٨ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) فِي رَجُلٍ أَعْتَقَ عَشِيَّةَ عَرَفَةَ عَبْداً لَهُ أَ يُجْزِئُ عَنِ الْعَبْدِ حَجَّةُ الإِسْلامِ قَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ فَأُمُّ وَلَدٍ أَحَجَّهَا مَوْلاهَا أَ يُجْزِئُ عَنْهَا قَالَ لا قُلْتُ أَ لَهُ أَجْرٌ فِي حَجَّتِهَا قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَشْرِ سِنِينَ يَحُجُّ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ حَجَّةُ الإِسْلامِ إِذَا احْتَلَمَ وَكَذَلِكَ الْجَارِيَةُ عَلَيْهَا الْحَجُّ إِذَا طَمِثَتْ.
8. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from ibn Mahbub from Shihab who has said the following: “A man set free his slave in the evening of the day of ‘Arafah (ninth of Dhul Hajjah); if the slave’s al- Hajj is sufficient for Hajjahta al-Islam. He (the Imam) said, ‘No, it is not sufficient.’ I then asked, ‘Will he receive any reward for it?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, he receives rewards.’ I asked about a ten-years old boy and his al-Hajj. He (the Imam) , said, ‘He owes Hajjahta al-Islam when he grows to adulthood and so also is the case of a young girl.’” 