A person performed Hajj from the zakah of one of the benefactors; is his Hajj valid or not?
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The questioner : May Allah reward the honorableThe Shaykh : I performed Hajj from the zakah of one of the benefactors, and this zakah was part of my expenses. Is my Hajj valid, or must I perform another Hajj?
The Shaykh : Part.
The questioner : Part of my expenses.
The Shaykh : Yes, if the Hajj is an obligatory duty, some scholars have said: "It is permissible to spend zakah on the obligatory Hajj, but if it is a voluntary act, it is not permissible for you to take from the zakah to perform Hajj". However, the stronger opinion is that zakah is not to be spent on the Hajj of a poor person, whether it is obligatory or voluntary. This is because Hajj is not obligatory upon the poor person, so it is not an obligation in his case, even if it is the first time he is performing Hajj. So, regarding the one who took the zakah on the basis that he needed it, then performed Hajj and spent from it, we tell him: your Hajj is valid and you have committed no sin, because you took it on the basis that you were poor, and you included it with your wealth that you spend on yourself and performed Hajj with it. Yes.
The Shaykh : Part.
The questioner : Part of my expenses.
The Shaykh : Yes, if the Hajj is an obligatory duty, some scholars have said: "It is permissible to spend zakah on the obligatory Hajj, but if it is a voluntary act, it is not permissible for you to take from the zakah to perform Hajj". However, the stronger opinion is that zakah is not to be spent on the Hajj of a poor person, whether it is obligatory or voluntary. This is because Hajj is not obligatory upon the poor person, so it is not an obligation in his case, even if it is the first time he is performing Hajj. So, regarding the one who took the zakah on the basis that he needed it, then performed Hajj and spent from it, we tell him: your Hajj is valid and you have committed no sin, because you took it on the basis that you were poor, and you included it with your wealth that you spend on yourself and performed Hajj with it. Yes.