The ruling on delaying Hajj due to the military work system

The questioner : He says: I am a military man, and our work system regarding Hajj does not allow more than five people from among those who work with me to go each year. If I die before my turn comes for Hajj, will I be sinful or not? And is this obedience to the created in disobedience to the Creator?

The Shaykh : We say in the first answer: If the government has arranged the Hajj for the individuals—he says the police?

The questioner : What is wrong with you? I am shy.

The Shaykh : Yes, if the government has arranged the Hajj for the military personnel, then if a person dies before his turn comes, there is no sin on him. Because he is commanded to obey the one in authority, and because he has entered into a commitment to what this contract with the state requires. And Allah the Exalted said: So if you die before fulfilling the obligatory, then nothing is required of you. Then I say that some scholars have said that Hajj is not obligatory immediately, meaning that it is permissible for a person to delay Hajj even without an excuse, even if he is wealthy, and they hold that the matter of Hajj is broad due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): So if you perform Hajj once, even if it is at the end of your life, you have fulfilled the obligation. And I have brought this opinion in order to broaden the chest of a questioner like this brother, otherwise the stronger position is that Hajj is obligatory immediately, and that whoever meets the conditions for Hajj must hasten to perform it.