2. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ya’qub ibn Yazid from Ja’far al-Ahwal from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa who has said the following: “I once asked al-Rida’ , about a man who receives an amount to perform al-Hajj but he gives it to someone else. He (the Imam) said, ’It is not harmful.’”

3. Abu Ali al-Ash’ariy has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhsin ibn Ahmad from Aban from ‘Imran ibn Yazid who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘ Abd Allah , about a man who says in his will to perform al-Hajj for him but the amount is not sufficient. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is performed from nearby before Miqat (place for assuming the state of Ihram).”’