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When did hajj become obligatory?  
When did hajj become obligatory?  


Exegetes have different view over the time of legislation of obligation of hajj. Some believe that it was legislated as an obligation in the time of [[prophet Ibrahim (a)]], as stated in verse 27 of sura al-Hajj. Ibrahim (a) called people to hajj, and this obligation was practiced until the time of Prophet Muhammad's (s) mission ([[Bi'tha]]),<ref>''Aḥkām al-Qurʾān'', vol. 5, p. 64.</ref> and then the phrase of the verse {And it is the duty of mankind toward Allah to make pilgrimage to [[Ka'ba|the House]]} confirmed the same obligation.<ref>''Al-Mīzān'', vol. 4, p. 355.</ref> With the belief that Sura al-Hajj is [[Makki]], another group of scholars have related the implication of the verse {And proclaim the Hajj to all the people} for the obligation of hajj to the pre-emigration era.<ref>''Tafsīr al-Qurtubī'', vol. 4, p. 144.</ref> Others have considered the obligation of hajj to be legislated in the third year after the emigration because sura Al 'Imran and the verse {And it is the duty of mankind toward Allah to make pilgrimage to the House} are revealed in the same year.<ref>''Tafsīr al-Qurtubī'', vol. 4, p. 144; ''Al-Munīr'', vol. 4, p. 16.</ref> A group of scholars also believe that the revelation of the verse 196 of sura al-Baqara in the sixth year of Hijra<ref>''Tafsīr al-Kabīr'', vol. 5, p. 153; ''Kanz al-ʿirfān'', vol. 51, p. 266, 274.</ref> or the revelation of verse 96 of sura Al 'Imran is the origin of the obligation of hajj.<ref>''Masālik al-Ifhām'', vol. 2, p. 119.</ref> However, most of commentators have held that the obligation of hajj is due to the verse 97 of sura Al 'Imran or the verse 27 of sura al-Hajj in the tenth year of Hijra.<ref>''Aḥkām al-Qurʾān'', vol. 5, p. 64; ''Al-Tibyān'', vol. 7, p. 309; ''Kanz al-ʿirfān'', vol. 1, p. 268.</ref> Some hadiths from [[the Infallibles (a)]] confirm this idea as well.<ref>''Al-Kāfī'', vol. 4, p. 245.</ref> Some exegetes considered ل {L} in لله {lillah} and the preposition عَلَی {ala} in the sentence {وَلِلَّهِ عَلَی النَّاسِ حِجُّ البَیتِ; and it is the duty of mankind toward Allah to make pilgrimage to the House}, as well as being a nominal predicative sentence as the reason for the obligation of and the emphasis on the hajj.<ref>''Kanz al-ʿirfān'', vol. 1, p. 267.</ref>  
Exegetes have different view over the time of legislation of obligation of hajj. Some believe that it was legislated as an obligation in the time of [[prophet Ibrahim (a)]], as stated in verse 27 of sura al-Hajj. Ibrahim (a) called people to hajj, and this obligation was practiced until the time of Prophet Muhammad's (s) mission ([[Bi'tha]]),<ref>''Aḥkām al-Qurʾān'', vol. 5, p. 64.</ref> and then the phrase of the verse {And it is the duty of mankind toward Allah to make pilgrimage to [[Ka'ba|the House]]} confirmed the same obligation.<ref>''Al-Mīzān'', vol. 4, p. 355.</ref> With the belief that Sura al-Hajj is [[Makki]], another group of scholars have related the implication of the verse {And proclaim the Hajj to all the people} for the obligation of hajj to the pre-emigration era.<ref>''Tafsīr al-Qurtubī'', vol. 4, p. 144.</ref> Others have considered the obligation of hajj to be legislated in the third year after the emigration because sura Al 'Imran and the verse {And it is the duty of mankind toward Allah to make pilgrimage to the House} are revealed in the same year.<ref>''Tafsīr al-Qurtubī'', vol. 4, p. 144; ''Al-Munīr'', vol. 4, p. 16.</ref> A group of scholars also believe that the revelation of the verse 196 of sura al-Baqara in the sixth year of Hijra<ref>''Tafsīr al-Kabīr'', vol. 5, p. 153; ''Kanz al-ʿirfān'', vol. 51, p. 266, 274.</ref> or the revelation of verse 96 of sura Al 'Imran is the origin of the obligation of hajj.<ref>''Masālik al-Ifhām'', vol. 2, p. 119.</ref> However, most of commentators have held that the obligation of hajj is due to the verse 97 of sura Al 'Imran or the verse 27 of sura al-Hajj in the tenth year of Hijra.<ref>''Aḥkām al-Qurʾān'', vol. 5, p. 64; ''Al-Tibyān'', vol. 7, p. 309; ''Kanz al-ʿirfān'', vol. 1, p. 268.</ref> Some hadiths from [[the Infallibles (a)]] confirm this idea as well.<ref>''Al-Kāfī'', vol. 4, p. 245.</ref> Some exegetes considered {{ia|ل}} (li) in {{ia|لله}} (li-Allah) and the preposition {{ia|عَلَی}} ('ala) in the sentence "{{ia|وَلِلَّهِ عَلَی النَّاسِ حِجُّ البَیتِ}}; and it is the duty of mankind toward Allah to make pilgrimage to the House", as well as being a nominal predicative sentence as the reason for the obligation of and the emphasis on the hajj.<ref>''Kanz al-ʿirfān'', vol. 1, p. 267.</ref>  


===Those Whom Hajj Is Obligatory On===
===Those Whom Hajj Is Obligatory On===