عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللّهِ صَلَّى اللّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «مَنْ حَجَّ فَلَمْ يَرْفُثْ، وَلَم يَفْسُقْ رَجَعَ كَيَوْمَ وَلَدتْهُ أُمُّهُ». مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ.
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever performs Hajj and does not engage in obscene talk or intimacy, nor commits any sin or wrongdoing, returns [free of sin] as on the day his mother bore him." Agreed upon (al-Bukhari and Muslim).
الشرح · explanation
فلم يرفث: أنّ الرفث في الحديث يشمل الفحش في القول، والجماع معًا. ولم يفسق: من جاهد نفسه حتى لا يصدر منها سيئة ولا معصية أو جدل أو سوء خلق.
"and does not engage in obscene talk or intimacy": rafath in this hadith includes both foul speech and sexual intercourse. "nor commits any sin": one who strives against his soul so that no evil deed, act of disobedience, quarrel, or ill conduct issues from it.
الدروس · lessons
أنّ الحجّ مكفر للذنوب صغيرها وكبيرها وماحٍ للآثام المقتَرَفة قبله، وهذا مع التوبة من الكبائر، ورد حقوق العباد لأصحابها. ما ذكر من تكفير الذنوب مشروط بأن يكون الحجّ مبرورًا قد تحقق فيه الإخلاص والصواب، وسعى فيه العبد لتحقيق الشروط والأركان، وتُوِّج بالعزم على التوبة ورد حقوق الناس، وسلِم من الآثام والمعاصي والسيئات.
Hajj expiates sins, both minor and major, and wipes away the offenses committed before it—this together with repentance from major sins and the restoration of people's rights to those entitled to them. The mentioned expiation of sins is conditional upon the Hajj being accepted (mabrur): one in which sincerity and correctness are realized, in which the servant strives to fulfill its conditions and pillars, which is crowned with a firm resolve to repent and to restore people's rights, and which remains free of offenses, acts of disobedience, and evil deeds.