The Book of Pilgrimage

كتاب الحج

Chapter 72: Validity of a child's hajj, and the reward of the one who takes him for Hajj

A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas through another chain of transmitters.

Chapter 73: Hajj is obligatory once in a lifetime

Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) addressed us and said: O people, Allah has made Hajj obligatory for you; so perform Hajj. Thereupon a person said: Messenger of Allah, (is it to be performed) every year? He (the Holy Prophet) kept quiet, and he repeated (these words) thrice, whereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: If I were to say" Yes," it would become obligatory (for you to perform it every year) and you would not be able to do it. Then he said: Leave me with what I have left to you, for those who were before you were desroyed because of excessive questioning, and their opposition to their apostles. So when I command you to do anything, do it as much as it lies in your power and when I forbid you to do anything, then abandon it.

Chapter 74: A woman travelling with a Mahram for Hajj and other purposes

Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

A woman should not set out on three (days' journey) except when she has a Mahram with her.

This hadith has been narrated on the same authority by Ubaidullah. And in the narration of Abu Bakr (the words are)

" More than three (days)." Ibn Numair narrated on the authority of his father, (and the words are):" Three (days) except (when) she has a Mahram with her."

'Abdullah b. Umar (Allah -be pleased with them) reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying

It is not lawful for a woman who believes in Allah and the Hereafter to travel for more than three nights journey except when there is a Mahram with her.

Qaza'ah reported

I heard a hadith from Abu Sa'id (Allah be pleased with him) and it impressed me (very much), so I said to him: Did you hear it (yourself) from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)? Thereupon he said: (Can) I speak of anything about Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) which I did not bear? He said: I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying: Do not set out on a journey (for religious devotion) but for the three mosques-for this mosque of mine (at Medina) the Sacred Mosque (at Mecca), and the Mosque al-Aqsa (Bait al-Maqdis), and I heard him saying also: A woman should not travel for two days duration, but only when there is a Mahram with her or her husband.

Qaza'ah reported

I heard Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allah be pleased with him) saying: I heard four things from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) which impressed me and captivated me (and one out of these is this), that he forbade a woman to undertake journey extending over two days but with her husband, or with a Mahram; and he then narrated the rest of the hadith.

Abu Sa'id (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

A woman should not set out on three (days') journey, but in the company of a Mahram.

Abu Sa'id Khudri (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying

A woman should not set out on a journey extending beyond three nights but with a Mahram.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Qatada with the same chain of transmitters and he said

" More than three (days) except in the company of a Mahram."

Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

It is not lawful for a Muslim woman to travel a night's journey except when there is a Mahram with her.

Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying

It is not lawful for a woman who believes in Allah and the Hereafter to undertake a day's journey except in the company of a Mahram.

Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

It is not lawful for a woman believing in Allah and the Hereafter to undertake journey extending over a day and a night except when there is a Mahram with her.

Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

It is not lawful for a woman to undertake three (days, ) journey except when there is a Mahram with her.

Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

It is not lawful for a woman believing in Allah and the Hereafter to undertake journey extending over three days or more, except when she is in the company of her father, or her son, or her husband, or her brother, or any other Mahram.

A hadith like this has been narrated by A'mash with the same chain of transmitters.

Ibn 'Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) reported

I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) delivering a sermon and making this observation:" No person should be alone with a woman except when there is a Mahram with her, and the woman should not undertake journey except with a Mahram." A person stood up and said: Allah's Messenger, my wife has set out for pilgrimage, whereas I am enlisted to fight in such and such battle, whereupon he said:" You go and perform Hajj with your wife."

A hadith like this has been narrated by 'Amr on the authority of the same chain of transmitters.

Ibn Juraij narrated this hadith with the same chain of transmitters, but he made no mention of it

" No person (man) should be alone with a woman except when there is a Mahram with her."

Chapter 75: It is recommended to recite statements of remembrance when setting out for Hajj or any other purpose, and the best of this remembrances

Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported that whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) mounted his camel while setting out on a journey, he glorified Allah (uttered Allah-o-Akbar) thrice, and then said

Hallowed is He Who subdued for us this (ride) and we were not ourselves powerful enough to use It as a ride, and we are going to return to our Lord. O Allah, we seek virtue and piety from Thee in this journey of ours and the act which pleaseth Thee. O Allah, lighten this journey of ours, and make its distance easy for us. O Allah, Thou art (our) companion during the journey, and guardian of (our) family. O Allah, I seek refuge with Thee from hardships of the journey, gloominess of the sights, and finding of evil changes in property and family on return. And he (the Holy Prophet) uttered (these words), and made this addition to them: We are returning, repentant, worshipping our Lord. and praising Him.