Which takes precedence: Hajj or paying off a debt?
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Question:
I ask Allah to do you good. Your Eminence, father, the questioner says: A person has Hajj upon him, an expiation upon him, and a debt upon him. A person who has. A person who has Hajj upon him, an expiation upon him, and a debt upon him, what does he prioritize?
Answer:
If he has money that covers the debts he owes to Allah and to people, and covers the Hajj, he performs Hajj. But if he does not have money that covers anything except the debts, he prioritizes paying off the debts, and Hajj is not obligatory upon him. Yes.
I ask Allah to do you good. Your Eminence, father, the questioner says: A person has Hajj upon him, an expiation upon him, and a debt upon him. A person who has. A person who has Hajj upon him, an expiation upon him, and a debt upon him, what does he prioritize?
Answer:
If he has money that covers the debts he owes to Allah and to people, and covers the Hajj, he performs Hajj. But if he does not have money that covers anything except the debts, he prioritizes paying off the debts, and Hajj is not obligatory upon him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1118] أيهما يقدم الحج أم سداد الدين؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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