The Case of One Who Is Paid for al-Hajj but It Is Not Enough or Is Paid and He Gives It to Someone Else

أَمَرْتُ رَجُلًا يَسْأَلُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ع عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَأْخُذُ مِنْ رَجُلٍ حَجَّةً- فَلَا تَكْفِيهِ أَ لَهُ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ مِنْ رَجُلٍ أُخْرَى وَ يَتَّسِعَ بِهَا وَ يُجْزِئُ عَنْهُمَا جَمِيعاً أَوْ يُشْرِكُهُمَا جَمِيعاً إِنْ لَمْ تَكْفِهِ إِحْدَاهُمَا فَذَكَرَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ أَنْ تَكُونَ خَالِصَةً لِوَاحِدٍ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ لَا تَكْفِيهِ فَلَا يَأْخُذْهَا.

“I once instructed a man to ask abu al-Hassan (a.s.), about a man who receives an amount to perform al-Hajj but it is not sufficient. Can he get additional amount from other persons to combine and make them as partners, or that al-Hajj is only for one of them? He quoted him (the Imam) as having said, ‘I like it to be f

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ع مَا تَقُولُ فِي الرَّجُلِ يُعْطَى الْحَجَّةَ فَيَدْفَعُهَا إِلَى غَيْرِهِ قَالَ لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ.

“I once asked al-Rida’ (a.s.), 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.’”

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع رَجُلٌ أُوصِيَ بِحَجَّةٍ فَلَمْ تَكْفِهِ قَالَ فَيُقَدِّمُهَا حَتَّى يُحَجَّ دُونَ الْوَقْتِ‌[2].

“I once asked abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), 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).”’