Hadith Research Libraryمكتبة الحديث والرجال

Chapter 8.0

Hajj is the Jihad of women

باب الْحَجُّ جِهَادُ النِّسَاءِ

2 hadiths

Sunan Ibn Majah, 2901sahih

Chain of narration · Isnād

Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.

5 transmitters

Narrated by Abu Bakr bin Abi ShaybafromMuhammad bin Fadayl bin GhazwanfromHabib bin Abi Fadalan/Fadalafrom'Aisha bint Talhafrom'Aisha bint Abi Bakr

Hadith text · Matn

‏ نَعَمْ عَلَيْهِنَّ جِهَادٌ لاَ قِتَالَ فِيهِ الْحَجُّ وَالْعُمْرَةُ ‏

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English translation

It was narrated that ‘Aishah said:

“I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, is Jihad obligatory for women?’ He said: “Yes: Upon them is a Jihad in which there is no fighting: Al-Hajj and Al-‘Umrah.”

Original Arabic chain wording

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَيْلٍ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ بِنْتِ طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ جِهَادٌ قَالَ ‏

Sunan Ibn Majah, 2902sahih

Chain of narration · Isnād

Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.

4 transmitters

Narrated by Abu Bakr bin Abi ShaybafromWaki' bin al-Jarrahfromal-Qasim bin al-Fadl bin Ma'danfromUmm Salamah

Hadith text · Matn

‏ الْحَجُّ جِهَادُ كُلِّ ضَعِيفٍ ‏

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English translation

It was narrated from Umm Salamah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

“Hajj is the Jihad of every weak person.”

Original Arabic chain wording

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ الْحُدَّانِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏