The Supplication Of Imam Al-baqir (AS) during his Personal Prayers

Some supplications which he said during his personal prayers have been reported on his authority. The following are some of them:

“O Allah, indeed, my enemy has followed his vigor, persisted on his enmity, and felt safe from the consequence through the clemency that has included him. Thus, he has dared against You and disobeyed You when he has separated himself from You.

Khums and Zakat

Payment of the khums and zakat has priority over the Hajj. The condition of istita'ah is not realized until both are paid off, like other kinds of debts.

Istita'ah by Chance

If someone travels to a place in the vicinity of the holy city of Mecca, on business or for some other purpose, and his stay continues until the Hajj season, and if it is possible for him to reach the Holy Ka'bah, he thereby becomes mustati`. And if he were to return home without performing the Hajj, by consensus of all the schools, he is not relieved of the obligation.

Notes:

[12] Mahram is a male relation with whom marriage is not permissible; viz; father, grandfathers, sons, grandsons, brothers, sons and grandsons of one's sister or brother, etc.

Marriage

What if one has only enough money either to get married or to perform the Hajj? Which of them is prior? The Hanafi text Fath al‑qadir (vol. II, "Bab al‑Hajj")mentions this question being put to Abu Hanifah, who, in his reply, considered that priority lies with the Hajj. The generality (itlaq)of this answer in which he gives priority to the Hajj, taking into consideration that marriage is obligatory under certain conditions, allows us to conclude that for Abu Hanifah delay in Hajj is not permissible.

According to the Shafi'i, Hanbali and Imamiyyah scholars, marriage has priority if there is likelihood of distress (haraj)or difficulty (mashaqqah)in refraining from marriage. In that case priority does not lie with the Hajj. (Kifayat al‑'akhbar, al‑Mughni, al‑`Urwat al‑wuthqa)

Bequest (al‑Badhl)

Al‑Mughni, a text of Hanbali fiqh, states: ."If a person bequeaths money to another, it is not binding upon him to accept it, and it does not make the recipient mustati` (possessing istita'ah), irrespective of whether the bequeather is a relative or a stranger, regardless of whether the bequest suffices for the expenses of the journey and food. According to al‑Shafi`i, if the bequest is made by one's son, enough to enable him to undertake the Hajj journey, the Hajj becomes obligatory.