كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ ( عليه السلام ) أَنَّ مَوْلَاكَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ مَهْزِيَارَ أَوْصَى أَنْ يُحَجَّ عَنْهُ مِنْ ضَيْعَةٍ صَيَّرَ رُبُعَهَا لَكَ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ حَجَّةً إِلَى عِشْرِينَ دِينَاراً وَ أَنَّهُ قَدِ انْقَطَعَ طَرِيقُ الْبَصْرَةِ فَتَضَاعَفُ الْمَئُونَةُ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَلَيْسَ يَكْتَفُونَ بِعِشْرِينَ دِينَاراً وَ كَذَلِكَ أَوْصَى عِدَّةٌ مِنْ مَوَالِيكَ فِي حِجَجِهِمْ فَكَتَبَ يُجْعَلُ ثَلَاثُ حِجَجٍ حَجَّتَيْنِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from the one who narrated it, from Ibrahim Bin Mahziyar who said, ‘I wrote to Abu Muhammad<sup>asws</sup> that, ‘The one in your<sup>asws</sup> Wilayah, Ali Bin Mahziyar, bequeathed that Hajj be performed on his behalf from a village, a quarter of it being for you<sup>asws</sup>, during every year, one Hajj, up to (expenditure of) twenty Dinars, and the road of Al-Basra is cut off, so the expenditure has increased upon the people, therefore it cannot be sufficed by twenty Dinars. And, a number of the ones in your<sup>asws</sup> Wilayah have bequeathed similarly with regards to their Hajj’. So he<sup>asws</sup> wrote: ‘So make (expenditure of) three Hajjs to be for two Hajjs, (and that would suffice) Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Willing’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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