The ruling on purchasing a Hajj permit from the black market
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The questioner : Another question. In Algeria, a person cannot perform the obligatory Hajj, even if he is able to perform it, except through a lottery, because the government has allocated a specific number of permits for Hajj. Is it permissible for a Muslim to pay a sum of money to buy this permit, since some employees in the administration sell the permits for money, even though the government does not permit this without the government’s knowledge, and the permit may belong to another person? What is the ruling in this matter?
The Shaykh : In my opinion, it is like the previous case. That is, his Hajj to the House of Allah the Sacred is obligatory, and there is no way for him to do it except with this permit that the state imposes unjustly, oppressively, and tyrannically. So if he pays money to obtain such a permit, I see no obstacle to that.
The questioner : Yes. A question. The permits are limited in number, so if he pays this money, he may cut off the way for another person who had the right to this
The Shaykh : This is sound speech, but here the question arises: does our previous answer hold, or is our previous answer valid? Do the permits usually all get taken up by those who want them? Yes. Or do some permits remain unused?
The questioner : No permits remain here unused; this is what we see through the lottery.
The Shaykh : Yes, meaning when the lottery is used, no permit remains.
The questioner : No permit remains. Yes.
The Shaykh : So I say this observation is in its place, and our noting of it requires us to say it is not permissible,
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : because in that there is a prohibition for others through a means that is not lawful in the original ruling,
The questioner : Yes, but in Algeria, some people who have influence and have performed the obligatory Hajj more than once pay this money and use their influence to obtain this permit. Can a Muslim be harmed by
The Shaykh : The previous question returns.
The questioner : If...
The Shaykh : The previous question returns, meaning those who use influence and buy these permits: do those who need Hajj and want to obtain this permit through the legal means get all these permits, or do some remain?
The questioner : No other permits remain, but they are distributed in the hall.
The Shaykh : How is that? It seems to contradict the previous answer.
The Shaykh : In my opinion, it is like the previous case. That is, his Hajj to the House of Allah the Sacred is obligatory, and there is no way for him to do it except with this permit that the state imposes unjustly, oppressively, and tyrannically. So if he pays money to obtain such a permit, I see no obstacle to that.
The questioner : Yes. A question. The permits are limited in number, so if he pays this money, he may cut off the way for another person who had the right to this
The Shaykh : This is sound speech, but here the question arises: does our previous answer hold, or is our previous answer valid? Do the permits usually all get taken up by those who want them? Yes. Or do some permits remain unused?
The questioner : No permits remain here unused; this is what we see through the lottery.
The Shaykh : Yes, meaning when the lottery is used, no permit remains.
The questioner : No permit remains. Yes.
The Shaykh : So I say this observation is in its place, and our noting of it requires us to say it is not permissible,
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : because in that there is a prohibition for others through a means that is not lawful in the original ruling,
The questioner : Yes, but in Algeria, some people who have influence and have performed the obligatory Hajj more than once pay this money and use their influence to obtain this permit. Can a Muslim be harmed by
The Shaykh : The previous question returns.
The questioner : If...
The Shaykh : The previous question returns, meaning those who use influence and buy these permits: do those who need Hajj and want to obtain this permit through the legal means get all these permits, or do some remain?
The questioner : No other permits remain, but they are distributed in the hall.
The Shaykh : How is that? It seems to contradict the previous answer.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، المجلس 1296 — d3watuna.com (9:14)
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