قُلْتُ لِلرِّضَا ( عليه السلام ) الرَّجُلُ يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ الدَّيْنُ وَ يَحْضُرُهُ الشَّيْءُ أَ يَقْضِي دَيْنَهُ أَوْ يَحُجُّ قَالَ يَقْضِي بِبَعْضٍ وَ يَحُجُّ بِبَعْضٍ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَكُونُ إِلَّا بِقَدْرِ نَفَقَةِ الْحَجِّ فَقَالَ يَقْضِي سَنَةً وَ يَحُجُّ سَنَةً فَقُلْتُ أُعْطِيَ الْمَالَ مِنْ نَاحِيَةِ السُّلْطَانِ قَالَ لَا بَأْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ .
Translation
Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Abu Hammam who said, ‘I said to Al-Reza<sup>asws</sup>, ‘A man happens to have the debt upon him, and something present itself to him, should he pay off his debt or perform Hajj?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘He should pay off part of it and perform Hajj with part of it’. I said, ‘Supposing it does not happen to be except a quantity for expenditure of the Hajj?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘He should pay off one year, and he should perform Hajj one year’. So I said, ‘(Supposing if) the wealth is given from the Sultan (ruling authority)?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘There is no problem upon you’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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