Chapter on a Person Who Sends a Sacrificial Animal but Remains with Their Family

أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَبْعَثُ بِالْهَدْيِ تَطَوُّعاً وَ لَيْسَ بِوَاجِبٍ‌[3] فَقَالَ يُوَاعِدُ أَصْحَابَهُ يَوْماً فَيُقَلِّدُونَهُ‌[4] فَإِذَا كَانَ تِلْكَ السَّاعَةُ اجْتَنَبَ مَا يَجْتَنِبُهُ الْمُحْرِمُ إِلَى يَوْمِ النَّحْرِ فَإِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ النَّحْرِ أَجْزَأَ عَنْهُ‌[5] فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص حِينَ صَدَّهُ الْمُشْرِكُونَ يَوْمَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ نَحَرَ وَ أَحَلَّ وَ رَجَعَ‌ إِلَى الْمَدِين

I asked Abu Abdullah (as) about a man who sends a sacrificial animal voluntarily, not as an obligation. Imam (as) said: "He should agree with his companions on a specific day, and they should mark it (as a sacrificial animal). From that moment, he must avoid what a person in Ihram avoids until the Day of Sacrifice. Whe

مَا يَمْنَعُ أَحَدَكُمْ مِنْ أَنْ يَحُجَّ كُلَّ سَنَةٍ فَقِيلَ لَهُ لَا يَبْلُغُ ذَلِكَ أَمْوَالُنَا فَقَالَ أَ مَا يَقْدِرُ أَحَدُكُمْ إِذَا خَرَجَ أَخُوهُ أَنْ يَبْعَثَ مَعَهُ بِثَمَنِ أُضْحِيَّةٍ وَ يَأْمُرَهُ أَنْ يَطُوفَ عَنْهُ أُسْبُوعاً بِالْبَيْتِ وَ يَذْبَحَ عَنْهُ فَإِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ عَرَفَةَ لَبِسَ ثِيَابَهُ وَ تَهَيَّأَ وَ أَتَى الْمَسْجِدَ فَلَا يَزَالُ فِي الدُّعَاءِ حَتَّى تَغْرُبَ الشَّمْسُ[2]

Hadith.3110 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "What prevents any of you from performing Hajj every year?" It was said to him: "Our wealth does not allow for that." Imam (as) replied: "Can any of you not, when his brother sets out for Hajj, send with him the price of a sacrificial animal and instruct him to