Which is more important: paying off a debt or performing the obligatory Hajj?
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Question:
We take a call from our brother Khalid, go ahead, Khalid. Peace be upon you. May Allah welcome you. Shaykh, may Allah be pleased with you, I have a gift of a Hajj for this year, if Allah wills, and the telecommunications company is demanding from us an amount of approximately six thousand riyals, and I want to see if I can perform Hajj or pay off the telecommunications bill, or do you read it?
Answer:
My brother, if you have money that is sufficient to pay off the debt and perform Hajj, then you perform Hajj. But if the money is not sufficient except to pay off the debt, then you start with the debt before Hajj. Is there anything else?
We take a call from our brother Khalid, go ahead, Khalid. Peace be upon you. May Allah welcome you. Shaykh, may Allah be pleased with you, I have a gift of a Hajj for this year, if Allah wills, and the telecommunications company is demanding from us an amount of approximately six thousand riyals, and I want to see if I can perform Hajj or pay off the telecommunications bill, or do you read it?
Answer:
My brother, if you have money that is sufficient to pay off the debt and perform Hajj, then you perform Hajj. But if the money is not sufficient except to pay off the debt, then you start with the debt before Hajj. Is there anything else?
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، أيهما أولى: قضاء الدين أم أداء فريضة الحج؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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