A worker who has not performed Hajj, and a person wants to take on the cost of his entire Hajj; is it permissible for him to pay the value of the fidyah, or is it the worker's responsibility to pay it, and what is the reward that he will receive?
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The questioner : He says: There is a worker who has never performed Hajj and wants to perform it, and I want to take on the full cost of his Hajj. Should I pay the value of the fidyah, or is it his responsibility to pay it? And what is the reward that I will receive?
The Shaykh : They say that a man was tasked with crushing 'ubas. Do you know what 'ubas is? It is the pit found in dates. He kept crushing it by breaking it, and crushing 'ubas is difficult. When he was left alone, he said: By Allah, it is difficult; I am tired, and he left the crushing of it, even though he had crushed thousands of 'ubas.
This man is now taking on the worker's entire expenses except for the hady. We say, my brother, may Allah reward you with good, complete it. Complete the hady so that the reward is complete for you. If he does not do so and the worker is poor, then Allah the Exalted has made it easy for him. What does the worker do? He fasts three days during Hajj and seven days when he returns, and the difficulty is resolved. But I advise this guarantor, may Allah reward him with good, to complete his generosity and say, "All the expenses of Hajj are on me, from the cost of Hajj to the hady, the ihram, and everything else." Yes.
The questioner : He says, what is the reward that I will receive?
The Shaykh : The reward, if Allah wills, that he will receive is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 1895b And we say, if Allah wills, without attributing to Allah what is not His, that whoever equips a pilgrim has performed Hajj, because Hajj is in the path of Allah. So much so that some scholars say: "If a poor person is unable to perform the obligatory act, he is given from the zakah" because he falls under the saying of Allah the Exalted: [At-Tawbah 9:60] And Aisha said: So we hope that this person who took on the worker's Hajj will have a reward like the worker's. Yes.
The Shaykh : They say that a man was tasked with crushing 'ubas. Do you know what 'ubas is? It is the pit found in dates. He kept crushing it by breaking it, and crushing 'ubas is difficult. When he was left alone, he said: By Allah, it is difficult; I am tired, and he left the crushing of it, even though he had crushed thousands of 'ubas.
This man is now taking on the worker's entire expenses except for the hady. We say, my brother, may Allah reward you with good, complete it. Complete the hady so that the reward is complete for you. If he does not do so and the worker is poor, then Allah the Exalted has made it easy for him. What does the worker do? He fasts three days during Hajj and seven days when he returns, and the difficulty is resolved. But I advise this guarantor, may Allah reward him with good, to complete his generosity and say, "All the expenses of Hajj are on me, from the cost of Hajj to the hady, the ihram, and everything else." Yes.
The questioner : He says, what is the reward that I will receive?
The Shaykh : The reward, if Allah wills, that he will receive is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: