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Chapter on One Who Undertakes a Hajj but Finds the Allotted Resources Insufficient

faqih-2921Vol. 2, p. 444

أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ أَنْ تَكُونَ خَالِصَةً لِوَاحِدٍ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ لَا تَكْفِيهِ فَلَا يَأْخُذْهَا.

I instructed someone to ask Abu al-Hasan (as) about a man who accepts funds for Hajj from one person, but it is insufficient. Can he then take another Hajj fund from a different person to cover the costs, allowing it to suffice for both of them? Or should he abandon both if one is insufficient? Imam (as) replied: "It i