Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #27089

Muhammad bin Abdul-Ala al-San’ani told us, Omar bin Ali told us, on the authority of al-Hajjaj, on the authority of Muhammad bin al-Munkadir, on the authority of Jabir, that the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace He was asked about whether Umrah is obligatory. He said, “No, but that you perform Umrah is better.” Abu Issa said this is a good hadith. It is true. It is the opinion of some people of knowledge. They said that Umrah is not obligatory. It was said that they are the two pilgrims performing the major Hajj on the Day of Sacrifice. The lesser Hajj is Umrah. Al-Shafi’i said, “Umrah is a sunnah, and we do not know of anyone who has given permission to abandon it, and there is nothing proven about it that it is Voluntary. It was narrated on the authority of the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, with a chain of transmission, and it is weak and no proof like it can be supported. We have been informed on the authority of Ibn Abbas that he was It is obligatory. Abu Issa said: It is all the words of Al-Shafi’i.