{"fatawa":{"id":7238,"title":"The soundness and meaning of the hadeeth about performing Hajj every five years","slug":"the-soundness-and-meaning-of-the-hadeeth-about-performing-hajj-every-five-years","order":"","question":"We would like to know how to understand the hadeeth found in Saheeh At-Targheeb wat-Tarheeb (Al-Albani-RA)which states that (hadeeth qudsi) one whom Allaah has granted good health etc.. and does not visit His house every five years is mahroom (deprived). Does it refer to Hajj or 'umrah or both? And whatever the case may be, what are we to take from the hadeeth?.","answer":"Praise be to Allaah.  \r\nFirstly: \r\n\r\nThe text of the hadeeth: \r\n\r\nIt was narrated from Abu Sa\u2019eed al-Khudri that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: \u201cAllaah says: \u2018A person whose body I make healthy and to whom I grant ample provision but five years go by and he does not come to Me is indeed deprived.\u2019\u201d \r\n\r\nNarrated by Abu Ya\u2019laa, 2\/304; al-Bayhaqi, 5\/262 \r\n\r\nSecondly: \r\n\r\nDiscussion of the hadeeth: \r\n\r\nSome of the scholars have discussed this hadeeth. Some of them \u2013 such as Ibn al-\u2018Arabi al-Maaliki \u2013 were of the view that it is mawdoo\u2019 (fabricated). Others classed it as da\u2019eef, such as al-Daaraqutni, al-\u2018Aqeeli and al-Subki. Ibn Hibbaan and Shaykh al-Albaani in al-Silsilah al-Saheehah (1662) are of the view that it is saheeh. \r\n\r\nThirdly: \r\n\r\nSome of the scholars have interpreted this hadeeth as referring to Hajj or \u2018Umrah. Based on this, al-Haythami included this hadeeth in his book Mawaarid al-Zam\u2019aan under the heading \u201cChapter concerning one who is well off but does not go for Hajj or \u2018Umrah in five years.\u201d \r\n\r\nMawaarid al-Zam\u2019aan, p. 239. \r\n\r\nOthers interpreted it as referring to Hajj only, as al-Mundhiri included it in his book al-Targheeb wa\u2019l-Tarheeb under the heading, \u201cWarning to one who is able to do Hajj but does not go for Hajj.\u201d \r\n\r\nSome of the scholars quoted this hadeeth as evidence that it is obligatory to perform Hajj once every five years for the one who is able to do that. This is a weak view, either because the hadeeth is weak (da\u2019eef) and not saheeh, or because the hadeeth is to be understood as referring to what is mustahabb, not what is obligatory. \r\n\r\nAl-Subki said: \r\n\r\nThe scholars are agreed that Hajj is an individual obligation upon every accountable, free Muslim who is able to do it, once in his or her lifetime, except for very few scholars who held different views, who said: It is obligatory once every five years, and they based that view on the report that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: \u201cEvery Muslim should come to the House of Allaah every five years.\u201d This was narrated by Ibn al-\u2018Arabi. We say: Narrating this hadeeth is haraam, so how can a ruling be established based on it? \r\n\r\nAl-Daaraqutni said: It was narrated through more than one isnaad, none of which are saheeh at all. \r\n\r\nFataawa al-Subki, 1\/263 \r\n\r\nAl-Hattaab said: \r\n\r\nSome of those who held an odd view said that it is obligatory every year, and it was narrated from some of them that it is obligatory every five years, because of the report according to which the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: \u201cEvery Muslim should come to the House of Allaah every five years.\u201d Ibn \u2018Arabi said: Narrating this hadeeth is haraam, so how can a ruling be established based on it? Meaning that it is mawdoo\u2019 (fabricated). Al-Nawawi said: This idea is contrary to the consensus of the scholars, so this odd view is to be rejected on the basis of the consensus of the scholars who came before those who held this odd view. \r\n\r\nEven if we accept this hadeeth, then it is to be understood as meaning that it is mustahabb. \r\n\r\nMawaahib al-Jaleel, 2\/466. \r\n\r\nAnd Allaah knows best.\r\n\r\nIslam Q&A","status":1,"created_at":"2014-10-25T20:51:56.000000Z","updated_at":"2014-10-25T20:51:56.000000Z","language_id":1,"fatawacate_id":30,"parent_id":7237,"author_id":"","books":[],"articles":[],"videos":[],"audios":[],"author_name":"","category_name":"Commentary on Hadeeth","category_slug":"","get_date":"2014-10-25"},"translations":[],"fatawa_books":[],"fatawa_articles":[],"fatawa_videos":[],"fatawa_audios":[],"url":"http:\/\/islamland.com\/eng\/api\/fatawas\/7238"}