Doubt Regarding the Stoning of the Pillars and Errors in Hajj After Its Completion
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The questioner:
We take Abu Muhammad from Riyadh, please go ahead, my brother Abu Muhammad. Peace be upon you. Peace. And upon you be peace. The Shaykh’s question, if you please. Please go ahead. I performed Hajj, may Allah keep you safe, when I was twenty years old, and I did everything except the stoning of the pillars; I did not get it right, the pebbles fell, and I do not know if I added to them or not, but this is the issue I have: I did not get the first pillar right, but this is the question. Thank you, thank you.
The Shaykh:
My brother, if this is a matter of doubt and obsessive thoughts, then it does not harm after the act of worship; doubt does not harm. As long as you stoned the pillars, and this was a long time ago as you mentioned, and you stoned the pillars, praise be to Allah, and leave the obsessive thoughts. However, if you are certain that you did not throw seven pebbles at each pillar and you missed some, then you slaughter a sheep; you slaughter a fidyah (ransom payment) in Makkah and distribute it to the poor, and your Hajj is valid, if Allah wills. Yes.
The presenter:
Some people perform 'Umrah or Hajj, and years pass, then they remember the errors they committed. Shaykh Salih?
The Shaykh:
This, as we mentioned, if it is a matter of doubt, one should not pay attention to it, because doubt after the completion of the act of worship does not affect it. However, if one is certain that he missed something from the act of worship and it can be made up with a fidyah (ransom payment), then he offers the fidyah. If it cannot be made up, then he repeats the act of worship in full, such as the prayer. Likewise, if he fasted a day of Ramadan and had doubt about it, he repeats it from the beginning if he is certain that he did something that invalidates the act of worship. As for mere doubts after the completion of acts of worship, be aware, they do not affect the act of worship; this is a legal principle. And as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: during the prayer? He said: Sahih Muslim 361. The scholars took from this hadith that certainty is not removed by doubt. Yes.
We take Abu Muhammad from Riyadh, please go ahead, my brother Abu Muhammad. Peace be upon you. Peace. And upon you be peace. The Shaykh’s question, if you please. Please go ahead. I performed Hajj, may Allah keep you safe, when I was twenty years old, and I did everything except the stoning of the pillars; I did not get it right, the pebbles fell, and I do not know if I added to them or not, but this is the issue I have: I did not get the first pillar right, but this is the question. Thank you, thank you.
The Shaykh:
My brother, if this is a matter of doubt and obsessive thoughts, then it does not harm after the act of worship; doubt does not harm. As long as you stoned the pillars, and this was a long time ago as you mentioned, and you stoned the pillars, praise be to Allah, and leave the obsessive thoughts. However, if you are certain that you did not throw seven pebbles at each pillar and you missed some, then you slaughter a sheep; you slaughter a fidyah (ransom payment) in Makkah and distribute it to the poor, and your Hajj is valid, if Allah wills. Yes.
The presenter:
Some people perform 'Umrah or Hajj, and years pass, then they remember the errors they committed. Shaykh Salih?
The Shaykh:
This, as we mentioned, if it is a matter of doubt, one should not pay attention to it, because doubt after the completion of the act of worship does not affect it. However, if one is certain that he missed something from the act of worship and it can be made up with a fidyah (ransom payment), then he offers the fidyah. If it cannot be made up, then he repeats the act of worship in full, such as the prayer. Likewise, if he fasted a day of Ramadan and had doubt about it, he repeats it from the beginning if he is certain that he did something that invalidates the act of worship. As for mere doubts after the completion of acts of worship, be aware, they do not affect the act of worship; this is a legal principle. And as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
For the one who doubts whether something came out of him
لمن يشك هل خرج منه شيءHe should not return (from prayer) unless he hears a sound or perceives a smell (of passing wind).
لا ينصرف حتى يسمع صوتا أو يجد ريحا
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 13 فتاوى على الهواء - 20 / 09 / 1433هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (20:06)
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