لَا تُقْبَلُ شَهَادَةُ سَابِقِ الْحَاجِّ لِأَنَّهُ قَتَلَ رَاحِلَتَهُ وَ أَفْنَى زَادَهُ وَ أَتْعَبَ نَفْسَهُ وَ اسْتَخَفَّ بِصَلَاتِهِ قُلْتُ فَالْمُكَارِي وَ الْجَمَّالُ وَ الْمَلَّاحُ قَالَ فَقَالَ وَ مَا بَأْسٌ بِهِمْ تُقْبَلُ شَهَادَتُهُمْ إِذَا كَانُوا صُلَحَاءَ .
Translation
And by this chain, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘The testimony of ‘سَابِقِ الْحَاجِّ’ (the <span class="iTxt">Salaar</span> of Hajj’ the one who walks in the front, the organiser of the group on wages) the precursor of the Pilgrims (for the Hajj) is not acceptable because he kills his ride, and annihilates his provisions, and exhausts himself, and takes his Prayers lightly’. I said, ‘So (what about) the hirer of the camels, and the camel-driver, and the navigator?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘And what is the problem with them? Their testimonies would be accepted when they were righteous’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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