Prophet’s sayings on Haj Friday, 05 November 2010 04:46

bu Hurairah (May Allah’s Mercy upon him) says: “The Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him) once delivered a sermon and addressing us said: ‘O people! God has made it obligatory for you to perform Haj (the pilgrimage), and as such you should perform it.’ A man asked: ‘O Messenger of God, should we perform Haj every year?’ The Prophet kept quiet, till the man repeated his question thrice. Then the Prophet said: ‘Had I said ‘yes’, then the Haj would have become a yearly obligatory duty, and this you could not have afforded.’

The Prophet further said: ‘Leave me when I omit something for you (i.e.) don’t pester me with such questions, when I am not imposing anything on you. Some people who lived before you, used to ask too many unnecessary questions, and would disagree with their prophets. On this account they were destroyed. As such when I call you to do something, you must obey and carry out my direction as far as it may be within your capacity, and when I forbid you to refrain from anything then avoid it.’” (Muslim)

Abu Hurairah says that the Prophet was once asked: ‘Which action is the best of all?’ He said: ‘To believe in God and his Messenger.’ He was further asked: ‘And what next?’ The Prophet said: ‘Fighting in the cause of God.’ He was asked again. ‘And what after that?’ He answered: ‘The Pilgrimage free from vices and defects.’ (Bukhari and Muslim)

It is also reported by Abu Hurairah that the Prophet said: ‘Umrah (lesser pilgrimage) followed by another Umrah atones for the sins committed between the two. The recompense for a pilgrimage (free from vice) is nothing but the paradise.’ (Bukhari and Muslim)

Hazrat Ayesha (May Allah’s mercy upon her) relates: ‘I once requested the Prophet O’ Messenger of God, we the women folk consider that Striving in the cause of God is the best deed, then may we not go forth fighting in the cause of God? The Prophet replied: The best form of Jihad in the cause of God for you is the pilgrimage, free from all vices and defects. (Bukhari)

Hazrat Ayesha relates that the Prophet said: ‘There is no other day on which God frees the largest number of his bondsmen from the fire of Hell than the Day of Arafat.’ (Muslim)

Ibn Abbas (May Allah’s Mercy upon him) says that the Prophet said: ‘Umrah performed during the month of Ramadan is equivalent to a pilgrimage or equals to the pilgrimage performed in my company.’ (Bukhari and Muslim)