advantageous)?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is al-Hajj al-Tamattu‘.’ I then asked, ‘Which one of the kinds of al-Hajj is better? Is it al-Hajj al-Tamattu‘ (advantageous) or Mufrid driving the offering animal along with one’s self? He (the Imam) said, ‘Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), would say, “A-Hajj al-Tamattu‘ (advantageous) is better than Mufrid with driving the offering animal.” He (the Imam) would say, “One performing al-Hajj cannot enter Makkah with anything better than al-Hajj al- Tamattu‘ (advantageous).””’ 

12ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) عَنِ التَّمَتُّعِ بِالْعُمْرَةِ إِلَى الْحَجِّ فَقَالَ تَمَتَّعْ قَالَ فَقَضَى أَنَّهُ أَفْرَدَ الْحَجَّ فِي ذَلِكَ الْعَامِ أَوْ بَعْدَهُ فَقُلْتُ أَصْلَحَكَ الله سَأَلْتُكَ فَأَمَرْتَنِي بِالتَّمَتُّعِ وَأَرَاكَ قَدْ أَفْرَدْتَ الْحَجَّ الْعَامَ فَقَالَ أَمَا وَالله إِنَّ الْفَضْلَ لَفِي الَّذِي أَمَرْتُكَ بِهِ وَلَكِنِّي ضَعِيفٌ فَشَقَّ عَلَيَّ طَوَافَانِ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةِ فَلِذَلِكَ أَفْرَدْتُ الْحَجَّ.

12. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Sinan from ibn Muskan from ‘Abd al-Malik ibn ‘Amr who has said the following: “He once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about al-Hajj al-Tamattu‘ (advantageous). He (the Imam) said, ‘Perform al-Hajj al-Tamattu‘ (advantageous).’ It happened that he (the Imam) that year or next year performed Mufrid kind of al-Hajj and I asked him saying , ‘I pray to Allah to keep you well, I asked you about al-Hajj and you instructed me to perform al-Hajj al-Tamattu‘ (advantageous); and I see you perform Mufrid kind of al-Hajj.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘By Allah, goodness is in the kind of al-Hajj I told you to perform. I however, have become weak and performing Tawaf twice between al-Safa’ and al-Marwah, thus, I made it Mufrid kind of al-Hajj.’” 

13ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ عَمِّهِ عُبَيْدِ الله أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) وَأَنَا حَاضِرٌ فَقَالَ إِنِّي اعْتَمَرْتُ فِي الْحُرُمِ وَقَدِمْتُ الآنَ مُتَمَتِّعاً فَسَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) يَقُولُ نِعْمَ مَا صَنَعْتَ إِنَّا لا نَعْدِلُ بِكِتَابِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَسُنَّةِ رَسُولِ الله (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) فَإِذَا بَعَثَنَا رَبُّنَا أَوْ وَرَدْنَا عَلَى رَبِّنَا قُلْنَا يَا رَبِّ أَخَذْنَا بِكِتَابِكَ وَسُنَّةِ نَبِيِّكَ (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) وَقَالَ النَّاسُ رَأَيْنَا رَأْيَنَا فَصَنَعَ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بِنَا وَبِهِمْ مَا شَاءَ.

13. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from al-Nadr ibn Suwayd from Yahya al-Halabiy from his uncle ‘ Ubayd Allah who has said the following: “Once, a man said to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), when I was present, saying, ‘I performed al-‘Umrah in al-Haram months (the Sacred months). Now I have come to perform al-Hajj al-Tamattu‘ (advantageous).’ I heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), say, ‘What you have done is very good. We do not compromise with the book of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, and the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to your cause. When our Lord will resurrect us and we will be brought before Him we will say, O our Lord we followed Your book and the Sunnah of Your Holy prophet. People will say, O Lord, we looked into our opinions and followed them, then Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, will do with us and with them as He wills.’”” 

14ـ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ دُرُسْتَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ الْهَاشِمِيِّ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ مَعَ إِخْوَتِي عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) فَقُلْنَا إِنَّا نُرِيدُ الْحَجَّ وَبَعْضُنَا صَرُورَةٌ فَقَالَ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالتَّمَتُّعِ فَإِنَّا لا نَتَّقِي فِي التَّمَتُّعِ بِالْعُمْرَةِ إِلَى الْحَجِّ سُلْطَاناً وَاجْتِنَابِ الْمُسْكِرِ وَالْمَسْحِ عَلَى الْخُفَّيْنِ.

14. Ahmad ibn Muhammad from has narrated from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from al-Nadr ibn Suwayd from Durust from Muhammad ibn al- Fadl al-Hashimiy who has said the following: “Once my brothers and I went to see abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), and we wanted to perform al- Hajj. Certain ones among us were for their first al-Hajj. He (the Imam) said, ‘You must perform al- Hajj al-Tamattu‘ (advantageous); I because of taqiyyah, fear from Sultan; do not give up al-Hajj al- Tamattu‘ (advantageous), do not ignore staying away from intoxicating liquor and do not wipe over the shoes.’” 

15ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) إِنِّي اعْتَمَرْتُ فِي رَجَبٍ وَأَنَا أُرِيدُ الْحَجَّ أَ فَأَسُوقُ الْهَدْيَ وَأُفْرِدُ الْحَجَّ أَوْ أَتَمَتَّعُ فَقَالَ فِي كُلٍّ فَضْلٌ وَكُلٌّ حَسَنٌ قُلْتُ فَأَيُّ ذَلِكَ أَفْضَلُ فَقَالَ تَمَتَّعْ هُوَ وَالله أَفْضَلُ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ أَهْلَ مَكَّةَ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ عُمْرَتَهُ عِرَاقِيَّةٌ وَحَجَّتَهُ مَكِّيَّةٌ كَذَبُوا أَ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ مُرْتَبِطاً بِحَجِّهِ لا يَخْرُجُ حَتَّى يَقْضِيَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَخْرُجُ لِلَيْلَةٍ أَوْ لِلَيْلَتَيْنِ تَبْقَيَانِ مِنْ رَجَبٍ فَتَقُولُ أُمُّ فَرْوَةَ أَيْ أَبَهْ إِنَّ عُمْرَتَنَا شَعْبَانِيَّةٌ وَأَقُولُ لَهَا أَيْ بُنَيَّةُ إِنَّهَا فِيمَا أَهْلَلْتُ وَلَيْسَتْ فِيمَا أَحْلَلْتُ.

15. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn abu ‘ Umayr from Mu‘awiyah ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about my performing al-‘Umrah in the month of Rajab and that I wanted to perform al-Hajj, if driving the offering animal and Mufrid al-Hajj was better or al-Hajj al-Tamattu‘ (advantageous). He (the Imam) said, ‘In each one there is goodness and beauty.’ I then asked, ‘Which one is more virtuous?’ He (the Imam) said that ‘Al-Hajj al-Tamattu‘ (advantageous) by Allah is more virtuous.’ He (the Imam) then said, ‘People of Makkah say that his al-‘Umrah is Iraqiy and his al-Hajj is Makkiy. They by Allah speak a lie. Is not al-‘Umrah related to his al-Hajj from which he cannot come out unless he completes them all?’ He (the Imam) then said, ‘I used to go for al-‘Umrah one or two nights before the end of the month of Rajab and ‘Umm Farwah would say, “O father, our al-‘Umrah is in the month of al-Sha‘ban.” I would say, “My daughter it will be of the time when I commence not of the time when I will come out of the state of Ihram.’”” 

16ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ الْجَمَّالِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) قَالَ مَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَعَهُ هَدْيٌ وَأَفْرَدَ رَغْبَةً عَنِ الْمُتْعَةِ فَقَدْ رَغِبَ عَنْ دِينِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ.

16. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn abu Nasr from Safwan al-Jammal who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘One who does not have the offering animal with him and he performs Mufrid al-Hajj to keep away from al-Hajj al-Tamattu‘ (advantageous), he has kept away from the religion of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious.’” 

17ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) إِنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ فِي حَجَّةِ الْمُتَمَتِّعِ حَجُّهُ مَكِّيَّةٌ وَعُمْرَتُهُ عِرَاقِيَّةٌ فَقَالَ كَذَبُوا أَ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ مُرْتَبِطاً بِحَجَّتِهِ لا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا حَتَّى يَقْضِيَ حَجَّتَهُ.

17. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Mu‘awiyah who has said the following: “I once said to abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), that they, about al-Hajj al-Tamattu‘ (advantageous), say, ‘It is a Makkiy al-Hajj and an Iraqiy al-‘Umrah.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘They speak a lie. Is it all not related with al-Hajj in a way that one cannot come thereof without completing al-Hajj?’” 

18ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ قَالَ حَجَّ جَمَاعَةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا فَلَمَّا قَدِمُوا الْمَدِينَةَ دَخَلُوا عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) فَقَالُوا إِنَّ زُرَارَةَ أَمَرَنَا أَنْ نُهِلَّ بِالْحَجِّ إِذَا أَحْرَمْنَا فَقَالَ لَهُمْ تَمَتَّعُوا فَلَمَّا خَرَجُوا مِنْ عِنْدِهِ دَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ لَئِنْ لَمْ تُخْبِرْهُمْ بِمَا أَخْبَرْتَ زُرَارَةَ لَنَأْتِيَنَّ الْكُوفَةَ وَلَنُصْبِحَنَّ بِهِ كُذَّاباً فَقَالَ رُدَّهُمْ فَدَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ صَدَقَ زُرَارَةُ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمَا وَالله لا يَسْمَعُ هَذَا بَعْدَ هَذَا الْيَوْمِ أَحَدٌ مِنِّي. 

18. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Hariz from ‘Abd al-Malik ibn ’A‘yan who has said the following: “Once, a group of our people performed al-Hajj, and when they arrived in al-Madinah, went to visit abu Ja‘far (a.s.). They said that Zurarah has told them to commence their al-Hajj upon assuming the state of Ihram. He (the Imam) said, ‘You must perform al-Hajj al-Tamattu‘ (advantageous).’ When they left I went to see him (the Imam) and said, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, if you do not tell them what you have told to Zurarah, we will go to al- Kufah and will prove him a liar. He (the Imam) said, ‘Call them back. They came back and he (the Imam) said, ‘What Zurarah has said is true.’ He (the Imam) then said, ‘By Allah, from this day on no one will hear this from me.’” 

Al-Kāfi - Volume 4

Book 3, Chapter 51