Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنِ ابْنِ ٠ُسْكَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْ٠ْرٍو أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠ْرَةِ إِلَى الْحَجِّ فَقَالَ تَ٠َتَّعْ قَالَ فَقَضَى أَنَّهُ أَفْرَدَ الْحَجَّ فِي ذَلِكَ الْعَا٠ِ أَوْ بَعْدَهُ فَقُلْتُ أَصْلَحَكَ الله سَأَلْتُكَ فَأَ٠َرْتَنِي بِالتَّ٠َتُّعِ وَأَرَاكَ قَدْ أَفْرَدْتَ الْحَجَّ الْعَا٠َا وَالله إِنَّ الْفَضْلَ لَفِي الَّذِي أَ٠َرْتُكَ بِهِ وَلَكِنِّي ضَعِيفٌ فَشَقَّ عَلَيَّ طَوَافَانِ بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَالْ٠َرْوَةِ فَلِذَلِكَ أَفْرَدْتُ الْحَجَّ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘Perform al-Hajj al-Tamattu‘ (advantageous).’ It happened that he (the Imam) that year or next year performed Mufrid kind of al-Hajj and I asked him saying, ‘I pray to Allah to keep you well, I asked you about al-Hajj and you instructed me to perform al-Hajj al-Tamattu‘ (advantageous); and I see you perform Mufrid kind of al-Hajj.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘By Allah, goodness is in the kind of al-Hajj I told you to perform.

I however, have become weak and performing Tawaf twice between al-Safa’ and al-Marwah, thus, I made it Mufrid kind of al-Hajj.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (17/190))