Chapter on Sacrificial Offerings
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 3|Chapter 136
وَ رُوِيَ عَنِ اَلْعَلاَءِ بْنِ اَلْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: أَنَّ رَجُلاً سَأَلَهُ عَنِ اَلْأَضْحَى فَقَالَ «هُوَ وَاجِبٌ عَلَى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ إِلاَّ مَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ» فَقَالَ لَهُ اَلسَّائِلُ فَمَا تَرَى فِي اَلْعِيَالِ قَالَ «إِنْ شِئْتَ فَعَلْتَ وَ إِنْ شِئْتَ لَمْ تَفْعَلْ وَ أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَلاَ تَدَعْهُ ».
It is narrated from Al-ʿAlāʾ ibn al-Fuḍayl, from Abu ʿAbdillah عليه السلام, that a man asked him about the sacrifice (udhiyya). Imam عليه السلام replied: "It is obligatory upon every Muslim except for one who cannot afford it." The questioner then asked: "What do you say regarding the dependents?" Imam عليه السلام said: "If you wish, you may perform it for them, and if you wish, you may not. However, as for you, do not neglect it."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 173