Chapter on Miscellaneous Matters Related to Hajj
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 3|Chapter 149
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 149
Chapter on Miscellaneous Matters Related to Hajj
وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَقْطِينٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا اَلْحَسَنِ اَلْأَوَّلَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ يُعْطِي خَمْسَةَ نَفَرٍ حَجَّةً وَاحِدَةً يَخْرُجُ فِيهَا وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمْ أَ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ قَالَ «نَعَمْ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ أَجْرُ حَاجٍّ » قَالَ فَقُلْتُ فَأَيُّهُمْ أَعْظَمُ أَجْراً فَقَالَ «اَلَّذِي نَابَهُ اَلْحَرُّ وَ اَلْبَرْدُ وَ إِنْ كَانَ صَرُورَةً لَمْ يُجْزِ ذَلِكَ عَنْهُمْ وَ اَلْحَجُّ لِمَنْ حَجَّ ».
It is narrated from Ali ibn Yaqtin, who said: I asked Abu Al-Hasan Al-Awwal عليه السلام about a man who finances the Hajj for five people, but only one of them actually performs it. Does everyone receive a reward? Imam عليه السلام said: "Yes, each one of them receives the reward of a pilgrim." I then asked: "Which of them has the greatest reward?" Imam عليه السلام replied: "The one who endures the heat and the cold. If the person is performing Hajj for the first time (ṣarūr), this does not suffice on behalf of the others, and the Hajj belongs to the one who performs it."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh