The Ruling on Delaying Hajj Despite Having the Means
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Question:
This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, regarding Hajj, is it an immediate obligation or a deferred one? And what is the ruling on a person who procrastinates in performing Hajj?
Answer:
Hajj is an immediate obligation. Allah the Exalted said:[Ali 'Imran 3:97] So whoever is able to find the way, it is obligatory for him to hasten to perform Hajj. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made Hajj obligatory, he ordered the people to perform Hajj, but he delayed it for one year in order to purify the House from the naked and the polytheists. He said: "No polytheist shall perform Hajj after this year, and no naked person shall circumambulate the House." When the House was purified of them, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed Hajj. Delaying Hajj for an excuse is permissible, but if there is no excuse and it is an obligatory Hajj, one must hasten to perform it.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, regarding Hajj, is it an immediate obligation or a deferred one? And what is the ruling on a person who procrastinates in performing Hajj?
Answer:
Hajj is an immediate obligation. 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 presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/276 — archive.org (10:37)
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