Bulugh al-Maram

Bulugh al-Maram 715

Arabic hadith text

وَعَنْهُ قَالَ: { كَانَ اَلْفَضْلُ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ رَدِيفَ رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ ‏- صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏-.‏ فَجَاءَتِ اِمْرَأَةٌ مَنْ خَثْعَمَ، فَجَعَلَ اَلْفَضْلُ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَا وَتَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ، وَجَعَلَ اَلنَّبِيُّ ‏- صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏-يَصْرِفُ وَجْهَ اَلْفَضْلِ إِلَى اَلشِّقِّ اَلْآخَرِ.‏ فَقَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ, إِنَّ فَرِيضَةَ اَللَّهِ عَلَى عِبَادِهِ فِي اَلْحَجِّ أَدْرَكَتْ أَبِي شَيْخًا كَبِيرًا, لَا يَثْبُتُ عَلَى اَلرَّاحِلَةِ, أَفَأَحُجُّ عَنْهُ? قَالَ: " نَعَمْ " وَذَلِكَ فِي حَجَّةِ اَلْوَدَاعِ } مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ, وَاللَفْظُ لِلْبُخَارِيِّ 1‏ .‏‏1 ‏- صحيح.‏ رواه البخاري ( 1513 )‏، ومسلم ( 1334 )‏.‏

Translation

He reported: Al-Fadl ibn Abbas was riding behind the Messenger of Allah. A woman from Khath'am came, and al-Fadl began looking at her as she looked at him. The Prophet kept turning al-Fadl's face the other way. She said, “Messenger of Allah, Allah's obligation of Hajj has come due for my father, who is an elderly man and cannot remain seated on a mount. May I perform Hajj on his behalf?” He replied, “Yes.” This took place during the Farewell Pilgrimage. The hadith is agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim. The editor grades it authentic and cites al-Bukhari 1513 and Muslim 1334.