Is it prescribed for a poor person to borrow in order to perform the sacrifice?
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Question : Is it prescribed for a poor person to borrow in order to perform the sacrifice?
Answer : We say that there is a distinction here. The poor person who has nothing in his possession when the festival of sacrifice arrives, but who hopes to obtain something, such as a person who has a monthly salary and it just so happens that on the day of the festival he has nothing, nothing in his possession, but he is able to borrow from his friend and repay when the salary comes, then perhaps we would tell you to borrow and perform the sacrifice, and then repay. But if he does not hope for that, if he does not hope to repay in the near future, then we do not recommend that he borrow to perform the sacrifice, because this entails burdening his conscience with debt and being in the debt of gratitude to people, and he does not know whether he will be able to repay or not. Yes.
Answer : We say that there is a distinction here. The poor person who has nothing in his possession when the festival of sacrifice arrives, but who hopes to obtain something, such as a person who has a monthly salary and it just so happens that on the day of the festival he has nothing, nothing in his possession, but he is able to borrow from his friend and repay when the salary comes, then perhaps we would tell you to borrow and perform the sacrifice, and then repay. But if he does not hope for that, if he does not hope to repay in the near future, then we do not recommend that he borrow to perform the sacrifice, because this entails burdening his conscience with debt and being in the debt of gratitude to people, and he does not know whether he will be able to repay or not. Yes.
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جلسات الحج 1409هـ - 5 — binothaimeen.net (53:51)
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