The ruling on some people saying: Hajj before marriage is not valid
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Question:
The questioner from Yemen says that she performed the obligatory Hajj, praising Allah for it, and mentions that she is an unmarried young woman. There are people who say that her Hajj was not recorded as a Hajj because it was not completed, or because she did not complete half of the religion. Is this statement correct, that Allah did not accept her Hajj? Please inform us of this.
Answer:
This statement is incorrect and a false statement. If a Muslim woman or a Muslim man performs Hajj before marriage, his or her Hajj is valid, if Allah wills, and it fulfills the obligatory Hajj if he or she had not yet performed the obligatory Hajj, or it is a voluntary Hajj if he or she had already performed the obligatory one. The result is that the Hajj is valid, even if one does not get married, and there is no connection between Hajj and marriage.
The questioner from Yemen says that she performed the obligatory Hajj, praising Allah for it, and mentions that she is an unmarried young woman. There are people who say that her Hajj was not recorded as a Hajj because it was not completed, or because she did not complete half of the religion. Is this statement correct, that Allah did not accept her Hajj? Please inform us of this.
Answer:
This statement is incorrect and a false statement. If a Muslim woman or a Muslim man performs Hajj before marriage, his or her Hajj is valid, if Allah wills, and it fulfills the obligatory Hajj if he or she had not yet performed the obligatory Hajj, or it is a voluntary Hajj if he or she had already performed the obligatory one. The result is that the Hajj is valid, even if one does not get married, and there is no connection between Hajj and marriage.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، حكم قول بعضهم: الحج قبل الزواج لا يصح - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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