Hadith 3061

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي مَعْبَدٍ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ، قَالَ : جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنِّي كُتِبْتُ فِي غَزْوَةِ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَامْرَأَتِي حَاجَّةٌ ، قَالَ : " ارْجِعْ فَحُجَّ مَعَ امْرَأَتِكَ " .
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: A man came to the Prophet and said, "O Allah's Apostle! I have enlisted in the army for such-andsuch Ghazwa, and my wife is leaving for Hajj." Allah's Apostle said, "Go back and perform Hajj with your wife."
Hadith Reference صحيح البخاري / كتاب الجهاد والسير / 3061
Hadith Grading محدثین: أحاديث صحيح البخاريّ كلّها صحيحة
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Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
From this, the permissibility of writing names is also established; this is precisely the translation of the chapter heading.
It is also understood from this that if a woman goes for Hajj, it is necessary that her husband or a mahram accompanies her.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 3061
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:

This hadith also provides evidence for census-taking, especially that there should be a formal registration of those participating in jihad, so that the distribution of war booty (ghanimah) or identification of martyrs after the battle can be ascertained.


It is also understood from this hadith that if a woman goes for Hajj, it is necessary that her husband or another mahram accompanies her; without this, her journey for Hajj is not permissible.
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 3061
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ The importance of a mahram (unmarriageable male guardian) during travel is so great that, due to this excuse, permission was granted for not participating in jihad.

➋ If, during the journey of Hajj, a woman does not have any mahram to accompany her, or if a mahram is present but he cannot afford the expenses of Hajj, and neither can the woman bear his expenses, then Hajj will not remain obligatory upon the woman, because the means (istita‘ah) are no longer present.

➌ Some scholars have stated that if other women are traveling with their own mahrams, then the woman who does not have a mahram, or whose mahram does not have the ability to undertake the journey of Hajj, may also travel with their caravan. This is because, in such a situation, the dangers to a woman’s honor and chastity, for which reason she was prohibited from traveling without a mahram, generally do not remain.
And Allah knows best.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 2900
Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim bin Basheer
Benefit:
From this hadith, it is understood that a woman cannot travel alone with a non-mahram man, even if the journey is for Hajj. Apart from mahram relatives, all other relatives who are non-mahram, a woman must observe hijab (veil) from them. Nowadays, a very incorrect custom has become prevalent that when a marriage takes place, the woman enters her husband's house with hijab, and the husband says, "This is my brother, what need is there to observe hijab from him? This is my paternal uncle's son." No, rather, only those relationships which Allah the Exalted has made mahram, only from them can a woman remove the hijab.
Source: Musnad al-Humaydi: Commentary by Muhammad Ibrahim bin Bashir, Page: 473