Is obedience to the ruler in obtaining a Hajj permit obligatory?

The questioner : Is obedience to the rulers in this regard obligatory?

The Shaykh : This is a second question, without a doubt. It is obligatory to obey the ruler in matters other than disobedience to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Here, the issue differs between the one who has performed Hajj and the one who has not yet performed it; that is, the obligation of Islam. So, the one who has performed the Hajj of Islam must obey the order, unless it becomes clear to him that those who established this system did so to spite Islam, and this is what I do not think would occur to anyone.

Another questioner : To spite foreigners.

The Shaykh: Yes.

Another questioner : To spite us, the Muslims who are like us...

Another questioner : ...they are permitted, but... it is forbidden, you performed Hajj; after four or five years you will perform Hajj again...

The Shaykh : No problem, everyone.

Another questioner : There is a general ruling.

The Shaykh : Did you understand my answer? Ah, meaning the answer becomes confused when the problem is repeated from the beginning, that they permit this and do not permit that. This regulation is a necessary and very natural thing in all the lands of the world, but the issue must be studied: is this regulation intended to spite the Muslims, or is it the regulation that inspired them with this prohibition? If it is the former, we do not care, and this is unlikely, as I said earlier, to be imagined. Therefore, the regulation must be observed regarding those who have performed Hajj once or more than once. As for the one who has not performed Hajj, it is obligatory for him to perform Hajj and to hasten to perform it; due to his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): .