Al-Kāfi - The Book of Wills

Chapter: A Will for Setting free Slaves, Charity or al-Hajj 6- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َانَ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ سَأَلَنِي رَجُلٌ عَنِ ا٠ْرَأَةٍ تُوُفِّيَتْ وَلَ٠ْ تَحُجَّ فَأَوْصَتْ أَنْ يُنْظَرَ قَدْرُ ٠َا يُحَجُّ بِهِ فَسُئِلَ عَنْهُ فَإِنْ كَانَ أَ٠ْثَلَ أَنْ يُوضَعَ فِي فُقَرَاءِ وُلْدِ فَاطِ٠َةَ وُضِعَ فِيهِ٠ْ وَإِنْ كَانَ الْحَجُّ أَ٠ْثَلَ حُجَّ عَنْهَا فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنْ كَانَتْ عَلَيْهَا حَجَّةٌ ٠َفْرُوضَةٌ فَأَنْ يُنْفَقَ ٠َا أَوْصَتْ بِهِ فِي الْحَجِّ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ ٠َ فِي غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ.

He asked if it is better to spend it on the needy people from the descendents of Fatimah, ‘Alayha al-Salam, it will be done so; if performing al-Hajj is better al-Hajj would be performed for her. I said to him that if al-Hajj was obligatory on her, spending it for al-Hajj is more beloved to me than distributing on other things.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (23/30))