Sifat al-Hajj wa’l-‘Umrah (Description of Hajj and ‘Umrah), Dought & clear, - 22* Is it mustahabb for everyone who wants to enter ihram for Hajj or ‘Umrah to stipulate a condition?

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Is it mustahabb for everyone who wants to enter ihram for Hajj or ‘Umrah to stipulate a condition when entering ihram?
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Praise be to Allah.
Stipulating a condition with regard to Hajj refers to when a person stipulates, when entering ihram, that if anything prevents him from continuing, he will exit ihram from the place where he is prevented from continuing.
The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) differed as to whether it is prescribed to make this condition. Some of them said that it is not prescribed at all, because the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) did Hajj and ‘Umrah, and there is no report from him to suggest that he stipulated this condition either in his Hajj or in his ‘Umrah. And it is well-known that there were with him people who were sick, but he did not instruct the people to stipulate this condition. Ka‘b ibn ‘Ujrah (may Allah be pleased with him), during the ‘Umrah of al-Hudaybiyah, came to the Messenger (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) when he was sick with an infestation of lice that were falling onto his face from his head. The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said to him: “I did not realise that your problem had become as bad as I see it”, and he instructed him to shave his head and offer a fidyah (sacrifice of a sheep) or fast or feed (poor persons). This story is well-known inas-Saheehaynand elsewhere.
Some of the scholars say that it is prescribed in all cases, and that it is mustahabb for a person to stipulate, when entering ihram: “If anything prevents me (from continuing), then my exiting ihram is where I am prevented.” They gave as the reason for that the fact that there is no guarantee that anyone will be safe from obstacles that may arise during ihram, which may require him to exit ihram, so if he has stipulated this condition, it will be easy for him to exit ihram.
Some of the scholars say that if the person fears that an obstacle may arise, he should stipulate this condition, otherwise he should not.
The correct view is that stipulating this condition is not prescribed except in cases where a person fears that some obstacle may prevent him from completing his pilgrimage, such as if he is sick and his sickness worsens, so that he is not able to complete his pilgrimage. In that case he should stipulate this condition. But if he is not afraid of some obstacle that will prevent him from completing his pilgrimage, then he should not stipulate this condition. This view reconciles all the evidence, the reason being that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) did ‘Umrah and Hajj, and he did not stipulate any condition and he did not tell the people in general to stipulate conditions when entering ihram. But when Dubaa‘ah bint az-Zubayr ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with her) told him that she wanted to do Hajj but she was sick, the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said to her: “Do Hajj, and stipulate: My exiting ihram will be where I am prevented (from continuing), then you will have permission from your Lord to do so.” So anyone whose situation is like hers may stipulate this condition, and those whose situation is not like this should not do so.
Majmoo‘ Fataawa Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (22/26-28)








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Sifat al-Hajj wa’l-‘Umrah (Description of Hajj and ‘Umrah), Dought & clear, - * Reason why men run in sa‘i between as-Safa and al-Marwah

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What is the reason why men run in sa‘i between as-Safa and al-Marwah?
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Praise be to Allah.
It is Sunnah for men to run between the two markers in sa‘i, because this is what was done by the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) and the Sahaabah (may Allah be pleased with them) after him. The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “Learn from me your rituals (of Hajj).” Narrated by Muslim (1297) from Jaabir. Women, however, do not run, because they are required to cover themselves and be modest, and running may expose their bodies and their charms.
This has been discussed previously in the answer to question no. 109286
The reason why men run – as was mentioned by Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) – is that in this place there was a valley, i.e., a channel for rainwater, and a valley is usually steep and sandy, so it is difficult to walk normally in it, so one has to run. The purpose behind sa‘i is to remember the story of the mother of Ismaa‘eel: when Ibraaheem (peace be upon him) left her (may Allah be pleased with her) and her son in this place, and he left a skin of water and a bag of dates with her; the mother began to eat the dates and drink the water, and she breastfed her son. Then the water and dates ran out, so she became hungry and thirsty, and her milk dried up. The infant became hungry, and began to cry with hunger. She found herself in a difficult position. She saw that the nearest mountain to her was as-Safa, so she went to as-Safa and began to listen out in the hope that she would hear someone, but she heard no one. So she came and headed the other way, towards al-Marwah. When she came down to the bottom of the valley, she could no longer see her son, so she started running fast, until she climbed up so that she could see her son. She climbed up to listen out from al-Marwah, but she did not hear anything. She continued like this until she had done this seven times. Then she heard a sound, but she did not know what it was. Then she saw that Jibreel had come down by Allah’s command, and he struck the ground with his wing or his foot in the place where Zamzam is now…
See:ash-Sharh al-Mumti‘(7/269)
And Allah knows best.






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Sifat al-Hajj wa’l-‘Umrah (Description of Hajj and ‘Umrah), Dought & clear, - * He moved on from Muzdalifah to Makkah and did sa‘i, but he delayed tawaaf al-ifaadah so that he could combine it with tawaaf al-wadaa‘

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A man did Hajj with his parents, doing ifraad (Hajj on its own, without ‘umrah). They went straight to ‘Arafah and stayed overnight in Muzdalifah, but on the day of ‘Eid they went to Makkah and did sa‘i of Hajj, but they did not do tawaaf al-ifaadah, so that they could combine it with the farewell tawaaf (tawaaf al-wadaa‘), because of his parents’ physical weakness. Then they shaved their heads, then they exited ihram, out of ignorance, then they stoned Jamrat al-‘Aqabah on the day of ‘Eid. Do they have to do anything further?
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Praise be to Allah.
There is nothing wrong with that. If a man enters ihram for ifraad (Hajj on its own) or qiraan (‘umrah followed by Hajj, without exiting ihram in between), and he goes out to ‘Arafah and stays there, then goes to Muzdalifah, then comes to Mina, and goes to Makkah and does the sa‘i of Hajj, and delays tawaaf until he is about to leave, there is nothing wrong with that. But this man exited ihram before stoning the Jamrah. If he did that out of ignorance, then he does not have to do anything further.
Majmoo‘ Fataawa Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (23/158)








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