Living in a rented house, and the owners want to take back the house
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Eid Abbasi : This is the continuation of a paper that one of the brothers asked about. He said: I am living in a rented house, and the owners want to take back the house, but I cannot do so until I take possession of my house registered with the housing association. So my question is: Is it permissible for me to perform the obligatory Hajj this year while I am in this situation?
The Shaykh : That is to say, if he means by this situation what is apparent from the question, namely the case where the owner of the house is demanding the house back from this tenant, and it is difficult for him to do so, should he perform Hajj? We say: No, hand over the house or satisfy him. If you are unable to hand over the house, as you say, then there is a wide scope for discussion in this statement; because many people today say, "I am unable to," but the reality, upon scrutiny and discussion, is that he is able to. For example, he is able to rent a house while he is wealthy, but no, he is waiting for the house they are building for him. And perhaps this construction is also not lawful, as the question itself suggests; because these housing associations are not established on the rulings of the Shari'ah, and they involve dealings with riba (usury or interest) and the like. So the important thing is that the questioner must hasten to hand over the house to its owner by any means, and the last resort is to satisfy him, even with money. If he satisfies him, then he must hasten to perform Hajj.
Other than that?
The Shaykh : That is to say, if he means by this situation what is apparent from the question, namely the case where the owner of the house is demanding the house back from this tenant, and it is difficult for him to do so, should he perform Hajj? We say: No, hand over the house or satisfy him. If you are unable to hand over the house, as you say, then there is a wide scope for discussion in this statement; because many people today say, "I am unable to," but the reality, upon scrutiny and discussion, is that he is able to. For example, he is able to rent a house while he is wealthy, but no, he is waiting for the house they are building for him. And perhaps this construction is also not lawful, as the question itself suggests; because these housing associations are not established on the rulings of the Shari'ah, and they involve dealings with riba (usury or interest) and the like. So the important thing is that the questioner must hasten to hand over the house to its owner by any means, and the last resort is to satisfy him, even with money. If he satisfies him, then he must hasten to perform Hajj.
Other than that?
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