Chapter on Forcing (obligation) to Perform Hajj and to Visit the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 3|Chapter 83
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 83
Chapter on Forcing (obligation) to Perform Hajj and to Visit the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم
رَوَى حَفْصُ بْنُ اَلْبَخْتَرِيِّ وَ هِشَامُ بْنُ سَالِمٍ وَ مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ وَ غَيْرُهُمْ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: «لَوْ أَنَّ اَلنَّاسَ تَرَكُوا اَلْحَجَّ لَكَانَ عَلَى اَلْوَالِي أَنْ يُجْبِرَهُمْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ وَ عَلَى اَلْمُقَامِ عِنْدَهُ وَ لَوْ تَرَكُوا زِيَارَةَ اَلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لَكَانَ عَلَى اَلْوَالِي أَنْ يُجْبِرَهُمْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ وَ عَلَى اَلْمُقَامِ عِنْدَهُ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ مَالٌ أَنْفَقَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ بَيْتِ مَالِ اَلْمُسْلِمِينَ ».
Hafs ibn al-Bakhtari, Hisham ibn Salim, Mu'awiyah ibn Ammar, and others narrated from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, who said: "If people were to abandon the Hajj, it would be incumbent upon the leader to compel them to perform it and to remain at the sacred site. And if they were to abandon the visitation of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family), it would be incumbent upon the leader to compel them to perform it and to remain there. If they did not have sufficient wealth, he should spend on them from the public treasury of the Muslims."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 153