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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Ruling on taking an amount from a pilgrim that exceeds the expenses

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Question:
Our honorable Shaykh, a questioner says: Some people take an amount for the Hajj they will perform, and it is more than their expenses. For example, they take six thousand riyals and spend three thousand on the Hajj. What is the ruling on the remaining money?

Answer:
First, his intention must not be for the money. If his intention is the money and greed, then he has no Hajj, because he is using the religion for the worldly life. As for the verse, you are not unaware of it:
Whoever desires the life of this world and its adornments - We fully repay themمَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتَهَا نُوَفِّ إِلَيْهِمْ
[Hud 11:15]
But if his intention is the Hajj and the desire for the Hajj, and he takes the money to sustain himself during the Hajj, then there is a distinction here. If they say, "We will return the remainder to you," then they return it. And if they say, "We will not ask for it, and we will return the remainder," then it is his, and there is no contradiction. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you and reward us with good.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-018-التحذير من البدع والمنكرات في الحج|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:06:32)

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