Chapter on Delaying the Performance of Hajj

I asked Abu al-Hasan (as) about the words of Allah (swt), the Exalted: "And whoever is blind in this [life] will be blind in the Hereafter and more astray in way" (Surah Al-Isra 17:72). Imam (as) said: "This verse was revealed concerning those who procrastinate the Hajj of Islam while possessing the means to perform it. They say, 'I will go next year, I will go next year,' until they die without performing Hajj."

I asked Abu Abdullah (as) about a man who had never performed Hajj despite having wealth. Imam (as) said: "He is among those about whom Allah (swt), the Exalted, says: 'And We will gather him on the Day of Resurrection blind.' (Surah Ta-Ha 20:124)." I said: "Glory be to Allah (swt)! Blind?" Imam (as) replied: "Allah (swt), the Exalted, has blinded him from the path of goodness."

"Whoever dies without performing the Hajj of Islam, and there was nothing preventing him—such as a pressing need that depleted his resources, an illness that made him incapable of Hajj, or a tyrant preventing him from it—let him die as a Jew or a Christian."

"Whoever has the means to perform Hajj but keeps postponing it without any valid excuse that Allah (swt) would accept, and death overtakes him, has neglected a fundamental law of Islam."