The Ruling on Performing Hajj and 'Umrah with Money That Is Doubtful

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Question:
This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible for a person to perform Hajj with money that is doubtful? Is it permissible for him to perform 'Umrah with this money?

Answer:
It is disliked for a person to use money that is doubtful, and the precaution and scrupulousness is to avoid it, so he does not use it, neither in eating, nor in wearing, nor in any other use. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

Leave that which makes you doubt for that which does not make you doubt.

دع ما يريبك إلى ما لا يريبك.

Sunan an-Nasa'i 5711Sahih (Darussalam)

He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

So he, who saves himself from these doubtful things, saves his religion and his honor (i.e. keeps them blameless). And he who indulges in these doubtful things is like a shepherd who pastures (his animals) near the Hima (private pasture) of someone else and at any moment he is liable to get in it.

فَمَنِ اتَّقَى اَلشُّبُهَاتِ فَقَدِ اِسْتَبْرَأَ لِدِينِهِ وَعِرْضِهِ وَمَنْ وَقَعَ فِي اَلشُّبُهَاتِ وَقَعَ فِي اَلْحَرَامِِ كَالرَّاعِي يَرْعَى حَوْلَ اَلْحِمَى يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَقَعَ فِيهِ،

Bulugh al-Maram 16:32

So a Muslim does not perform Hajj, does not perform 'Umrah, does not eat, and does not drink except from lawful money that is free from doubt. Yes.

Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 7040- حكم الحج والعمرة بمال فيه شبهة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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