١ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ قَالَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) بِمَسَائِلَ بَعْضُهَا مَعَ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ وَبَعْضُهَا مَعَ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ فَجَاءَ الْجَوَابُ بِإِمْلائِهِ سَأَلْتَ عَنْ قَوْلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَلله عَلَى النَّاسِ حِجُّ الْبَيْتِ مَنِ اسْتَطاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلاً يَعْنِي بِهِ الْحَجَّ وَالْعُمْرَةَ جَمِيعاً لأَنَّهُمَا مَفْرُوضَانِ وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَأَتِمُّوا الْحَجَّ وَالْعُمْرَةَ لله قَالَ يَعْنِي بِتَمَامِهِمَا أَدَاءَهُمَا وَاتِّقَاءَ مَا يَتَّقِي الْمُحْرِمُ فِيهِمَا وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى الْحَجِّ الأَكْبَرِ مَا يَعْنِي بِالْحَجِّ الأَكْبَرِ فَقَالَ الْحَجُّ الأَكْبَرُ الْوُقُوفُ بِعَرَفَةَ وَرَمْيُ الْجِمَارِ وَالْحَجُّ الأَصْغَرُ الْعُمْرَةُ.
1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from ‘Umar ibn ‘Udhaynah who has said the following: “I once wrote to abu ‘ Abd Allah , about certain issues (of Fiqh) of which a few were with ibn Bukayr, a few with abu al- ‘Abbas. The answers came with his (the Imam’s) dictation, ‘You have asked about the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, “People owe to Allah to perform al-Hajj of the House, whoever is capable to do so,” (3:97) is a reference to al-Hajj and al-‘Umrah. It refers to both of them performed together because they are obligatory.’ You have asked about the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, ‘Complete al-Hajj and al-‘Umrah for the sake of Allah. . .’ (2:196) ‘Completing’ means fulfilling this duty during which one must abstain from whatever a person in the state of Ihram abstains.’ I also asked him (the Imam) about the meaning of the words of Allah, the most High, ‘Al-Hajj al-Akbar’. (9:3) He (the Imam) replied it is staying in ‘Arafat, throwing pebbles on al-Jamar and al-Hajj al-Asghar stands for al-‘Umrah.’” 