وَعَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا
قَالَ: «أَتَى اَلنَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ. فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ! أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ اَلْعُمْرَةِ، أَوَاجِبَةٌ هِيَ? فَقَالَ: «لَا. وَأَنْ تَعْتَمِرَ خَيْرٌ لَكَ» رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ، وََالتِّرْمِذِيُّ، وَالرَّاجِحُ وَقْفُهُ
A Bedouin came to the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah! Tell me about Umrah! Is it compulsory? He replied (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), ‘No (it is not compulsory), but it is better for you to perform it.’ Related by Ahmad and at-Tirmidhi. Scholars are of the opinion that it is Mawquf.’