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Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq

Book of Pilgrimage and Its Virtues

Chapter on a Man Borrowing to Perform Hajj and the Obligation of Hajj on Someone in Debt

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وَ سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فَقَالَ لَهُ إِنِّي رَجُلٌ ذُو دَيْنٍ فَأَتَدَيَّنُ وَ أَحُجُّ فَقَالَ «نَعَمْ هُوَ أَقْضَى لِلدَّيْنِ ».

A man asked Abu Abdullah (a.s): "I am a man in debt. Should I borrow money and perform Hajj?" Imam (a.s) replied: "Yes, it is more effective in settling the debt."

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