Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: What Suffices for Hajjata al-Islam and What Does Not Suffice? (The following Chapter is best explained by fatwa). ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ رِفَاعَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) عَنِ الرَّجُلِ وَالْ٠ْ يَحُجَّا أَ يُقْضَى عَنْهُ٠َا حَجَّةُ الإِسْلا٠16.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Ali from Rifa’ah who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man and a woman who die without performing al-Hajj; if Hajjahta al-Islam can be performed on their behalf. He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, it is permissible.’” وثق كالصحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (7/166))