Chapter on a Person Who Sends a Sacrificial Animal but Remains with Their Family
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 3|Chapter 148
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 148
Chapter on a Person Who Sends a Sacrificial Animal but Remains with Their Family
وَ قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «مَا يَمْنَعُ أَحَدَكُمْ مِنْ أَنْ يَحُجَّ كُلَّ سَنَةٍ» فَقِيلَ لَهُ لاَ يَبْلُغُ ذَلِكَ أَمْوَالُنَا فَقَالَ «أَ مَا يَقْدِرُ أَحَدُكُمْ إِذَا خَرَجَ أَخُوهُ أَنْ يَبْعَثَ مَعَهُ بِثَمَنِ أُضْحِيَّةٍ وَ يَأْمُرَهُ أَنْ يَطُوفَ عَنْهُ أُسْبُوعاً بِالْبَيْتِ وَ يَذْبَحَ عَنْهُ فَإِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ عَرَفَةَ لَبِسَ ثِيَابَهُ وَ تَهَيَّأَ وَ أَتَى اَلْمَسْجِدَ فَلاَ يَزَالُ فِي اَلدُّعَاءِ حَتَّى تَغْرُبَ اَلشَّمْسُ».
Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام said: "What prevents any of you from performing Hajj every year?" It was said to him: "Our wealth does not allow for that." Imam عليه السلام replied: "Can any of you not, when his brother sets out for Hajj, send with him the price of a sacrificial animal and instruct him to perform a circumambulation of the House on his behalf and to slaughter on his behalf? Then, on the Day of Arafah, he should dress in his own clothes, prepare himself, and go to the mosque, remaining in supplication until the sun sets."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh