The ruling on one who leaves Hajj due to inability
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says that he is from one of the Islamic countries, and he is forty-five years old, and he is poor, and he has not performed the obligatory Hajj. He says: In a case like this, is the obligation of Hajj dropped from me, and have I fulfilled the five pillars?
Answer:
Hajj is not obligatory on you, my brother, as long as you are unable to do it, it is not obligatory on you. If you leave Hajj due to inability, you owe nothing. Allah the Exalted said:[Ali 'Imran 3:97] So the one who is unable has no sin on him if he leaves Hajj. Because Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, excused him for that. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says that he is from one of the Islamic countries, and he is forty-five years old, and he is poor, and he has not performed the obligatory Hajj. He says: In a case like this, is the obligation of Hajj dropped from me, and have I fulfilled the five pillars?
Answer:
Hajj is not obligatory on you, my brother, as long as you are unable to do it, it is not obligatory on you. If you leave Hajj due to inability, you owe nothing. 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 سَبِيلًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3451] حكم من ترك الحج لعدم الاستطاعة - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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