The ruling on delaying Hajj when the means are available
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, in the verse[Ali 'Imran 3:97] the one who is able. Honorable Shaykh, but he has been procrastinating about Hajj until he is now forty years old. What do we say to someone like this?
Answer:
He must be compelled to perform Hajj, if he has not fulfilled the obligation of Islam and he is able to do so. If he is ordered to do so and reminded, but he does not comply, then the matter is referred to the one in authority to compel him to perform Hajj and fulfill the obligation. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, in the verse
And [due] to Allah from the people is a pilgrimage to the House - for whoever is able to find thereto a way
وَلِلَّهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ حِجُّ الْبَيْتِ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًاAnswer:
He must be compelled to perform Hajj, if he has not fulfilled the obligation of Islam and he is able to do so. If he is ordered to do so and reminded, but he does not comply, then the matter is referred to the one in authority to compel him to perform Hajj and fulfill the obligation. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4716] حكم تأخير الحج مع توفر الاستطاعة - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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