What Suffices for Hajjata al-Islam and What Does Not Suffice? (The following Chapter is best explained by fatwa).
Al-Kāfi|Volume 4|Book 3|Chapter 38
Al-Kāfi
Volume 4, Book 3, Chapter 38
What Suffices for Hajjata al-Islam and What Does Not Suffice? (The following Chapter is best explained by fatwa).
12ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ رِفَاعَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) عَنْ رَجُلٍ نَذَرَ أَنْ يَمْشِيَ إِلَى بَيْتِ الله الْحَرَامِ أَ يُجْزِئُهُ ذَلِكَ عَنْ حَجَّةِ الإِسْلامِ قَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ وَإِنْ حَجَّ عَنْ غَيْرِهِ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ وَقَدْ نَذَرَ أَنْ يَحُجَّ مَاشِياً أَ يُجْزِئُ ذَلِكَ عَنْهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ.
12. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Rifa’ah who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘ Abd Allah عليه السلام, about a man who has made a vow to walk to Bayt Allah al-Haram (the Sacred House of Allah): if it is sufficient for Hajjahta al-Islam. He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, it is sufficient.’ I then asked, ‘What happens if he performs al-Hajj for others and he does not have any assets and has vowed to perform al-Hajj on foot? Is this kind of al-Hajj sufficient? He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, it is sufficient.’”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (17/164)
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 2, p. 128