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Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq

Book of Pilgrimage and Its Virtues

Chapter on Virtues of Hajj

469. hadíth

وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ إِنَّ رَجُلاً اِسْتَشَارَنِي فِي اَلْحَجِّ وَ كَانَ ضَعِيفَ اَلْحَالِ فَأَشَرْتُ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ لاَ يَحُجَّ فَقَالَ «مَا أَخْلَقَكَ أَنْ تَمْرَضَ سَنَةً» فَقَالَ فَمَرِضْتُ سَنَةً.

It is narrated from Ishaq ibn Ammar, who said: "I said to Abu Abdullah (Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq), peace be upon him: 'A man consulted me about performing Hajj, and he was in a weak financial state, so I advised him not to perform Hajj.' The Imam (a.s) replied: 'How fitting it would be for you to fall ill for a year.' Ishaq said: 'And so I did fall ill for a year.'"

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