Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: The Obligation of Fasting for One Who Performs al-Hajj al-Tamattu’ but Cannot Find an Offering 7ـ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ يَحْيَى الأَزْرَقِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠َنُ هَدْيٍ وَهُوَ يَجِدُ بِ٠ِثْلِ ذَلِكَ الَّذِي ٠َعَهُ هَدْياً فَلَ٠ْ يَزَلْ يَتَوَانَى وَيُؤَخِّرُ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ آخِرُ النَّهَارِ غَلَتِ الْغَنَ٠ْ يَقْدِرْ أَنْ يَشْتَرِيَ بِالَّذِي ٠َعَهُ هَدْياً قَالَ يَصُو٠ُ ثَلاثَةَ أَيَّا٠7.

Abu Ali af-Ash’ariy has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd af-Jabbar from Safwan ibn Yahya from Yahya af-Arzaq who has said the following: “I once asked abu al-Hassan (a.s.), about a man for al-Tamattu‘ (advantageous) who has enough funds for the offering animal available but he delays until the evening when prices become high and the funds that he has now are not enough to buy what he could buy earlier in the day.

He (the Imam) said, ‘He is required to fast three days after the days of tashriq, 11, 12 and 13.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (18/197))