The cost of Hajj on the husband
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The Shaykh:
This is a mistake. This is from the fatwas of the common people who say that if you save a person from death, or a woman from perishing, she becomes a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to you. This is a great error. He is a stranger to her. He did her a favor by providing first aid and rescuing her from death, but there is no kinship relationship between them. He is a stranger to her, and she is a stranger to him. She must veil herself from him, and he is permitted to marry her. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you and bless you.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: I am the husband. Is the cost of my wife’s Hajj upon me, given that she has not performed Hajj and she is thirty years old?
The Shaykh:
No, it is not upon you. It is not obligatory for you to pay for your wife’s Hajj. However, if you wish to be kind to her and help her in obedience, that is a good thing. Otherwise, Hajj is obligatory upon her if she becomes wealthy, if she has money and is able to perform Hajj, and if she finds a mahram (a relative one may not marry). In that case, it is obligatory for her to perform Hajj, the Hajj of Islam. Yes.
This is a mistake. This is from the fatwas of the common people who say that if you save a person from death, or a woman from perishing, she becomes a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to you. This is a great error. He is a stranger to her. He did her a favor by providing first aid and rescuing her from death, but there is no kinship relationship between them. He is a stranger to her, and she is a stranger to him. She must veil herself from him, and he is permitted to marry her. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you and bless you.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: I am the husband. Is the cost of my wife’s Hajj upon me, given that she has not performed Hajj and she is thirty years old?
The Shaykh:
No, it is not upon you. It is not obligatory for you to pay for your wife’s Hajj. However, if you wish to be kind to her and help her in obedience, that is a good thing. Otherwise, Hajj is obligatory upon her if she becomes wealthy, if she has money and is able to perform Hajj, and if she finds a mahram (a relative one may not marry). In that case, it is obligatory for her to perform Hajj, the Hajj of Islam. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/014 — archive.org (17:43)
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