Is it prescribed for one who intends to perform Hajj this year to pray the prayer for guidance in a decision?
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The questioner : May Allah reward the honorableThe Shaykh : Is the prayer for guidance in a decision prescribed for one who intends to perform Hajj this year? So, is it prescribed to pray the prayer for guidance in a decision?
The Shaykh : As for if it is obligatory, it is not permissible for a person to pray the prayer for guidance in a decision, because he must perform Hajj. For the performance of an obligatory act is immediate. As for if it is voluntary, he may seek guidance: meaning, should he perform Hajj this year or the next, because in the case of a voluntary act, if he wishes, he may perform Hajj this year, the next, or the one after that. As for the obligatory, he does not seek guidance in it, because Allah has decreed it and made it obligatory.
Yes.
The Shaykh : As for if it is obligatory, it is not permissible for a person to pray the prayer for guidance in a decision, because he must perform Hajj. For the performance of an obligatory act is immediate. As for if it is voluntary, he may seek guidance: meaning, should he perform Hajj this year or the next, because in the case of a voluntary act, if he wishes, he may perform Hajj this year, the next, or the one after that. As for the obligatory, he does not seek guidance in it, because Allah has decreed it and made it obligatory.
Yes.