Learning the Rituals of Hajj and 'Umrah

Question:
Shaykh Salih (may Allah preserve you and raise your ranks), some people now ask, after they have performed 'Umrah or Hajj, and after years and months have passed, do these people who do not understand the rituals of Hajj and 'Umrah ask?

Answer:
Yes. A person does not undertake any act of worship without knowing its ruling and rulings, even if only in a brief manner, or he asks if he does not have a reading to refer to. He asks the scholars so that he acts with certainty. This includes Hajj. It is obligatory for him to perform it as Allah has prescribed, for Allah. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), when he performed Hajj with his companions, said: So when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) performed any of them, they followed him in that and performed them as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) performed them. This was during his lifetime and after his death; this is his Sunnah, in which is the description of his Hajj and 'Umrah. So the Muslim must follow these authentic hadiths and proceed in accordance with their light in the actions of Hajj and 'Umrah. And if he is not able to do that, he asks the scholars. Yes.

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