Delaying the obligatory Hajj while having the ability to perform it
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner sent a question saying: I am forty years old and have not performed the obligatory Hajj, even though I am able to do so. Do I sin by doing so?
Answer:
Yes, if you delay performing the obligatory Hajj without an excuse, you sin, because Hajj is an immediate obligation for the one who is able.[Ali 'Imran 3:97] Islam is built on five pillars Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2609Sahih (Darussalam)
So it is obligatory for the able Muslim, the adult who is able, to hasten to perform Hajj and not delay it. Hajj is necessary, and if he delays it without an excuse, he sins. But Hajj is necessary, even if a long time passes, Hajj is necessary. If he becomes unable to perform Hajj after having the ability to do so, he has someone else perform it on his behalf. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner sent a question saying: I am forty years old and have not performed the obligatory Hajj, even though I am able to do so. Do I sin by doing so?
Answer:
Yes, if you delay performing the obligatory Hajj without an excuse, you sin, because Hajj is an immediate obligation for the one who is able.
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 سَبِيلًاthe testimony of La Ilaha Illallah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, the establishment of the Salat, giving the Zakat, fasting (the month of) Ramadan
شهادة أن لا إله إلا الله وأن محمدا رسول الله وإقام الصلاة وإيتاء الزكاة وصوم رمضانand performing Hajj to the House of Allah for whoever is able to make the journey to it.
وحج بيت الله الحرام من استطاع إليه سبيلا.So it is obligatory for the able Muslim, the adult who is able, to hasten to perform Hajj and not delay it. Hajj is necessary, and if he delays it without an excuse, he sins. But Hajj is necessary, even if a long time passes, Hajj is necessary. If he becomes unable to perform Hajj after having the ability to do so, he has someone else perform it on his behalf. Yes.
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 13 فتاوى على الهواء - 20 / 09 / 1433هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (40:14)
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