The Obligation of Hajj and 'Umrah Once in a Lifetime
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you and bless you. Honorable Shaykh, regarding the procrastination in performing 'Umrah and Hajj for one who is able to do so, has reached the age of thirty-five, and has not performed 'Umrah or Hajj: does he incur sin for delaying 'Umrah and Hajj?
The Shaykh:
Hajj and 'Umrah are obligatory for every Muslim who is able to perform them once in his lifetime, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Ali 'Imran 3:97] And the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
The presenter:
We ask Allah (peace be upon him).
The Shaykh:
...that the obligation of Hajj and 'Umrah is once in a lifetime. When he urged the people to perform Hajj, he said: "O people, Allah has made Hajj obligatory upon you, so perform Hajj." A man stood up and said: "O Messenger of Allah, is it every year?" The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) turned away from him. Then the man repeated the question, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) turned away from him. In the third or fourth time, he said: "If I had said, 'Yes,' it would have become obligatory, and you would not have been able to do it. Leave me alone in what I have left for you, for the only reason the people before you were destroyed was their excessive questioning and their disagreement with their prophets." Hajj is once in a lifetime, and whoever does more than that is doing it voluntarily. Yes.
May Allah reward you and bless you. Honorable Shaykh, regarding the procrastination in performing 'Umrah and Hajj for one who is able to do so, has reached the age of thirty-five, and has not performed 'Umrah or Hajj: does he incur sin for delaying 'Umrah and Hajj?
The Shaykh:
Hajj and 'Umrah are obligatory for every Muslim who is able to perform them once in his lifetime, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And [due] to Allah from the people is a pilgrimage to the House - for whoever is able to find thereto a way. But whoever disbelieves - then indeed, Allah is free from need of the worlds.
وَلِلَّهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ حِجُّ الْبَيْتِ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًا وَمَن كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ عَنِ الْعَالَمِينَThe presenter:
We ask Allah (peace be upon him).
The Shaykh:
...that the obligation of Hajj and 'Umrah is once in a lifetime. When he urged the people to perform Hajj, he said: "O people, Allah has made Hajj obligatory upon you, so perform Hajj." A man stood up and said: "O Messenger of Allah, is it every year?" The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) turned away from him. Then the man repeated the question, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) turned away from him. In the third or fourth time, he said: "If I had said, 'Yes,' it would have become obligatory, and you would not have been able to do it. Leave me alone in what I have left for you, for the only reason the people before you were destroyed was their excessive questioning and their disagreement with their prophets." Hajj is once in a lifetime, and whoever does more than that is doing it voluntarily. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، وجوب الحج والعمرة في العمر مرة - الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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