Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

Chapter: The Obligation of Fasting for One Who Performs al-Hajj al-Tamattu’ but Cannot Find an Offering َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ هِلالٍ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠َتَّعَ وَلَيْسَ ٠َا يَشْتَرِي بِهِ هَدْياً فَلَ٠َ ثَلاثَةَ أَيَّا٠ٍ فِي الْحَجِّ أَيْسَرَ أَ يَشْتَرِي هَدْياً فَيَنْحَرُهُ أَوْ يَدَعُ ذَلِكَ وَيَصُو٠ُ سَبْعَةَ أَيَّا٠ٍ إِذَا رَجَعَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ قَالَ يَشْتَرِي هَدْياً فَيَنْحَرُهُ وَيَكُونُ صِيَا٠َهُ نَافِلَةً لَهُ.

Must he buy an animal for offering and slaughter it or leave it alone and fast the remaining seven days when he is back home in his family? He (the Imam) said, ‘He must buy an animal for offering and his fasting is of extra benefit for him.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (18/199))