سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ وَ يَذْكُرُ الْحَجَّ فَقَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) هُوَ أَحَدُ الْجِهَادَيْنِ هُوَ جِهَادُ الضُّعَفَاءِ وَ نَحْنُ الضُّعَفَاءُ أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الْحَجِّ إِلَّا الصَّلَاةُ وَ فِي الْحَجِّ لَهَاهُنَا صَلَاةٌ وَ لَيْسَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ قِبَلَكُمْ حَجٌّ لَا تَدَعِ الْحَجَّ وَ أَنْتَ تَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهِ أَ مَا تَرَى أَنَّهُ يَشْعَثُ رَأْسُكَ وَ يَقْشَفُ فِيهِ جِلْدُكَ وَ يَمْتَنِعُ فِيهِ مِنَ النَّظَرِ إِلَى النِّسَاءِ وَ إِنَّا نَحْنُ لَهَاهُنَا وَ نَحْنُ قَرِيبٌ وَ لَنَا مِيَاهٌ مُتَّصِلَةٌ مَا نَبْلُغُ الْحَجَّ حَتَّى يَشُقَّ عَلَيْنَا فَكَيْفَ أَنْتُمْ فِي بُعْدِ الْبِلَادِ وَ مَا مِنْ مَلِكٍ وَ لَا سُوقَةٍ يَصِلُ إِلَى الْحَجِّ إِلَّا بِمَشَقَّةٍ فِي تَغْيِيرِ مَطْعَمٍ أَوْ مَشْرَبٍ أَوْ رِيحٍ أَوْ شَمْسٍ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ رَدَّهَا وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ تَحْمِلُ أَثْقالَكُمْ إِلى بَلَدٍ لَمْ تَكُونُوا بالِغِيهِ إِلَّا بِشِقِّ الْأَنْفُسِ إِنَّ رَبَّكُمْ لَرَؤُفٌ رَحِيمٌ .
Translation
Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from safwan Bin Yahya, from Abdullah Bin Yahya Al Kahily who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> saying, and the Hajj was mentioned, so he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘It is one of the two Jihads. It is the Jihad of the weak’, and we<sup>asws</sup> are the weak ones. But, there is nothing superior than the Hajj except for the Prayer. And in the Hajj there is Prayer over there, and there was no Prayer in Hajj before you. Do not leave the Hajj and you are able over it. Do you not see that it dishevels your head and roughens your skin, and during it you are forbidden from looking at the women? And we<sup>asws</sup> are over here for it, and we<sup>asws</sup> are nearby, and for us<sup>asws</sup> is its continuous (supply of) its water, (even then) we<sup>asws</sup> do not reach the Hajj until it is difficult upon us<sup>asws</sup>. So how would you be in the remote cities. And there is none from a king, nor a common folk who arrives to the Hajj except with difficulties with regards to the alteration of the food, or drink, or weather, or sun (heat), not having the ability to repel it; and these are the Words of the Mighty and Majestic <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:16#h7"><a href="/books/quran:16#h7">[16:7]</a></a> And they carry your heavy loads to regions which you could not reach but with distress of the souls; most surely your Lord is Kind, Merciful</span>’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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