The Extra in the Expenses of al-Hajj
Al-Kāfi|Volume 4|Book 3|Chapter 41
1ـ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) يَقُولُ لَوْ أَنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ إِذَا رَبِحَ الرِّبْحَ أَخَذَ مِنْهُ الشَّيْءَ فَعَزَلَهُ فَقَالَ هَذَا لِلْحَجِّ وَإِذَا رَبِحَ أَخَذَ مِنْهُ وَقَالَ هَذَا لِلْحَجِّ جَاءَ إِبَّانُ الْحَجِّ وَقَدِ اجْتَمَعَتْ لَهُ نَفَقَةٌ عَزَمَ الله فَخَرَجَ وَلَكِنْ أَحَدُكُمْ يَرْبَحُ الرِّبْحَ فَيُنْفِقُهُ فَإِذَا جَاءَ إِبَّانُ الْحَجِّ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُخْرِجَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ رَأْسِ مَالِهِ فَيَشُقُّ عَلَيْهِ.
1. Abu Ali al-Ash’ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Safwan ibn Yahya from Ishaq ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “I heard abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, say, ‘If one of you whenever earning a certain profit, deducts a certain amount for the expenses of al-Hajj by the season of al-Hajj, he can have all of the expense for al-Hajj ready. He then can leave (to perform al-Hajj of the House of Allah). On the other hand, without such deduction at the time of al-Hajj, it may seem difficult for him to take the expenses for al-Hajj all at once from his profits. ‘“
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (17/169)
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 2, pp. 129, 130