When Hajj becomes obligatory on a man

Sa'id bin Jubayr said regarding the saying of Allah Almighty "whoever is able to find a way to it" [Al Imran: 97]: Whoever finds provisions for the journey and a mount, Hajj is obligatory upon him.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man stood up before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! What makes Hajj obligatory?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Provisions for the journey and a mount." The man said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Who is the (true) pilgrim?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The one who is dishevelled and unperfumed." The man said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Which Hajj is the best?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The one in which the talbiyah is raised aloud and animals are sacrificed."

He said: Al-'ajj means raising the voice loudly in the talbiyah, and al-thajj means slaughtering the sacrificial camels.

Mujahid said: "Whoever is able to find a way to it" [Al Imran: 97] means provisions for the journey and a mount.

Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: (It is) according to the measure of one's strength.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said regarding the saying of Allah Almighty "whoever is able to find a way to it" [Al Imran: 97]: It means provisions for the journey and a mount.

It is narrated from al-Hasan that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Hajj is obligatory upon one who has provisions for the journey and a mount."

Something similar is reported from al-Hasan from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Al-Hasan said regarding the saying of Allah Almighty "whoever is able to find a way to it" [Al Imran: 97]: 'The way' means provisions for the journey and a mount.

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said regarding the saying of Allah Almighty "whoever is able to find a way to it" [Al Imran: 97]: It means provisions for the journey and a mount.

And Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: (It means) one who finds the means, and nothing stands between him and it.

And Ata said: "A way" is as Allah has said.

Ata said: It means provisions for the journey and a mount.

Sa'id bin Jubayr said: If one has provisions for the journey and a mount, Hajj is obligatory.

Something similar is reported from Sa'id bin Jubayr.

It is narrated from al-Hasan that a man said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! What is the way to it?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "That he has provisions for the journey and a mount."

Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The saying of Allah Almighty "whoever is able to find a way to it" [Al Imran: 97] means according to the measure of a person's strength.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Whoever owns three hundred dirhams, Hajj is obligatory upon him, and marrying slave-women is unlawful for him.

Ma'mar bin Khuthaym said: I said to Abu Ja'far: "May Allah have mercy on you! What is meant by 'whoever is able to find a way to it' [Al Imran: 97]?" He said: "That you have a mount and some provisions for the journey, so that you walk for a stretch and ride for a stretch."