Making a condition in Hajj

Sayyidah Duba'ah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to visit me while I was ill, and he said: "Do you not intend to perform Hajj this year?" She said: I am ill, O Messenger of Allah. He said: "Perform Hajj and say: My place of leaving ihram on the earth is wherever You detain me."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said that one should say: 'O Allah, I perform Hajj if You make it easy for me'; and if he intends Umrah, he should say: 'O Allah, I perform Umrah (if You make it easy for me)'; and otherwise there is no harm.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went to Sayyidah Duba'ah bint al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with her) while she intended to perform Hajj. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: "When entering ihram, make this stipulation: 'I will leave ihram at the place where You detain me', for that will suffice for you."

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: If you intend to perform Hajj, then say: 'O Allah, I intend Hajj and it is my aim.' Then if Hajj becomes possible for him (becomes easy), he performs Hajj; 'and if I am held back by illness (or some other reason), then Umrah is my aim.'

Ibrahim said: I saw Alqamah place his foot in the stirrup of his mount (the place for the foot), and he supplicated: 'O Allah, I intend Hajj if You make it easy for me; otherwise I intend Umrah if You make it easy for me.'

Al-Aswad's mount was being led for him (since he was ill, he could not lead it himself). When he reached Jabbanat Arzam (in Kufah) and intended to mount, he supplicated: 'O Allah, I intend Hajj if You make it easy for me; otherwise Umrah, if You make it easy for me.' Then he recited the talbiyah for Hajj.

Hisham said: My father did not hold that making a stipulation in Hajj counts for anything.

Ibrahim said: They did not use to make a stipulation in Hajj (when reciting the talbiyah), nor did they hold that stipulation counts for anything.

Ibrahim said: They did not use to make a stipulation, nor did they hold that stipulation in it counts for anything. Sallam said in his narration: Even if a man is afflicted (with illness or the like).

It is narrated from Ibn Sirin that Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) saw a man who was present at Arafah, and he said to him: Did you make a stipulation when reciting the talbiyah? He said: Yes.

Something similar is reported from Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him).

Al-Hasan and Ata said regarding a muhrim who makes a stipulation when reciting the talbiyah: he is to act according to his stipulation.

It is narrated from Umarah that Shurayh made a stipulation when reciting the talbiyah for Hajj, and supplicated thus: 'O Allah, You surely know my intention and what I intend; so if this matter is completed for me, that is most beloved to me, and if it is otherwise, there is no harm in it.'

Abu Bakr (Ibn Abi Shaybah) said: It has reached me that Abu Mu'awiyah retracted this hadith.

Tawus said: Making a stipulation in Hajj counts for nothing.

Hilal bin Khabbab said: I said to Sa'id bin Jubayr: What is your view of making a stipulation in Hajj? He said: A stipulation in Hajj is only between people (it applies only as far as people are concerned).

Al-Hakam and Hammad said regarding stipulation: It counts for nothing.

Ibrahim al-Taymi said: Alqamah used to make a stipulation in Hajj, but he did not hold that it counts for anything.

Sa'id bin Jubayr said: In Hajj, the one who makes an exception (stipulation) and the one who does not are both equal.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went to Sayyidah Duba'ah bint al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with her) and said to her: "Do you want to perform Hajj this year?" She said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I am ill. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Perform Hajj, and make a stipulation when entering ihram." She said: What should I say? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Say: 'Labbayk Allahumma labbayk (Here I am, O Allah, here I am); my place of leaving ihram is wherever You detain (hold) me.'"

Sayyiduna Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When you perform Hajj, make a stipulation.

Abu Bakr bin Abd al-Rahman bin al-Harith used to make a stipulation when performing Umrah.