Chapter on One Who Bequeaths an Insufficient Amount for Hajj
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 3|Chapter 103
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 103
Chapter on One Who Bequeaths an Insufficient Amount for Hajj
3 hadiths
رَوَى اِبْنُ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَمَّنْ سَأَلَهُ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ رَجُلٌ أَوْصَى بِعِشْرِينَ دِينَاراً فِي حَجَّةٍ فَقَالَ «يَحُجُّ بِهَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ حَيْثُ يَبْلُغُهُ.
Ibn Muskan narrated from Abu Basir, from someone who asked Imam عليه السلام: I said to him: "A man instructed in his will to allocate twenty dinars for a Hajj." Imam عليه السلام said: "A man should perform Hajj with it from wherever the amount suffices for him to begin."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh
وَ كَتَبَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَهْزِيَارَ إِلَى أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: أُعْلِمُكَ يَا مَوْلاَيَ أَنَّ مَوْلاَكَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ مَهْزِيَارَ أَوْصَى أَنْ يُحَجَّ عَنْهُ مِنْ ضَيْعَةٍ صَيَّرَ رُبُعَهَا لَكَ حَجَّةٌ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ بِعِشْرِينَ دِينَاراً وَ إِنَّهُ مُنْذُ اِنْقَطَعَ طَرِيقُ اَلْبَصْرَةِ تَضَاعَفَتِ اَلْمَئُونَةُ عَلَى اَلنَّاسِ فَلَيْسَ يَكْتَفُونَ بِعِشْرِينَ دِينَاراً وَ كَذَلِكَ أَوْصَى عِدَّةٌ مِنْ مَوَالِيكَ فِي حَجَّتَيْنِ فَكَتَبَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ «يُجْعَلُ ثَلاَثُ حِجَجٍ حَجَّتَيْنِ إِنْ شَاءَ اَللَّهُ تَعَالَى».
Ibrahim ibn Mahziyar wrote to Abu Muhammad عليه السلام: "I inform you, my master, that your servant Ali ibn Mahziyar instructed in his will that Hajj be performed on his behalf from a property, a quarter of which he dedicated for this purpose, allocating one Hajj every year with twenty dinars. However, since the route to Basra has been cut off, the expenses for travel have significantly increased, and twenty dinars are no longer sufficient. Similarly, several of your followers have made wills for two Hajj pilgrimages." Imam عليه السلام wrote back: "Combine three Hajj pilgrimages into two, God willing."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 162
وَ كَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ اَلْحُضَيْنِيُّ: أَنَّ اِبْنَ عَمِّي أَوْصَى أَنْ يُحَجَّ عَنْهُ بِخَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ دِينَاراً فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ فَلَيْسَ يَكْفِي فَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي فِي ذَلِكَ فَكَتَبَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ «تَجْعَلُ حَجَّتَيْنِ فِي حَجَّةٍ إِنْ شَاءَ اَللَّهُ إِنَّ اَللَّهَ عَالِمٌ بِذَلِكَ».
Ali ibn Muhammad al-Hudhayni wrote to Imam عليه السلام: "My cousin instructed in his will that Hajj be performed on his behalf every year with fifteen dinars, but this amount is not sufficient. What do you command me to do in this matter?" Imam عليه السلام wrote back: "Combine two Hajj pilgrimages into one, God willing. Allah سبحانه وتعالى is aware of this."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 162