Al-Akbar and al-Asghar al-Hajj (the Greater and Minor al-Hajj)

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the day of greater al-Hajj. He (the Imam) replied, That is the day of offering sacrifice and minor al-Hajj is al-‘Umrah.’”

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the greater al-Hajj is the day of offering sacrifice.”

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah, about the greater al-Hajj because ibn ‘Abbas used to say, ‘It is the day of ‘Arafah.’ Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), has said, ‘The greater al-Hajj is the day of…