The ruling on one who leaves Hajj to be generous with people
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His Eminence the Shaykh: It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that Hajj to Hajj expiates what is between them.
And some people may leave Hajj and say: Regarding being generous with people, what is your guidance?
(Umrah to Umrah is an expiation for what is between them, and a successful Hajj has no reward except Paradise).
As for the one who leaves Hajj and says: I want to be generous with people, so I do not see this.But if he says: I see that I should spend the cost of Hajj on something beneficial, such as jihad, for example, or relieving hunger. This may be better, especially since Hajj now—may Allah treat us and you with forgiveness—does not make a person feel that he is in worship. You find that, for example, if he is among the wealthy, everything is like a vacation: air conditioning, cold water, and everything else, and he finds that it is truly just a vacation. And if he is among the poor, the matter may be different, but even so, he does not find pleasure in the tawaf or the sa'y.Because a person says: May Allah forgive me before I die.
So if he says this—and even though, if Allah wills, a person hopes for the good in this Hajj: "These dirhams that I spent, three thousand or five thousand or less or more, I would like to spend them for the needy among the Muslims,"Or for the mujahideen among the Muslims, then here we say: That is better.
And some people may leave Hajj and say: Regarding being generous with people, what is your guidance?
(Umrah to Umrah is an expiation for what is between them, and a successful Hajj has no reward except Paradise).
As for the one who leaves Hajj and says: I want to be generous with people, so I do not see this.But if he says: I see that I should spend the cost of Hajj on something beneficial, such as jihad, for example, or relieving hunger. This may be better, especially since Hajj now—may Allah treat us and you with forgiveness—does not make a person feel that he is in worship. You find that, for example, if he is among the wealthy, everything is like a vacation: air conditioning, cold water, and everything else, and he finds that it is truly just a vacation. And if he is among the poor, the matter may be different, but even so, he does not find pleasure in the tawaf or the sa'y.Because a person says: May Allah forgive me before I die.
So if he says this—and even though, if Allah wills, a person hopes for the good in this Hajj: "These dirhams that I spent, three thousand or five thousand or less or more, I would like to spend them for the needy among the Muslims,"Or for the mujahideen among the Muslims, then here we say: That is better.