The Ruling on Prioritizing the Wife's Hajj or the Mother's Hajj When Financial Means Are Limited
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If my wife wants to perform Hajj, and my mother also wants to perform Hajj, and I only have the cost for one, who do I give precedence to in Hajj? Do I give precedence to the wife or the mother?
Answer:
You do not have to take either the wife or the mother. It is obligatory for you to perform Hajj yourself if you have not yet performed the Hajj of Islam. If the mother is able to do it with her own money, she performs Hajj, and the same applies to the wife. As for you, you are not required to take anyone. You are not required to take anyone, ever. Not the wife, not the mother, not the son, not… Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If my wife wants to perform Hajj, and my mother also wants to perform Hajj, and I only have the cost for one, who do I give precedence to in Hajj? Do I give precedence to the wife or the mother?
Answer:
You do not have to take either the wife or the mother. It is obligatory for you to perform Hajj yourself if you have not yet performed the Hajj of Islam. If the mother is able to do it with her own money, she performs Hajj, and the same applies to the wife. As for you, you are not required to take anyone. You are not required to take anyone, ever. Not the wife, not the mother, not the son, not… Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 122 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الإقرار / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (34:03)
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