Is it the right of a son over his father that he should perform Hajj for him and marry him off?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is it the right of a son over his father that he should perform Hajj for him and marry him off?
Answer:
As for the matter of having one’s Hajj performed, it is not obligatory for the father to perform Hajj for his son, unless he wishes to do him a favor. Otherwise, the son has no obligation to perform Hajj until he provides for his own expenses, until he obtains the provisions and the mount himself. If he does not obtain them, then Hajj is not obligatory upon him, and it is not required of the father to perform Hajj for him except in the context of kindness and doing good.
As for marriage, and as for financial maintenance, and as for housing and clothing, these are obligatory for the son until he becomes self-sufficient, until he becomes self-sufficient through earning and finds what he spends on himself. Otherwise, his maintenance is upon his father. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:233]. Ahm.
[Al-Baqarah 2:233] meaning the wet nurses; their clothing is to be provided in a customary manner. If the wage of the wet nurse is upon the father because she is nursing him, that indicates that the maintenance is upon the father. The maintenance is upon the father for his son until he becomes self-sufficient.
As for Hajj, it is not part of the maintenance; rather, it is a matter pertaining to the individual.[Ali 'Imran 3:97] If the son is able to perform Hajj from his own money, it is obligatory upon him to do so.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is it the right of a son over his father that he should perform Hajj for him and marry him off?
Answer:
As for the matter of having one’s Hajj performed, it is not obligatory for the father to perform Hajj for his son, unless he wishes to do him a favor. Otherwise, the son has no obligation to perform Hajj until he provides for his own expenses, until he obtains the provisions and the mount himself. If he does not obtain them, then Hajj is not obligatory upon him, and it is not required of the father to perform Hajj for him except in the context of kindness and doing good.
As for marriage, and as for financial maintenance, and as for housing and clothing, these are obligatory for the son until he becomes self-sufficient, until he becomes self-sufficient through earning and finds what he spends on himself. Otherwise, his maintenance is upon his father. Allah the Exalted said:
Upon the father is
وَعَلَى الْمَوْلُودِUpon the father is the mothers' provision and their clothing
وَعَلَى الْمَوْلُودِ لَهُ رِزْقُهُنَّ وَكِسْوَتُهُنَّAs for Hajj, it is not part of the maintenance; rather, it is a matter pertaining to the individual.
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 سَبِيلًا
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل من حق الولد على والده أن يحججه ويزوجه؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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