The ruling on taking the cost of Hajj from a brother who is negligent in prayer
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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, the questioner says: I wanted to go on Hajj this year with my mother, so my older brother told me that he would pay for the cost of the Hajj. However, my brother is negligent in performing the prayer. Is it permissible for me to take this money from him, knowing that I do not have sufficient funds to perform the Hajj?
Answer:
You and your mother are not required to perform Hajj until you have the ability to do so, because Allah says:[Ali 'Imran 3:97] Therefore, one who cannot afford the journey or the expenses does not have to perform Hajj. If your brother gives you money or something else and you perform Hajj, there is no harm in that, but you are not obligated to take money from him. Hajj is only obligatory upon the one who has the ability. If your brother, or Zayd, or 'Amr, gives you money, or says, "Perform Hajj with us," there is no harm in that. If you perform Hajj with him, there is no harm, and it will suffice as the obligatory Hajj for you, your mother, and others. However, you are not obligated to do so unless you have the capacity, meaning you have money that allows you to perform Hajj and return, after providing for the maintenance of those who depend on you from your family. Yes.
Your Eminence the Shaykh, the questioner says: I wanted to go on Hajj this year with my mother, so my older brother told me that he would pay for the cost of the Hajj. However, my brother is negligent in performing the prayer. Is it permissible for me to take this money from him, knowing that I do not have sufficient funds to perform the Hajj?
Answer:
You and your mother are not required to perform Hajj until you have the ability to do so, because Allah says:
to the House - for whoever is able to find thereto a way
الْبَيْتِ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًا
Source
التوحيد فضله وأنواعه وحكمه — islamhouse.com (34:50)
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