The Concept of the Ability to Perform Hajj
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Question:
The questioner says: A person owns one thousand riyals, and he is able to perform Hajj, but he has other expenses. If he returns from Hajj, he will become poor. What is the concept of ability? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
Ability means that one possesses the provisions and the mount. That is, he has the travel provisions and the vehicle he rides for Hajj. This is the one who is able. As for the one who is not able, who has no vehicle and no provisions, it is said to him that Hajj is not obligatory upon him, for "Hajj is obligatory upon the one who is able to perform it," unless someone volunteers to give him what he needs to perform Hajj, or performs Hajj with him. In that case, there is no harm, because this is at the expense of another person. Hajj is upon the one who is able, and that is the one who possesses the provisions and the suitable vehicle for his status, for the journey there and back. He must also provide for his children and family what is sufficient for them until he returns to them. So, praise be to Allah, there is ease in this matter. A person should not be hard on himself. Likewise, if he is in debt, and he has money that is sufficient for his provisions and mount, but he has a debt that he cannot pay off, and he cannot fund the Hajj and pay off the debt, he prioritizes the debt. Hajj is not obligatory upon him. He prioritizes the debt and pays it off. If he then has what is sufficient for Hajj, he performs Hajj. Yes.
And if he gives him what he did not use for Hajj, or what he used with him for Hajj, there is no harm in that, because this is an expense on the expense of another person. Hajj is obligatory upon the one who is able, and that is the one who possesses the provisions and a suitable means of transport for his status, for the journey there and back. He must also provide for his children and family what is sufficient for them until he returns to them. So, praise be to Allah, there is ease in this matter. A person should not be strict with himself. Likewise, if he is in debt and he has money—he has what provides for his provisions and comfort—but he has a debt that he cannot pay off, and he cannot fund the Hajj and pay off the debt, he prioritizes the debt. Hajj is not obligatory upon him. He prioritizes the debt and pays it off. If what remains with him is sufficient for Hajj, he performs Hajj. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner says: A person owns one thousand riyals, and he is able to perform Hajj, but he has other expenses. If he returns from Hajj, he will become poor. What is the concept of ability? May Allah reward you.
Answer:
Ability means that one possesses the provisions and the mount. That is, he has the travel provisions and the vehicle he rides for Hajj. This is the one who is able. As for the one who is not able, who has no vehicle and no provisions, it is said to him that Hajj is not obligatory upon him, for "Hajj is obligatory upon the one who is able to perform it," unless someone volunteers to give him what he needs to perform Hajj, or performs Hajj with him. In that case, there is no harm, because this is at the expense of another person. Hajj is upon the one who is able, and that is the one who possesses the provisions and the suitable vehicle for his status, for the journey there and back. He must also provide for his children and family what is sufficient for them until he returns to them. So, praise be to Allah, there is ease in this matter. A person should not be hard on himself. Likewise, if he is in debt, and he has money that is sufficient for his provisions and mount, but he has a debt that he cannot pay off, and he cannot fund the Hajj and pay off the debt, he prioritizes the debt. Hajj is not obligatory upon him. He prioritizes the debt and pays it off. If he then has what is sufficient for Hajj, he performs Hajj. Yes.
And if he gives him what he did not use for Hajj, or what he used with him for Hajj, there is no harm in that, because this is an expense on the expense of another person. Hajj is obligatory upon the one who is able, and that is the one who possesses the provisions and a suitable means of transport for his status, for the journey there and back. He must also provide for his children and family what is sufficient for them until he returns to them. So, praise be to Allah, there is ease in this matter. A person should not be strict with himself. Likewise, if he is in debt and he has money—he has what provides for his provisions and comfort—but he has a debt that he cannot pay off, and he cannot fund the Hajj and pay off the debt, he prioritizes the debt. Hajj is not obligatory upon him. He prioritizes the debt and pays it off. If what remains with him is sufficient for Hajj, he performs Hajj. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
بلوغ المرام 06-08-1433هـ — alfawzan.live (57:56)
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