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SPENDING A MOUNTAIN OF RED GOLD IN THE SAKE OF GOD DOES NOT EQUAL GOING ON HAJJ

SPENDING A MOUNTAIN OF RED GOLD IN THE SAKE OF GOD
DOES NOT EQUAL GOING ON HAJJ
لمّا أفاضَ رسُولُ اللهِ صلّى اللهُ عليهِ وآلِهِ تَلَقّاهُ أَعرابيٌّ بالأبطحِ فقال: يا رسولَ اللهِ، إنّي خَرجْتُ أُريدُ الحَجَّ فعَاقَني وأَنا رَجُلٌ مَيِّلٌ (يعني كَثيرَ المَالِ) فَمُرْني أَصنَعْ في مَالي ما أَبلُغُ بهِ ما يبلُغُ به الحَاجُّ. (قال) فَالتَفَتَ رسُولُ اللهِ الى أبي قُبَيسٍ فقال:لو أَنّ أبا قُبَيسٍ لكَ زِنَتُهُ ذَهَبَةٌ حَمراءُ أَنفَقتَهُ في سبيلِ اللهِ ما بَلَغتَ ما بَلَغَ الحَاجُّ.
The Holy Prophet has just completed the Hajj rites when a Bedouin came to him saying, 'O Messenger of Allah, I left home for Hajj but because of an obstacle I failed to perform its rites. I am a wealth man. Kindly give me an instruction by which I get the reward of Hajj.' The Holy Prophet (saw) turned his look at Mount Abu-Qubais and said: 'If you have red gold as much as this mountain and spend it for Allah's sake, the reward of such deed will not be as much as that of the Hajj pilgrimage.?2

ONE DIRHAM IS BETTER THAN THOUSANDS
Abu Bassir quoted Imam Sadiq (a.s) as saying:
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1 See Ilal ush-Shara'ie; vol. 2 p.137 Hadith 1
2 See al-Kafi; vol. 4 p. 258 Hadith 25

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دِرهَمٌ في الحَجِّ أَفضَلُ مِن أَلفَيْ أَلفٍ في ما سِوى ذلِكَ من سَبيلِ اللهِ.
?One dirham spent on Hajj is better than two million dirhams to be given for Allah's sake.?1

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