Declaring the one who abandons Hajj while able to perform it a disbeliever, and citing the statement of 'Umar as evidence
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In His saying, Glorified and Exalted is He:[Ali 'Imran 3:97] He mentions that some scholars hold that the one who abandons Hajj while being able to perform it is declared a disbeliever, citing this verse and the statement of 'Umar that "they are not Muslims." Is this view strong?
Answer:
This is a warning, this is a warning. The statement of 'Umar is in the category of warning and deterring people from being lax in the matter of Hajj. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In His saying, Glorified and Exalted is He:
And [due] to Allah from the people is a pilgrimage to the House - for whoever is able to find thereto a way. But whoever disbelieves - then indeed, Allah is free from need of the worlds.
وَلِلَّهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ حِجُّ الْبَيْتِ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًا وَمَن كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ عَنِ الْعَالَمِينَAnswer:
This is a warning, this is a warning. The statement of 'Umar is in the category of warning and deterring people from being lax in the matter of Hajj. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، أول كتاب المناسك — islamhouse.com (1:00:55)
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