قُلْتُ لَهُ رَجُلٌ كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ حَجَّةُ الْإِسْلَامِ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَحُجَّ فَقِيلَ لَهُ تَزَوَّجْ ثُمَّ حُجَّ فَقَالَ إِنْ تَزَوَّجْتُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَحُجَّ فَغُلَامِي حُرٌّ فَتَزَوَّجَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَحُجَّ فَقَالَ أُعْتِقَ غُلَامُهُ فَقُلْتُ لَمْ يُرِدْ بِعِتْقِهِ وَجْهَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ نَذْرٌ فِي طَاعَةِ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَجُّ أَحَقُّ مِنَ التَّزْوِيجِ وَ أَوْجَبُ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ التَّزْوِيجِ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّ الْحَجَّ تَطَوُّعٌ قَالَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ تَطَوُّعاً فَهِيَ طَاعَةٌ لِلَّهِ قَدْ أَعْتَقَ غُلَامَهُ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Is’haq Bin Ammar, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ibrahim<sup>asws</sup> (7<sup>th</sup> Imam<sup>asws</sup>), said, ‘I said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘The man, upon him is (performance of) the Hajj of Al-Islam. So he intended for Hajj. So it was said to him, ‘Get married, then go for Hajj’. So he said, ‘If I can get married before I can go for Hajj, so my slave is free’. So he got married before he went for Hajj’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘He should free his slave’. So I said, ‘He did not intend to free him for the Sake of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘He had vowed in obedience to Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, and the Hajj is more rightful than the marriage, and it is more Obligatory upon him than the marriage’. I said, ‘Suppose if the Hajj was optional (for him)?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said; ‘Even if it was optional, so it is an obedience to Allah<sup>azwj</sup> which has freed his slave’.
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