What is your opinion on the Hajj of a debtor?
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The questioner : This is the continuation of a paper that one of the brothers sent. He says: I live in a rented house, and its owners want me to hand the house over to them, but I am unable to do so until I receive the house registered in my name at a housing association. My question is: Is it permissible for me to perform the obligatory Hajj this year while I am in this situation?
The Shaykh : Meaning, if he intends by this situation what is apparent from the question, which is that the owner of the house is demanding the house 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 do it, but the reality, upon scrutiny and discussion, is that he is able to do it. He is able, for example, 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 upon Islamic rulings, and they involve dealings with riba (usury or interest) and the like.
The important thing is that it is obligatory forThe questioner : him to hasten to hand over the house to its owner by any means, and the last thing is to satisfy him, even with money. If he satisfies him, then he must hasten to perform Hajj.
Other than that?
The Shaykh : Meaning, if he intends by this situation what is apparent from the question, which is that the owner of the house is demanding the house 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 do it, but the reality, upon scrutiny and discussion, is that he is able to do it. He is able, for example, 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 upon Islamic rulings, and they involve dealings with riba (usury or interest) and the like.
The important thing is that it is obligatory forThe questioner : him to hasten to hand over the house to its owner by any means, and the last thing 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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