Chapter on the Ability to Undertake the Journey for Hajj
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 3|Chapter 81
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 81
Chapter on the Ability to Undertake the Journey for Hajj
2 hadiths
رُوِيَ عَنْ أَبِي اَلرَّبِيعِ اَلشَّامِيِّ قَالَ: سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ « وَ لِلّٰهِ عَلَى اَلنّٰاسِ حِجُّ اَلْبَيْتِ مَنِ اِسْتَطٰاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلاً » فَقَالَ «مَا يَقُولُ اَلنَّاسُ فِيهَا » فَقِيلَ لَهُ اَلزَّادُ وَ اَلرَّاحِلَةُ فَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ «قَدْ سُئِلَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ هَذَا فَقَالَ» «هَلَكَ اَلنَّاسُ إِذاً، لَئِنْ كَانَ مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ زَادٌ وَ رَاحِلَةٌ قَدْرَ مَا يَقُوتُ بِهِ عِيَالَهُ وَ يَسْتَغْنِي بِهِ عَنِ اَلنَّاسِ يَنْطَلِقُ إِلَيْهِ فَيَسْلُبُهُمْ إِيَّاهُ لَقَدْ هَلَكُوا إِذاً » فَقِيلَ لَهُ فَمَا اَلسَّبِيلُ فَقَالَ «اَلسَّعَةُ فِي اَلْمَالِ إِذَا كَانَ يَحُجُّ بِبَعْضٍ وَ يَبْقَى بَعْضٌ لِقُوتِ عِيَالِهِ أَ لَيْسَ قَدْ فَرَضَ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ اَلزَّكَاةَ فَلَمْ يَجْعَلْهَا إِلاَّ عَلَى مَنْ يَمْلِكُ مِائَتَيْ دِرْهَمٍ».
It was narrated from Abu al-Rabi' al-Shami, who said: Abu Abdullah عليه السلام was asked about the words of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Exalted: "And [due] to Allah سبحانه وتعالى from the people is a pilgrimage to the House – for whoever is able to find thereto a way." (Surah Aal-e-Imran 3:97). Imam عليه السلام said: "What do people say regarding it?" It was said to him: "Provision and a mount." Imam عليه السلام replied: "Abu Ja'far عليه السلام was asked about this and said: 'Then the people would perish! If it were such that whoever has provisions and a mount sufficient for his family and enough to make him independent of others must go for Hajj and be stripped of these provisions, then they would perish.'" Imam عليه السلام was asked: "Then what is the 'way' (sabeel)?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "It is sufficiency in wealth—when one can perform Hajj with part of it while leaving enough to provide for his family. Has not Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Exalted, obligated Zakat and made it incumbent only upon those who possess two hundred dirhams?"
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh
وَ رَوَى هِشَامُ بْنُ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَقُولُ: «مَنْ عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ اَلْحَجُّ وَ لَوْ عَلَى حِمَارٍ أَجْدَعَ مَقْطُوعِ اَلذَّنَبِ فَأَبَى فَهُوَ مُسْتَطِيعٌ لِلْحَجِّ ».
Hisham ibn Salim narrated from Abu Basir, who said: I heard Abu Abdullah عليه السلام say: "Whoever is offered the opportunity to perform Hajj, even if it is on a maimed donkey with a cut-off tail, and he refuses, then he is considered capable of performing Hajj."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 153