What is the ruling on one who leaves Hajj until he dies while being able and capable?
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The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : In a hadith, I don't remember the hadith, but I may have read it once or something about Hajj in the same topic, also approximately exactly:, meaning in its sense!
The Shaykh : It is not correct, leave it alone!
The questioner : .
The Shaykh : Leave it alone!
The questioner : But, but this hadith.
The Shaykh : Leave it alone.
The questioner : Okay, we come to our same topic, this man prays, but he was able to perform Hajj and did not perform it, so what is his status?!
The Shaykh : It is said about this one who did not perform Hajj as it is said about the one who did not pray, if he believes in the legitimacy of Hajj.
The questioner : He believes, of course, and he is praying!
The Shaykh : My brother, no, I am not ruling that he does not believe!! I am telling you: like this and like this, just as we are talking with the brother there, the one who leaves prayer, if he denies it, then his case is the case of a disbeliever.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : If he believes in it, but his action is the action of a disbeliever, then this one is a Muslim and that one is a disbeliever, likewise we say: about the one who leaves Hajj, and the one who leaves zakah, and the one who leaves all the obligatory duties, ah, if he believes in them, then he is an open sinner because he did not do the action of the Muslims, but rather he did the action of the disbelievers, and if he says: this was and now it has become a fashion of not performing Hajj, etc., meaning a law has been abolished, this is a disbeliever, so this one who did not perform Hajj, his intention must be looked at, and not only his action, he must look at his action, because his action is the action of the disbelievers.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The one who does not perform Hajj to the House of Allah the Sacred; therefore He - the Exalted - said in the Qur'an:[Ali 'Imran 3:97] Then?!
The questioner : And whoever disbelieves.
The Shaykh :[Ali 'Imran 3:97], ah, whoever disbelieves, like "whoever disbelieves," so the meaning: like: , meaning he did not perform Hajj practically, so his disbelief is practical disbelief and he believes in the legitimacy of Hajj.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And the one who did not perform Hajj because he does not believe that Hajj is obligatory, then he is a disbeliever, all these texts in which it says: "he has disbelieved," are interpreted in light of this detail which is necessary.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The questioner : In a hadith, I don't remember the hadith, but I may have read it once or something about Hajj in the same topic, also approximately exactly:
Whoever is able to perform Hajj and does not perform it
مَن استطاع الحجَّ ولم يحجَّThe Shaykh : It is not correct, leave it alone!
The questioner :
then he dies
فإن مات ميتةًThe Shaykh : Leave it alone!
The questioner : But, but this hadith.
The Shaykh : Leave it alone.
The questioner : Okay, we come to our same topic, this man prays, but he was able to perform Hajj and did not perform it, so what is his status?!
The Shaykh : It is said about this one who did not perform Hajj as it is said about the one who did not pray, if he believes in the legitimacy of Hajj.
The questioner : He believes, of course, and he is praying!
The Shaykh : My brother, no, I am not ruling that he does not believe!! I am telling you: like this and like this, just as we are talking with the brother there, the one who leaves prayer, if he denies it, then his case is the case of a disbeliever.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : If he believes in it, but his action is the action of a disbeliever, then this one is a Muslim and that one is a disbeliever, likewise we say: about the one who leaves Hajj, and the one who leaves zakah, and the one who leaves all the obligatory duties, ah, if he believes in them, then he is an open sinner because he did not do the action of the Muslims, but rather he did the action of the disbelievers, and if he says: this was and now it has become a fashion of not performing Hajj, etc., meaning a law has been abolished, this is a disbeliever, so this one who did not perform Hajj, his intention must be looked at, and not only his action, he must look at his action, because his action is the action of the disbelievers.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : The one who does not perform Hajj to the House of Allah the Sacred; therefore He - the Exalted - said in the Qur'an:
And [due] to Allah from the people is a pilgrimage to the House - for whoever is able to find thereto a way
وَلِلَّهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ حِجُّ الْبَيْتِ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًاThe questioner : And whoever disbelieves.
The Shaykh :
But whoever disbelieves - then indeed, Allah is free from need of the worlds.
وَمَنْ كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ عَنِ الْعَالَمِينَAnd whoever disbelieves
وَمَنْ كَفَرَHe has committed disbelief
فقد كفرAnd whoever disbelieves
وَمَنْ كَفَرَThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And the one who did not perform Hajj because he does not believe that Hajj is obligatory, then he is a disbeliever, all these texts in which it says: "he has disbelieved," are interpreted in light of this detail which is necessary.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
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