The year in which Hajj was made obligatory
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When was Hajj made obligatory upon the Muslims? Was it at the beginning of the mission, before the migration, or after the migration, or what?So we say: Tawhid (the oneness of Allah), the message, and testifying to both were required from the very beginning of the mission. So from the start of the mission, it was obligatory for people to testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Prayer was made obligatory on the night of the Mi'raj, before the migration, either one year or so.And Zakah: It was made obligatory upon the Muslims in the second year of the migration.And Fasting: Likewise, in the second year of the migration.And Hajj: It was made obligatory in the ninth year of the migration. Look at the pillars of Islam and how they were arranged in terms of obligation.
If someone were to say: Why was the obligation of Hajj delayed until the ninth year?
Makkah—may Allah honor it—was under the control of the polytheists until the time of its conquest, and the Muslims were unable to perform Hajj because the polytheists prevented them from performing 'Umrah, let alone Hajj.
If someone says: Why did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) not perform Hajj in the ninth year?So the answer is: He remained in Madinah because of the large number of Muslims who came to Madinah to be taught their religion. This is one aspect.
And from another aspect: In the ninth year, the polytheists performed Hajj along with the Muslims.And in this year, the caller announced: [No polytheist shall perform Hajj after this year.] So the tenth year was free of polytheists, and it was in that year that the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) Hajj was completed. No one performed Hajj with him except the Muslims, and he did not circumambulate the House naked.
The Arabs in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance used to circumambulate the House naked, some of them;Because they say: A person could not circumambulate except wearing the clothes of the five [tribes]. If he did not find a garment, he would circumambulate naked. And the woman would circumambulate, place her hand over her private parts, and say:
Today some of it is revealed, or all of it, and what is revealed of it, I do not make lawful.
And that was out of ignorance.
If someone were to say: Why was the obligation of Hajj delayed until the ninth year?
Makkah—may Allah honor it—was under the control of the polytheists until the time of its conquest, and the Muslims were unable to perform Hajj because the polytheists prevented them from performing 'Umrah, let alone Hajj.
If someone says: Why did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) not perform Hajj in the ninth year?So the answer is: He remained in Madinah because of the large number of Muslims who came to Madinah to be taught their religion. This is one aspect.
And from another aspect: In the ninth year, the polytheists performed Hajj along with the Muslims.And in this year, the caller announced: [No polytheist shall perform Hajj after this year.] So the tenth year was free of polytheists, and it was in that year that the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) Hajj was completed. No one performed Hajj with him except the Muslims, and he did not circumambulate the House naked.
The Arabs in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance used to circumambulate the House naked, some of them;Because they say: A person could not circumambulate except wearing the clothes of the five [tribes]. If he did not find a garment, he would circumambulate naked. And the woman would circumambulate, place her hand over her private parts, and say:
Today some of it is revealed, or all of it, and what is revealed of it, I do not make lawful.
And that was out of ignorance.