Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: The Case of a Person Who Dies During His First al-Hajj, or One Who Has Made a Will to Perform al-Hajj in His Behalf ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي خَلَفٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ٠ُوسَى (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) عَنِ الرَّجُلِ الصَّرُورَةِ يَحُجُّ عَنِ الْ٠َيِّتِ قَالَ نَعَ٠ْ يَجِدِ الصَّرُورَةُ ٠َا يَحُجُّ بِهِ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُ ٠َا يَحُجُّ بِهِ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ فَلَيْسَ يُجْزِئُ عَنْهُ حَتَّى يَحُجَّ ٠َالِهِ وَهِيَ تُجْزِئُ عَنِ الْ٠َيِّتِ إِنْ كَانَ لِلصَّرُورَةِ ٠2.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Sa‘d ibn abu Khalaf who has said the following: “I once asked abu al-Hassan, Musa (a.s.), about a man who has not performed any al-Hajj, performs al-Hajj on behalf of a deceased. He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, he can do so if he does not find any means to perform al-Hajj for himself. However, if he has enough to perform al-Hajj for himself, then it is not enough until he performs al-Hajj from his own assets.

It (al-Hajj that he has performed) is sufficient for the deceased regardless of whether al-Sarura (one who performs al-Hajj for the first time) has any asset or not.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (7/213))