Chapter on Delaying the Performance of Hajj
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 3|Chapter 107
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 107
Chapter on Delaying the Performance of Hajj
4 hadiths
رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ اَلْفُضَيْلِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا اَلْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ « وَ مَنْ كٰانَ فِي هٰذِهِ أَعْمىٰ فَهُوَ فِي اَلْآخِرَةِ أَعْمىٰ وَ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلاً » فَقَالَ «نَزَلَتْ فِيمَنْ سَوَّفَ اَلْحَجَّ حَجَّةَ اَلْإِسْلاَمِ وَ عِنْدَهُ مَا يَحُجُّ بِهِ فَقَالَ اَلْعَامَ أَحُجُّ اَلْعَامَ أَحُجُّ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَحُجَّ».
Muhammad ibn al-Fudhayl narrated: I asked Abu al-Hasan عليه السلام about the words of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Exalted: "And whoever is blind in this [life] will be blind in the Hereafter and more astray in way" (Surah Al-Isra 17:72). Imam عليه السلام said: "This verse was revealed concerning those who procrastinate the Hajj of Islam while possessing the means to perform it. They say, 'I will go next year, I will go next year,' until they die without performing Hajj."
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وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ لَمْ يَحُجَّ قَطُّ وَ لَهُ مَالٌ فَقَالَ «هُوَ مِمَّنْ قَالَ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ « وَ نَحْشُرُهُ يَوْمَ اَلْقِيٰامَةِ أَعْمىٰ » » فَقُلْتُ سُبْحَانَ اَللَّهِ أَعْمَى فَقَالَ «أَعْمَاهُ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَنْ طَرِيقِ اَلْخَيْرِ».
It was narrated from Mu'awiyah ibn Ammar, who said: I asked Abu Abdullah عليه السلام about a man who had never performed Hajj despite having wealth. Imam عليه السلام said: "He is among those about whom Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Exalted, says: 'And We will gather him on the Day of Resurrection blind.' (Surah Ta-Ha 20:124)." I said: "Glory be to Allah سبحانه وتعالى! Blind?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Exalted, has blinded him from the path of goodness."
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وَ رَوَى صَفْوَانُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ذَرِيحٍ اَلْمُحَارِبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: «مَنْ مَاتَ وَ لَمْ يَحُجَّ حَجَّةَ اَلْإِسْلاَمِ وَ لَمْ يَمْنَعْهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ حَاجَةٌ تُجْحِفُ بِهِ أَوْ مَرَضٌ لاَ يُطِيقُ مِنْهُ اَلْحَجَّ أَوْ سُلْطَانٌ يَمْنَعُهُ مِنْهُ فَلْيَمُتْ يَهُودِيّاً أَوْ نَصْرَانِيّاً ».
Safwan ibn Yahya narrated from Dharih al-Muharibi, from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, who said: "Whoever dies without performing the Hajj of Islam, and there was nothing preventing him—such as a pressing need that depleted his resources, an illness that made him incapable of Hajj, or a tyrant preventing him from it—let him die as a Jew or a Christian."
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وَ رَوَى عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْهُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «مَنْ قَدَرَ عَلَى مَا يَحُجُّ بِهِ وَ جَعَلَ يَدْفَعُ ذَلِكَ وَ لَيْسَ لَهُ عَنْهُ شُغُلٌ يَعْذِرُهُ اَللَّهُ فِيهِ حَتَّى جَاءَ اَلْمَوْتُ فَقَدْ ضَيَّعَ شَرِيعَةً مِنْ شَرَائِعِ اَلْإِسْلاَمِ.
Ali ibn Abi Hamzah narrated from Imam عليه السلام that he said: "Whoever has the means to perform Hajj but keeps postponing it without any valid excuse that Allah سبحانه وتعالى would accept, and death overtakes him, has neglected a fundamental law of Islam."
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