A woman asks: I performed Hajj many years ago, then she said: If Allah makes it easy for me to perform another Hajj, I will make that one a voluntary act and intend this one as the obligatory one.
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The questioner : A woman asks: I performed Hajj many years ago. Then she said: If Allah makes it easy for me to perform another Hajj, I will make that one a voluntary act and intend this one as the obligatory one, because in that Hajj I was in a state of ignorance and lack of understanding. Is this action permissible for her?
The Shaykh : We say regarding the action: Her obligatory one is the first one; the first Hajj is her obligatory one. The second Hajj is voluntary. And know, my Muslim brother, that all voluntary acts complete the obligatory ones. We have just prayed 'Isha'. Is there a recommended practice (sunnah) after 'Isha'? Answer. Good. If we pray the regular voluntary prayers (rawatib) that follow it, and there was a defect in the obligatory prayer, then this regular voluntary prayer makes up for the defect, and praise be to Allah. Likewise, we say regarding this woman: If there was a defect in her first Hajj, her second Hajj patches that defect. For the obligatory acts are completed by the voluntary acts. Rather, the opposite is the case: the voluntary acts complete the obligatory acts on the Day of Resurrection if there is a deficiency in the obligatory acts. Yes.
The Shaykh : We say regarding the action: Her obligatory one is the first one; the first Hajj is her obligatory one. The second Hajj is voluntary. And know, my Muslim brother, that all voluntary acts complete the obligatory ones. We have just prayed 'Isha'. Is there a recommended practice (sunnah) after 'Isha'? Answer. Good. If we pray the regular voluntary prayers (rawatib) that follow it, and there was a defect in the obligatory prayer, then this regular voluntary prayer makes up for the defect, and praise be to Allah. Likewise, we say regarding this woman: If there was a defect in her first Hajj, her second Hajj patches that defect. For the obligatory acts are completed by the voluntary acts. Rather, the opposite is the case: the voluntary acts complete the obligatory acts on the Day of Resurrection if there is a deficiency in the obligatory acts. Yes.