سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ع عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يُعْطَى الْحَجَّةَ يَحُجُّ بِهَا وَ يُوَسِّعُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ فَيَفْضُلُ مِنْهَا أَ يَرُدُّهَا عَلَيْهِ قَالَ لَا هِيَ لَهُ[1].
“I once asked abu al-Hassan, al-Rida’ (a.s.), about a man who is paid for al-Hajj and he spends openhandedly, but still a certain amount remains with him; if he is required to return it to the payer. He (the Imam) said, ‘No, it belongs to him.’”
سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَأْخُذُ الدَّرَاهِمَ لِيَحُجَّ بِهَا عَنْ رَجُلٍ هَلْ يَجُوزُ لَهُ أَنْ يُنْفِقَ مِنْهَا فِي غَيْرِ الْحَجِّ قَالَ إِذَا ضَمِنَ الْحَجَّ فَالدَّرَاهِمُ لَهُ يَصْنَعُ بِهَا مَا أَحَبَّ وَ عَلَيْهِ حَجَّةٌ.
“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who is paid for performing al-Hajj for another person; if he can spend from such amount for other things. He (the Imam) said, ‘If he guarantees al-Hajj, dirhams belong to him with which he can do whatever he wants, but he owes al- Hajj.’”
بَعَثَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْأَحْوَلِ بِدَرَاهِمَ وَ قَالَ قُلْ لَهُ إِنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَحُجَّ بِهَا فَلْيَحُجَّ وَ إِنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُنْفِقَهَا فَلْيُنْفِقْهَا قَالَ فَأَنْفَقَهَا وَ لَمْ يَحُجَّ قَالَ حَمَّادٌ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ أَصْحَابُنَا- لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَقَالَ وَجَدْتُمُ الشَّيْخَ فَقِيهاً[2].
‘Umar ibn Yazid sent me to abu Ja’far al-Ahwal with a certain amount of dirham and asked me to tell him to perform al-Hajj with it if he wanted, or if he wanted to benefit in other ways, he can do so. He spent it for other things and did not perform al-Hajj . Certain persons of our people mentioned it to abu ‘Abd Allah