Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: The Case of One Who Borrows to Perform al-Hajj َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ أَبِي هَ٠ٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِلرِّضَا (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) الرَّجُلُ يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ الدَّيْنُ وَيَحْضُرُهُ الشَّيْ‏ءُ أَ يَقْضِي دَيْنَهُ أَوْ يَحُجُّ قَالَ يَقْضِي بِبَعْضٍ وَيَحُجُّ بِبَعْضٍ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهُ لا يَكُونُ إِلاَّ بِقَدْرِ نَفَقَةِ الْحَجِّ فَقَالَ يَقْضِي سَنَةً وَيَحُجُّ سَنَةً فَقُلْتُ أُعْطِيَ الْ٠ِنْ نَاحِيَةِ السُّلْطَانِ قَالَ لا بَأْسَ عَلَيْكُ٠4.

Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa has narrated from abu Hammam who has said the following: “I once asked al-Rida’ (a.s.), about a man who owes a debt and he earns a certain amount; if he must pay the debt or perform al-Hajj.

He (the Imam) said, ‘With a certain part he pays the debt and with other part performs al-Hajj.’ I then asked, ‘What happens if it is only enough for al-Hajj?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘One year he pays the debt, and one year performs al-Hajj.’ I then asked, ‘Can an amount be received from Sultan?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not harmful in the case of all of you.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (7/168))