The Hajj of a child

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was returning, and when he reached al-Rawha', he met a caravan. He (peace and blessings be upon him) greeted them with salam and asked: "Who are these people?" They said: We are Muslims; who are you? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I am the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." Then a woman lifted up a child from a litter and asked: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Is there Hajj for this one too? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, and you will have a reward."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by a woman who was in her litter. She was told: This is the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). She took hold of the upper arm of a child who was with her and said: "Is there Hajj for this one?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, and you will have a reward."

Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that on the road to Makkah a woman lifted up a nursing child from a litter and said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Is there Hajj for him?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, and you will have a reward."

Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that a woman lifted up a child toward the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked: Is there Hajj for him? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, and you will have a reward."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: While the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was travelling on the road to Makkah, a woman in her litter spoke to him (peace and blessings be upon him); she took hold of a child by the upper arm, lifted him up and said: O Messenger of Allah! Is there Hajj for him? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is Hajj for him, and you will have a reward."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by a woman who was in her litter and had a child with her. She said: O Messenger of Allah! Is there Hajj for this one? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, and you will have a reward."

Sulayman narrated the same from Yahya bin Sa'id (may Allah have mercy on him) and Ibn Mahdi (may Allah have mercy on him).

However, in Sufyan's (may Allah have mercy on him) narration there is no mention of the "litter".

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) said that during the Hajj of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), a woman lifted up a child and said: Is there Hajj for him? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes, and you will have a reward."

Ju'ayd bin Abd al-Rahman said: Sayyiduna al-Sa'ib (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me: In the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the sa' was one and a third mudd by the measure of your sa' today; then it was increased in the time of Umar bin Abd al-Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him). Sayyiduna al-Sa'ib (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I too was taken on Hajj with the household of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when I was a boy.

Al-Sa'ib bin Yazid (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I was taken to perform Hajj with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) at the Farewell Hajj when I was seven years old.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me with the weak ones from Muzdalifah at night, so we prayed and did the stoning (rami) before the people came to us.

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We set out with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the women and children were with us, until we reached Dhu al-Hulayfah. We said the talbiyah for Hajj, and we also said the talbiyah on behalf of the children.

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We performed Hajj with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the women and children were with us, so we said the talbiyah on behalf of the children and also did the stoning (rami) for them.

Abu al-Hasan bin Abdan has also narrated it from Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) in these same words.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: O people! Listen to what I say, and let me hear what you say, and do not go off saying that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said such and such. Whoever circumambulates the House should circumambulate from behind the low wall (the Hijr), and do not call it al-Hatim (the Hatim), for in the Jahiliyyah a man would swear an oath and throw down his whip, his sandal or his bow. Any child whose family takes him on Hajj, his Hajj counts for him as long as he is young, but as soon as he reaches puberty, another Hajj becomes obligatory upon him. And any slave whose masters take him on Hajj, his Hajj suffices for him as long as he is a slave, but as soon as he is freed, another Hajj becomes obligatory upon him.
Imam Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) recorded this hadith through Abdullah bin Muhammad from Sufyan, but it is not complete; and in earlier narrations we have narrated, through Abu Zabyan, the hadith of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning the Hajj of a child and other matters, both marfu' (attributed to the Prophet) and mawquf (stopping at the Companion).

Ata' bin Abi Rabah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A boy from Quraysh killed one of the pigeons of Makkah, so Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) told him to give a sheep as ransom (fidyah).