Al-Hajj Verse: Difference between revisions

Some Sunni commentators have considered the revelation of the verse of hajj in the third year after Hijra and the Prophet's not going to hajj until the tenth year Hijra as a reason for proving that hajj is not an [[urgent obligation]].<ref>''Tafsīr al-Qurtubī'', vol. 4, p. 144; ''Al-Majmūʿ'', vol. 7, p. 102.</ref> On the basis of the verse of hajj and also verse 196 of sura al-Baqara, Shiite jurists and many Sunnis have argued on the urgency of performing hajj after achieving Istita'a and other conditions of its obligation.<ref>''Al-Khilāf'', vol. 2, p. 257 ;''Al-Majmūʿ'', vol. 7, p. 103; ''Al-Munīr'', vol. 4, p. 16; ''Kashf al-ghiṭāʾ'', vol. 2, p. 429.</ref> There has also been a claim of consensus in this regard.<ref>''Jawāhir al-kalām'', vol. 17, p. 223.</ref>

According to the verse of hajj and other related verses, it is obligatory upon every human being to perform hajj once; <ref>''Sharāʾiʿ al-Islām'', vol. 1, p. 163; ''Irshād al-adhhān'', vol. 1, p. 307.</ref> because the obligation in these verses to perform hajj points to creating the essence of hajj and creation of the essence would be accomplished by at least doing it once. <ref>''Tadhkirat al-fuqahāʾ'', vol. 7, p. 15; ''Jawāhir al-kalām'', vol. 17, p. 220.</ref> In addition to the consensus on this issue which some have claimed, <ref>'Jawāhir al-kalām'', vol. 17, p. 220.</ref> the respond of the Messenger of God to the questioner in this regard confirms the same thought. <ref>''Tafsīr al-Qurtubī'', vol. 4, p. 144; ''Al-Durr al-manthūr'', vol. 4, p. 55.</ref>