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Chapter on One Who Bequeaths an Insufficient Amount for Hajj

faqih-2922Vol. 2, p. 444

لَهُ رَجُلٌ أَوْصَى بِعِشْرِينَ دِينَاراً فِي حَجَّةٍ فَقَالَ يَحُجُّ بِهَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ حَيْثُ يَبْلُغُهُ‌[4].

Hadith.2927 - Ibn Muskan narrated from Abu Basir, from someone who asked Imam (as): I said to him: "A man instructed in his will to allocate twenty dinars for a Hajj." Imam (as) said: "A man should perform Hajj with it from wherever the amount suffices for him to begin."

faqih-2923Vol. 2, p. 444-445

وَ كَتَبَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَهْزِيَارَ إِلَى أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ ع‌ أُعْلِمُكَ يَا مَوْلَايَ أَنَّ مَوْلَاكَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ مَهْزِيَارَ أَوْصَى أَنْ يُحَجَّ عَنْهُ مِنْ ضَيْعَةٍ صَيَّرَ رُبُعَهَا لَكَ حَجَّةٌ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ بِعِشْرِينَ دِينَاراً وَ إِنَّهُ مُنْذُ انْقَطَعَ طَرِيقُ الْبَصْرَةِ تَضَاعَفَتِ الْمَئُونَةُ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَلَيْسَ يَكْتَفُونَ بِعِشْرِينَ دِينَاراً وَ كَذَلِكَ أَوْصَى عِدَّةٌ مِنْ مَوَالِيكَ فِ

Hadith.2928 - Ibrahim ibn Mahziyar wrote to Abu Muhammad (as): "I inform you, my master, that your servant Ali ibn Mahziyar instructed in his will that Hajj be performed on his behalf from a property, a quarter of which he dedicated for this purpose, allocating one Hajj every year with twenty dinars. However, since the

faqih-2924Vol. 2, p. 445

وَ كَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْحُضَيْنِيُ‌ أَنَّ ابْنَ عَمِّي أَوْصَى أَنْ يُحَجَّ عَنْهُ بِخَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ دِينَاراً فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ فَلَيْسَ يَكْفِي فَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي فِي ذَلِكَ فَكَتَبَ ع تَجْعَلُ حَجَّتَيْنِ فِي حَجَّةٍ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَالِمٌ بِذَلِكَ.

Hadith.2929 - Ali ibn Muhammad al-Hudhayni wrote to Imam (as): "My cousin instructed in his will that Hajj be performed on his behalf every year with fifteen dinars, but this amount is not sufficient. What do you command me to do in this matter?" Imam (as) wrote back: "Combine two Hajj pilgrimages into one, God willing