Chapter on Delaying the Performance of Hajj
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 3|Chapter 107
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."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh