Is he sinful if a person has the money to perform the obligatory Hajj but has not performed it, yet he spent this money on his own interests and the interests of his family?
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The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : A person receives money, for example, a salary or something like that, and this money is spent on his personal interests and the interests of his family, or similar matters in which he is commanded to spend. This money may, during a certain period, be sufficient for him to perform the obligation of Allah in the Hajj to His House, but the time for Hajj has not yet arrived while he has this money. So do we tell him that he must keep that money, meaning, for example, save it for the time of Hajj, or is it that he should spend it as long as he does not intend by spending it to drop the obligation from himself or evade it or something similar?
The Shaykh : Yes, the answer to this varies according to the manner of his disposition of the money.
Al-Halabi: Yes.
The Shaykh : If his disposition of it is with moderation, he is not required to save it.
Al-Halabi: Yes.
The Shaykh : If his disposition of it is extravagance and waste of money, he must save it until he is able to perform the Hajj to the Sacred House of Allah.
The questioner : And the sin is doubled.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And the sin is doubled: the sin of leaving the Hajj and the sin of extravagance.
The Shaykh : Excess.
The questioner : A person receives money, for example, a salary or something like that, and this money is spent on his personal interests and the interests of his family, or similar matters in which he is commanded to spend. This money may, during a certain period, be sufficient for him to perform the obligation of Allah in the Hajj to His House, but the time for Hajj has not yet arrived while he has this money. So do we tell him that he must keep that money, meaning, for example, save it for the time of Hajj, or is it that he should spend it as long as he does not intend by spending it to drop the obligation from himself or evade it or something similar?
The Shaykh : Yes, the answer to this varies according to the manner of his disposition of the money.
Al-Halabi: Yes.
The Shaykh : If his disposition of it is with moderation, he is not required to save it.
Al-Halabi: Yes.
The Shaykh : If his disposition of it is extravagance and waste of money, he must save it until he is able to perform the Hajj to the Sacred House of Allah.
The questioner : And the sin is doubled.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : And the sin is doubled: the sin of leaving the Hajj and the sin of extravagance.
The Shaykh : Excess.
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