Al-Hajj Verse: Difference between revisions

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>