عَنْ أَبِیہِ قَالَ: قَالَتْ لِی عَائِشَۃُ رَضِیَ اللہُ عَنْہَا: ھَلْ تَسْتَشْنِی إِذَا حَجَجْتَ ؟ فَقُلْتُ لَھَا: مَاذَا أَقُولُ؟ فَقَالَتْ : قُلِ: اللّٰھُمَّ الْحَجَّ أَرَدْتُ وَلَہُ عَمَدْتُ ، فَإِنْ یَسَّرْتَہُ فَھُوَ الْحَجُّ ، وَإِنْ حَبَسَنِی حَابِسٌ فَھِیَ عُمْرَۃٌ۔
مسند امام شافی · Hadith 813
On the authority of his father, he said: may God be pleased with me, she said to me: Do you consult me when you do Hajj? So I told her: What should I say? She said: Say: Oh God, the Hajj I wanted, and I did, and if I am pleased, then it is the Hajj, and if I am locked in a custodian, I understand
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020