Punishment for Delaying Hajj Every Year While Having Money

Here is a Hasan (Good) hadeeth, taken as a SaHeeH (Authentic) hadeeth that talk about a business man who is wealthy and delays perform hajj every year, and he is capable of performing hajj.

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ أَ رَأَيْتَ الرَّجُلَ التَّاجِرَ ذَا الْمَالِ حِينَ يُسَوِّفُ الْحَجَّ كُلَّ عَامٍ وَ لَيْسَ يَشْغَلُهُ عَنْهُ إِلَّا التِّجَارَةُ أَوِ الدَّيْنُ فَقَالَ لَا عُذْرَ لَهُ يُسَوِّفُ الْحَجَّ إِنْ مَاتَ وَ قَدْ تَرَكَ الْحَجَّ فَقَدْ تَرَكَ شَرِيعَةً مِنْ شَرَائِعِ الْإِسْلَامِ

From Al-Halabee from Abee `Abd Allaah (عليه السلام) said: I said to him, “What do you view a business man who has money when he delays in (performing) Hajj ever year, and nothing occupies (prevents) him from it (Hajj) except business or debt?” He (عليه السلام) said: “No excuse for him. He must not delay Hajj. If he dies and abandons hajj (every year) he has abandoned one of the laws from the laws of Islaam”

Source:

1.     Al-Kulayni, Al-Kaafi, vol. 4, pg. 269, hadeeth # 4

Grading:

1.       Al-Majlisi said this hadeeth is Hasan (Good)
à Mir’aat Al-`Uqool, vol. 17, pg. 151