Chapter on Delaying the Performance of Hajj

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 3|Chapter 107

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 107

Chapter on Delaying the Performance of Hajj
4 hadiths
Hadith 1

2933 - رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ اَلْفُضَيْلِ قَالَ : سَأَلْتُ أَبَا اَلْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ «۝ وَ مَنْ كٰانَ فِي هٰذِهِ أَعْمىٰ فَهُوَ فِي اَلْآخِرَةِ أَعْمىٰ وَ أَضَلُّ سَبِيلاً ۝» فَقَالَ «نَزَلَتْ فِيمَنْ سَوَّفَ اَلْحَجَّ حَجَّةَ اَلْإِسْلاَمِ وَ عِنْدَهُ مَا يَحُجُّ بِهِ فَقَالَ اَلْعَامَ أَحُجُّ اَلْعَامَ أَحُجُّ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَحُجَّ».

Hadith.2933 - Muhammad ibn al-Fudhayl narrated: I asked Abu al-Hasan (as) about the words of Allah (swt), the Exalted: "And whoever is blind in this [life] will be blind in the Hereafter and more astray in way" (Surah Al-Isra 17:72). Imam (as) said: "This verse was revealed concerning those who procrastinate the Hajj of Islam while possessing the means to perform it. They say, 'I will go next year, I will go next year,' until they die without performing Hajj."

Hadith 2

2934 - وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ : سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ لَمْ يَحُجَّ قَطُّ وَ لَهُ مَالٌ فَقَالَ «هُوَ مِمَّنْ قَالَ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ «۝ وَ نَحْشُرُهُ يَوْمَ اَلْقِيٰامَةِ أَعْمىٰ ۝» » فَقُلْتُ سُبْحَانَ اَللَّهِ أَعْمَى فَقَالَ «أَعْمَاهُ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَنْ طَرِيقِ اَلْخَيْرِ».

Hadith.2934 - It was narrated from Mu'awiyah ibn Ammar, who said: I asked Abu Abdullah (as) about a man who had never performed Hajj despite having wealth. Imam (as) said: "He is among those about whom Allah (swt), the Exalted, says: 'And We will gather him on the Day of Resurrection blind.' (Surah Ta-Ha 20:124)." I said: "Glory be to Allah (swt)! Blind?" Imam (as) replied: "Allah (swt), the Exalted, has blinded him from the path of goodness."

Hadith 3

2935 - وَ رَوَى صَفْوَانُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ذَرِيحٍ اَلْمُحَارِبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ : «مَنْ مَاتَ وَ لَمْ يَحُجَّ حَجَّةَ اَلْإِسْلاَمِ وَ لَمْ يَمْنَعْهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ حَاجَةٌ تُجْحِفُ بِهِ أَوْ مَرَضٌ لاَ يُطِيقُ مِنْهُ اَلْحَجَّ أَوْ سُلْطَانٌ يَمْنَعُهُ مِنْهُ فَلْيَمُتْ يَهُودِيّاً أَوْ نَصْرَانِيّاً ».

Hadith.2935 - Safwan ibn Yahya narrated from Dharih al-Muharibi, from Abu Abdullah (as), who said: "Whoever dies without performing the Hajj of Islam, and there was nothing preventing him—such as a pressing need that depleted his resources, an illness that made him incapable of Hajj, or a tyrant preventing him from it—let him die as a Jew or a Christian."

Hadith 4

2936 - وَ رَوَى عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْهُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ : «مَنْ قَدَرَ عَلَى مَا يَحُجُّ بِهِ وَ جَعَلَ يَدْفَعُ ذَلِكَ وَ لَيْسَ لَهُ عَنْهُ شُغُلٌ يَعْذِرُهُ اَللَّهُ فِيهِ حَتَّى جَاءَ اَلْمَوْتُ فَقَدْ ضَيَّعَ شَرِيعَةً مِنْ شَرَائِعِ اَلْإِسْلاَمِ.

Hadith.2936 - Ali ibn Abi Hamzah narrated from Imam (as) that he said: "Whoever has the means to perform Hajj but keeps postponing it without any valid excuse that Allah (swt) would accept, and death overtakes him, has neglected a fundamental law of Islam."