The Ruling on Hajj for the Infirm Person Who Is Unable
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The questioner : May Allah bless you. If Allah wills, my brother, I met you and told you, my teacher, after the phone call, what happened? Because the phone call was long, so it would be fine. My teacher, one of our brothers from the attendees of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab Mosque and from our brothers, may Allah reward him with all good, yes. This is my teacher; he is leaning on, meaning he cannot walk on his feet. Yes, he is leaning on two pieces of a cane.
The Shaykh : Here.
The questioner : Yes. So is Hajj obligatory upon him? Of course, he is first of all a counselor and heavy in weight, meaning he cannot do it unless someone holds his hand and his legs are weak, meaning.
The Shaykh : This is Abu Ahmad, like many of the issues we discuss, and we say that the matter is left to those concerned. Yes, for example, we say that the forbidden becomes permissible in case of dire necessity. Yes, who determines the dire necessity?
The questioner : The person himself.
The Shaykh : The person himself. One is in the wilderness and feels that he will become ill and die. Who can determine and say to him, "You are in dire necessity" or "You are not in dire necessity"?
The questioner : My teacher himself.
The Shaykh : He himself. Yes. Likewise, the issue you are asking about, Allah the Exalted said:[Ali 'Imran 3:97] So whoever is able to find a way to it. It is he who wants to judge himself that he is able or not able, that he can or cannot. It is not the mufti or anyone else. Yes. He is the one who must judge.
The questioner : Yes. May Allah reward us with all good, may Allah reward us with all good, my teacher.
The Shaykh : Are you coming to us or how?
The questioner : Yes, teacher, I am coming to you, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : I forgot except for the elders.
The Shaykh : Here.
The questioner : Yes. So is Hajj obligatory upon him? Of course, he is first of all a counselor and heavy in weight, meaning he cannot do it unless someone holds his hand and his legs are weak, meaning.
The Shaykh : This is Abu Ahmad, like many of the issues we discuss, and we say that the matter is left to those concerned. Yes, for example, we say that the forbidden becomes permissible in case of dire necessity. Yes, who determines the dire necessity?
The questioner : The person himself.
The Shaykh : The person himself. One is in the wilderness and feels that he will become ill and die. Who can determine and say to him, "You are in dire necessity" or "You are not in dire necessity"?
The questioner : My teacher himself.
The Shaykh : He himself. Yes. Likewise, the issue you are asking about, Allah the Exalted said:
And [due] to Allah from the people is a pilgrimage to the House - for whoever is able to find thereto a way
وَلِلَّهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ حِجُّ الْبَيْتِ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًاThe questioner : Yes. May Allah reward us with all good, may Allah reward us with all good, my teacher.
The Shaykh : Are you coming to us or how?
The questioner : Yes, teacher, I am coming to you, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : I forgot except for the elders.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، المجلس 1364 — d3watuna.com (10:19)
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