Chapter on the Ability to Undertake the Journey for Hajj

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 3|Chapter 81

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 81

Chapter on the Ability to Undertake the Journey for Hajj
2 Aḥadīth
Ḥadīth 1

2858 - رُوِيَ عَنْ أَبِي اَلرَّبِيعِ اَلشَّامِيِّ قَالَ : سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ «۝ وَ لِلّٰهِ عَلَى اَلنّٰاسِ حِجُّ اَلْبَيْتِ مَنِ اِسْتَطٰاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلاً ۝» فَقَالَ «مَا يَقُولُ اَلنَّاسُ فِيهَا » فَقِيلَ لَهُ اَلزَّادُ وَ اَلرَّاحِلَةُ فَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ «قَدْ سُئِلَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنْ هَذَا فَقَالَ» «هَلَكَ اَلنَّاسُ إِذاً، لَئِنْ كَانَ مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ زَادٌ وَ رَاحِلَةٌ قَدْرَ مَا يَقُوتُ بِهِ عِيَالَهُ وَ يَسْتَغْنِي بِهِ عَنِ اَلنَّاسِ يَنْطَلِقُ إِلَيْهِ فَيَسْلُبُهُمْ إِيَّاهُ لَقَدْ هَلَكُوا إِذاً » فَقِيلَ لَهُ فَمَا اَلسَّبِيلُ فَقَالَ «اَلسَّعَةُ فِي اَلْمَالِ إِذَا كَانَ يَحُجُّ بِبَعْضٍ وَ يَبْقَى بَعْضٌ لِقُوتِ عِيَالِهِ أَ لَيْسَ قَدْ فَرَضَ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ اَلزَّكَاةَ فَلَمْ يَجْعَلْهَا إِلاَّ عَلَى مَنْ يَمْلِكُ مِائَتَيْ دِرْهَمٍ».

Hadith.2858 - It was narrated from Abu al-Rabi' al-Shami, who said: Abu Abdullah (as) was asked about the words of Allah (swt), the Exalted: "And [due] to Allah (swt) from the people is a pilgrimage to the House – for whoever is able to find thereto a way." (Surah Aal-e-Imran 3:97). Imam (as) said: "What do people say regarding it?" It was said to him: "Provision and a mount." Imam (as) replied: "Abu Ja'far (as) was asked about this and said: 'Then the people would perish! If it were such that whoever has provisions and a mount sufficient for his family and enough to make him independent of others must go for Hajj and be stripped of these provisions, then they would perish.'" Imam (as) was asked: "Then what is the 'way' (sabeel)?" Imam (as) replied: "It is sufficiency in wealth—when one can perform Hajj with part of it while leaving enough to provide for his family. Has not Allah (swt), the Exalted, obligated Zakat and made it incumbent only upon those who possess two hundred dirhams?"

Ḥadīth 2

2859 - وَ رَوَى هِشَامُ بْنُ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَقُولُ : «مَنْ عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ اَلْحَجُّ وَ لَوْ عَلَى حِمَارٍ أَجْدَعَ مَقْطُوعِ اَلذَّنَبِ فَأَبَى فَهُوَ مُسْتَطِيعٌ لِلْحَجِّ ».

Hadith.2859 - Hisham ibn Salim narrated from Abu Basir, who said: I heard Abu Abdullah (as) say: "Whoever is offered the opportunity to perform Hajj, even if it is on a maimed donkey with a cut-off tail, and he refuses, then he is considered capable of performing Hajj."