The Holy Prophet Muhammadsa

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Abu Hurairah^ra relates: The Holy Prophet^sa addressed us and said, “O ye people. Allah has prescribed the Pilgrimage for you, so mind that you perform it.” A man asked, “Messenger of Allah^sa, is it prescribed every year?” The Holy Prophet^sa kept silent till the man had repeated his question three times. Then the Holy Prophet^sa observed, “Had I said yes, it would have become obligatory and you could not have afforded it.” Then he added, “Leave me alone so long as I do not impose anything on you. Some who were before you were ruined by their habit of asking too many questions and differing with their Prophets. Thus when I direct you to do something carry out my direction as far as it is within your power and when I forbid you anything then leave it altogether.”^[1]
Abu Hurairah^ra relates that he heard the Holy Prophet^sa say, “He who performs the Pilgrimage without indulging in vain talk or committing any default returns from the Pilgrimage as pure as he was on the day his mother bore him.”^[2]
Abu Hurairah^ra relates that the Holy Prophet^sa said, “Umrah followed by another Umrah atones for that which is between the two and the only reward of the Pilgrimage is Paradise.”^[3]
A woman asked the Holy Prophet^sa, “Messenger of Allah^sa, the Pilgrimage has been imposed by Allah on his servants at a time when my father has reached extreme old age and has not the strength to ride an animal. Shall I perform the Pilgrimage on his behalf?” He answered, “Yes.”^[4]

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Endnotes

1. Muslim.
2. Bukhari and Muslim.
3. Bukhari and Muslim.
4. Bukhari and Muslim.