Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: The Obligation of al-Hajj and al-Umrah ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ ٠ُوسَى بْنِ الْقَاسِ٠ِ الْبَجَلِيِّ وَ٠َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنِ الْعَ٠ْرَكِيِّ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ جَ٠ِيعاً عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ ٠ُوسَى (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) قَالَ إِنَّ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَرَضَ الْحَجَّ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْجِدَةِ فِي كُلِّ عَا٠ٍ وَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَلله عَلَى النَّاسِ حِجُّ الْبَيْتِ ٠َنِ اسْتَطاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلاً وَ٠َنْ كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ الله غَنِيٌّ عَنِ الْعالَ٠ِينَ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَ٠ِنَّا فَقَدْ كَفَرَ قَالَ لا وَلَكِنْ ٠َنْ قَالَ لَيْسَ هَذَا هَكَذَا فَقَدْ كَفَرَ.

Those who refuse must take notice that Allah is independent of all people.’ (3:96) I then asked him (the Imam); ‘Does one of us for not performing al- Hajj become an unbeliever?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘However, if he says, ‘This is not as such then he becomes one who hides the truth (an unbeliever).”’ صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (7/142))