Is it permissible to switch from the fidyah (ransom payment) to fasting if one leaves off an obligatory act of Hajj?
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. If a pilgrim owes a fidyah (ransom payment) for leaving off an obligatory act of Hajj, and he is able to pay the money for the fidyah, but he chooses to fast ten days instead because he needs the money for his business or his marriage, is that permissible or not?
The Shaykh:
If a person owes a fidyah (ransom payment) and he has no money beyond his dire necessity, he fasts ten days; he fasts ten days. But if he has money beyond his dire necessity, and that money is sufficient to buy the fidyah, then it is obligatory for him to buy the fidyah and slaughter it, because that is the original obligation. Fasting is only a substitute for it in the case of inability, inability to pay its value. As for one who has money and wants to get married, the cost of the fidyah does not reduce this money by a significant amount that would affect him; it does not affect him. Also, the cost of the fidyah is an obligation and a debt in his liability, so he prioritizes paying the debt that became obligatory upon him over the expenses of marriage. The marriage is delayed until Allah the Exalted makes it easy, because this is a debt that became obligatory upon him. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good. You also mentioned business, Shaykh Salih?
The Shaykh:
Business is even more so; this person is wealthy. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. If he leaves off the cost of the fidyah and switches to fasting while he wants to save for marriage or business, is his action incorrect?
The Shaykh:
It is incorrect, because he is able to pay the fidyah.
The presenter:
We seek help from Allah.
The Shaykh:
And as we mentioned, the cost of the fidyah does not affect the
The presenter:
Good, good.
The Shaykh:
the marriage dowry. Yes.
The questioner:
If someone did that, Shaykh Salih, what do you advise him to do now?
The Shaykh:
He slaughters; the opportunity is still available. He buys a fidyah and slaughters it in Makkah and distributes it to the poor; because he mentioned that it is a compensation,
The presenter:
Good, good. May Allah reward you with good and do you good.
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. If a pilgrim owes a fidyah (ransom payment) for leaving off an obligatory act of Hajj, and he is able to pay the money for the fidyah, but he chooses to fast ten days instead because he needs the money for his business or his marriage, is that permissible or not?
The Shaykh:
If a person owes a fidyah (ransom payment) and he has no money beyond his dire necessity, he fasts ten days; he fasts ten days. But if he has money beyond his dire necessity, and that money is sufficient to buy the fidyah, then it is obligatory for him to buy the fidyah and slaughter it, because that is the original obligation. Fasting is only a substitute for it in the case of inability, inability to pay its value. As for one who has money and wants to get married, the cost of the fidyah does not reduce this money by a significant amount that would affect him; it does not affect him. Also, the cost of the fidyah is an obligation and a debt in his liability, so he prioritizes paying the debt that became obligatory upon him over the expenses of marriage. The marriage is delayed until Allah the Exalted makes it easy, because this is a debt that became obligatory upon him. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good. You also mentioned business, Shaykh Salih?
The Shaykh:
Business is even more so; this person is wealthy. Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. If he leaves off the cost of the fidyah and switches to fasting while he wants to save for marriage or business, is his action incorrect?
The Shaykh:
It is incorrect, because he is able to pay the fidyah.
The presenter:
We seek help from Allah.
The Shaykh:
And as we mentioned, the cost of the fidyah does not affect the
The presenter:
Good, good.
The Shaykh:
the marriage dowry. Yes.
The questioner:
If someone did that, Shaykh Salih, what do you advise him to do now?
The Shaykh:
He slaughters; the opportunity is still available. He buys a fidyah and slaughters it in Makkah and distributes it to the poor; because he mentioned that it is a compensation,
The presenter:
Good, good. May Allah reward you with good and do you good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز الانتقال من الفدية إلى الصيام إذا ترك واجب من واجبات الحج؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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