Chapter on the Hajj of Children
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 3|Chapter 92
وَ سَأَلَهُ سَمَاعَةُ: عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَمَرَ غِلْمَانَهُ أَنْ يَتَمَتَّعُوا قَالَ «عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يُضَحِّيَ عَنْهُمْ» قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهُ أَعْطَاهُمْ دَرَاهِمَ فَبَعْضُهُمْ ضَحَّى وَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَمْسَكَ اَلدَّرَاهِمَ وَ صَامَ قَالَ «قَدْ أَجْزَأَ عَنْهُمْ وَ هُوَ بِالْخِيَارِ إِنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَهَا » قَالَ قَالَ «وَ لَوْ أَنَّهُ أَمَرَهُمْ فَصَامُوا كَانَ قَدْ أَجْزَأَ عَنْهُمْ ».
It was narrated that Sama'ah asked Imam عليه السلام about a man who instructed his servants to perform Tamattu‘ (Umrah and Hajj combined). Imam عليه السلام said: "It is incumbent upon him to offer the sacrifice on their behalf." I said: "What if he gave them dirhams, and some of them offered the sacrifice while others kept the dirhams and chose to fast?" Imam عليه السلام said: "It is sufficient for them, and he has the choice to leave it as is if he wishes." Imam عليه السلام further said: "If he had commanded them to fast instead, it would have sufficed for them."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh