I performed Hajj at the age of sixteen, then I stopped praying after that, and then I committed myself to it again. Is my Hajj invalid?

The questioner : Peace be upon you, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh : Peace be upon you.

The questioner : How are you?

The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.

The questioner : I hope you are well, praise be to Allah. Shaykh, may I ask? I have just one question.

The Shaykh : All right.

The questioner : My long life, I performed Hajj when I was sixteen years old. So, after this Hajj, I may have stopped praying for a while? So I don’t know now. Praise be to Allah, I have committed myself to it now.

The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.

The questioner : So I don’t know, does that mean the Hajj is invalid, or…

The Shaykh : No, it is not invalid.

The questioner : So can I renew it?

The Shaykh : No, no. The first one is valid; there is nothing wrong with it.

The questioner : It does not become invalid even if you stopped praying.

The Shaykh : Yes, yes. I say, may Allah bless you.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : If a person does not pray and dies while not praying, that is the one whose deeds are invalidated. But if Allah guides him to Islam,

The questioner : Yes, praise be to Allah, Allah guided me and I committed myself, meaning a little.

The Shaykh : Listen, if Allah guides him to Islam, his righteous deeds are not invalidated.

The questioner : Praise be to Allah, so I do not renew it, Shaykh, never, never. May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : May Allah bless you.