Do you advise those responsible for transporting pilgrims to give them some books on the rites of Hajj so that they may benefit from them?
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Question:
Well, it is good if you advise those responsible for transportation, whether by land, sea, or air, to give the pilgrims some books on the rites of Hajj so that they may benefit from them.
Answer:
This is not obligatory for them, but if they do it as an act of devotion, it is a matter in which there is great reward, though it is not obligatory. They should use books and distribute them to the group or to the establishment of their work. However, if this is a condition agreed upon between them—for example, if it is stipulated that the mu'tamir or the tour operator must teach people the rulings of the rites—then it is obligatory for him to teach them through follow-up and by distributing the books and through follow-up. I am pleased with him. But if he has only undertaken to transport them, settle them, and feed them, then helping them to know the rites is a recommended practice. A person should not make his goal merely the ransom payment, but rather his goal should be the Hereafter, above all else. This is an opportunity for the Muslim when he is gathered with Muslims, accompanied by Muslims, and among the pilgrims and those performing 'Umrah. It is an opportunity for him to call them to Allah, to teach them the rulings of their religion, and to be kind to them.
It is even more important to represent the pilgrims against the enemies of the rites, because some mu'tamirs and some tour operators do not represent the pilgrims against the enemies of the rites as they should. Rather, they rush them and treat them with ignorance. They do not allow them to stay in Mina, or they do not allow them to spend the night at Muzdalifah. Perhaps they come and release them from 'Arafah, or they do not allow them to complete the rites. Rather, they dismiss them at the end. Perhaps they do not perform the farewell tawaf, or perhaps they neglect the stoning of the pillars, or they stone them before their time. All this is due to the manipulation of the mu'tamirs or the tour operators. It is obligatory for them to fear Allah the Exalted and Majestic, because these people are a trust in their necks. If they cause them to neglect the worship of Allah, the sin returns to them in the first degree, because they are the cause. The pilgrim or the one performing 'Umrah may be ignorant and follow this mu'tamir or one of the tour operators, and he misguides him, so this becomes a sin for him, and he bears their burdens on the Day of Judgment. So the mu'tamirs and the tour operators must fear Allah the Exalted and Majestic. Just as they have taken the fees from these poor people, they must enable them to perform the rites in the required manner. Otherwise, what they take from them while neglecting the performance of the rites becomes forbidden in Islam.
Well, it is good if you advise those responsible for transportation, whether by land, sea, or air, to give the pilgrims some books on the rites of Hajj so that they may benefit from them.
Answer:
This is not obligatory for them, but if they do it as an act of devotion, it is a matter in which there is great reward, though it is not obligatory. They should use books and distribute them to the group or to the establishment of their work. However, if this is a condition agreed upon between them—for example, if it is stipulated that the mu'tamir or the tour operator must teach people the rulings of the rites—then it is obligatory for him to teach them through follow-up and by distributing the books and through follow-up. I am pleased with him. But if he has only undertaken to transport them, settle them, and feed them, then helping them to know the rites is a recommended practice. A person should not make his goal merely the ransom payment, but rather his goal should be the Hereafter, above all else. This is an opportunity for the Muslim when he is gathered with Muslims, accompanied by Muslims, and among the pilgrims and those performing 'Umrah. It is an opportunity for him to call them to Allah, to teach them the rulings of their religion, and to be kind to them.
It is even more important to represent the pilgrims against the enemies of the rites, because some mu'tamirs and some tour operators do not represent the pilgrims against the enemies of the rites as they should. Rather, they rush them and treat them with ignorance. They do not allow them to stay in Mina, or they do not allow them to spend the night at Muzdalifah. Perhaps they come and release them from 'Arafah, or they do not allow them to complete the rites. Rather, they dismiss them at the end. Perhaps they do not perform the farewell tawaf, or perhaps they neglect the stoning of the pillars, or they stone them before their time. All this is due to the manipulation of the mu'tamirs or the tour operators. It is obligatory for them to fear Allah the Exalted and Majestic, because these people are a trust in their necks. If they cause them to neglect the worship of Allah, the sin returns to them in the first degree, because they are the cause. The pilgrim or the one performing 'Umrah may be ignorant and follow this mu'tamir or one of the tour operators, and he misguides him, so this becomes a sin for him, and he bears their burdens on the Day of Judgment. So the mu'tamirs and the tour operators must fear Allah the Exalted and Majestic. Just as they have taken the fees from these poor people, they must enable them to perform the rites in the required manner. Otherwise, what they take from them while neglecting the performance of the rites becomes forbidden in Islam.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل توجهون المسؤولين عن نقل الحجاج أن يهدوا لهم شيئاً من كتب النسك لعلهم يستفيدون منها؟ الشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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