The initiative to perform Hajj for those who are able, and the meaning of ability.
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The Shaykh : Therefore, this is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2609Sahih (Darussalam), and Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says, as you know: [Ali 'Imran 3:97]. So it is obligatory for every Muslim who is able to perform Hajj to the House of Allah the Sacred to hasten to this Hajj, fearing that death may overtake him, as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) indicated in the hadith narrated by Imam Ahmad and others, where he said: . This means that a person must seize the opportunity and take advantage of his youth, strength, wealth, and his ability to utilize all the means available to him, thereby becoming one of those upon whom Hajj is obligatory and who has the means to perform it. Otherwise, a person may be healthy today and then become ill, claiming, "By Allah, I am not able to perform Hajj." Where were you when you were healthy? Therefore, it came in the hadith: Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34:92, and it mentioned therein: Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34:92.
It is obligatory for the Muslim to remember this reality that he observes in all people: the healthy person becomes ill. In those days, the means of travel for Hajj to the House of Allah the Sacred from distant places was the mount. Therefore, he (peace be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 2883Hasan (Darussalam). He specifically mentioned camels because their nature is to stray and wander. So a person may own a camel he has prepared to perform Hajj on, and then be surprised to find that this camel has strayed and wandered. He has to go and get it, and he may only get it after the opportunity has passed and after he has lost the ability to perform Hajj to the House of Allah the Sacred in that year. Therefore, the Muslim’s remembrance of death should drive him to do what is obligatory upon him before death overtakes him. We are now in the season of Hajj. So whoever among you has not yet performed the Hajj of Islam and finds in himself the ability in its broad sense—ability in his body, in his health, ability in his wealth, ability in everything that encompasses him—may be, for example, an employee of the state, and the state does not allow him to perform Hajj. He says, "I will perform Hajj next year." Here we say to this employee: It is obligatory for you to utilize all means so that you do not delay in hastening to perform Hajj to the House of Allah the Sacred on the excuse that, "By Allah, my boss did not allow me!"
He knows many of the paths that some people take to achieve what is less obligatory than Hajj to the House of Allah the Sacred, and they succeed in that. So utilizing all possible means for such an employee, let alone for others, to hasten to Hajj is more necessary and more necessary.
Islam is based upon five: the testimony of La Ilaha Illallah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, the establishment of the Salat, giving the Zakat, fasting (the month of) Ramadan, and performing Hajj to the House.
بُنِيَ الإسلام على خمس : شهادة أن لا إله إلا الله وأن محمدًا رسول الله ، وإقام الصلاة ، وإيتاء الزكاة ، وصوم رمضان ، وحج البيتAnd [due] to Allah from the people is a pilgrimage to the House - for whoever is able to find thereto a way. But whoever disbelieves - then indeed, Allah is free from need of the worlds.
وَللهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ حِجُّ البَيْتِ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًا وَمَنْ كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ اللهَ غَنِيٌّ عَنِ العَالَمِينَWhoever intends to perform Hajj, let him hasten, for the sick person may become ill and the lost mount may stray.
مَن أراد الحجَّ فليتعجَّلْ ، فقد يمرض المريض وتضلُّ الضَّالَّةSeize five things before five things.
اغتنم خمسًا قبل خمسYour youth before your old age, and your health before your illness.
شبابك قبل هرمك ، وصحَّتك قبل سقمكIt is obligatory for the Muslim to remember this reality that he observes in all people: the healthy person becomes ill. In those days, the means of travel for Hajj to the House of Allah the Sacred from distant places was the mount. Therefore, he (peace be upon him) said:
he may fall sick, lose his mount
قد يمرض المريض وتضلُّ الدابةHe knows many of the paths that some people take to achieve what is less obligatory than Hajj to the House of Allah the Sacred, and they succeed in that. So utilizing all possible means for such an employee, let alone for others, to hasten to Hajj is more necessary and more necessary.
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