What is the ruling on one who died without having performed Hajj, although he was able to do so, and his school of jurisprudence permitted delaying Hajj?
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The Shaykh : I only want to say that this person who died without performing Hajj because he postponed what was within his ability until there was no longer any possibility, he has contradicted a verse or a hadith, a verse and a hadith. As for the verse, it is the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He: [Ali 'Imran 3:133] meaning, hasten to the deeds that Allah has prescribed for you and made obligatory upon you, by which you deserve the forgiveness of your Lord. This is the meaning of the verse: meaning, to the causes of forgiveness. And there is no doubt that Hajj is among the greatest of the causes by which the one who performs it deserves the forgiveness of Allah, based on his saying (peace and blessings be upon him), as in the hadith of al-Bukhari: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 933Sahih (Darussalam) And he said (peace and blessings be upon him): .
So, hastening to Hajj is hastening to forgiveness. The one who did not hasten to Hajj while he was able to has contradicted this noble verse, as he has also contradicted the noble hadith, which is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): At that time, as you know, the means of travel was mostly animals, and the most commonly used were camels, because they can bear hardships and long, distant distances. So the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: You might have a she-camel or a male camel, and your situation is ready for you to perform Hajj on it, and then you wake up one day and find it strayed or lost. Where is the means you saved up and delayed in using? The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: So before the lost one is lost, hasten to perform Hajj on it to the House of Allah the Sacred. And more than that, you might be healthy and strong in constitution, able to perform Hajj this year, but you say "I will, I will" and procrastinate, and then the second year comes and you are sick and ill, unable to perform Hajj. Therefore, he said (peace and blessings be upon him): Mishkat al-Masabih 2523.
So, the one who procrastinates in Hajj and delays it has contradicted the Book and the Sunnah. As for your question, if he held the school of jurisprudence that permits delaying Hajj, we answer with two answers. First, it is not permissible for us to be a helper in error. If he held this view and died upon it, we do not issue a fatwa that contradicts the correct view in the school, which is hastening to Hajj. The other thing is: do those who permit delaying Hajj mean by their statement that if he dies due to the delay without having performed Hajj, that he dies without sin? I do not recall this specifically, but I consider it unlikely that they would say he died without sin. So, if they say, as we believe, that he died in a state of sin, then they have met us halfway. And if they contradicted us, it is not incumbent upon the obligated ones to issue them fatwas that contradict what we have and agree with what they have.
Al-'Aid al-'Abassi: ... If he held our view, but the father's intention was good ... .
The Shaykh : This is the answer, I gave you the answer ... .
And hasten to forgiveness from your Lord and a garden as wide as the heavens and earth, prepared for the righteous
وسارعوا إلى مغفرة من ربكم وجنة عرضها السماوات والأرض أعدت للمتقينHasten to forgiveness
سارعوا إلى مغفرةHasten to forgiveness
سارعوا إلى مغفرةfor A1-Hajj Al-Mabrur there is no reward except Paradise.
الحجّ المبرور ليس له جزاءٌ إلا الجنةWhoever performs Hajj and does not commit lewdness or sin comes out of his sins as on the day his mother bore him
من حجّ فلم يرفث ولم يفسق خرج من ذنوبه كيوم ولدته أمهSo, hastening to Hajj is hastening to forgiveness. The one who did not hasten to Hajj while he was able to has contradicted this noble verse, as he has also contradicted the noble hadith, which is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
Whoever intends to perform Hajj, let him hasten, for the lost one may be lost and the sick one may fall ill
من أراد الحج فليعجّل فقد تضِل الضالة ويمرض المريضFor the lost one may be lost
فقد تضل الضالةFor the lost one may be lost
فقد تضل الضالةAnd the sick one may fall ill
يمرض المريضHe who intends to perform the pilgrimage should hasten to do so
من أراد الحج فليعجّلSo, the one who procrastinates in Hajj and delays it has contradicted the Book and the Sunnah. As for your question, if he held the school of jurisprudence that permits delaying Hajj, we answer with two answers. First, it is not permissible for us to be a helper in error. If he held this view and died upon it, we do not issue a fatwa that contradicts the correct view in the school, which is hastening to Hajj. The other thing is: do those who permit delaying Hajj mean by their statement that if he dies due to the delay without having performed Hajj, that he dies without sin? I do not recall this specifically, but I consider it unlikely that they would say he died without sin. So, if they say, as we believe, that he died in a state of sin, then they have met us halfway. And if they contradicted us, it is not incumbent upon the obligated ones to issue them fatwas that contradict what we have and agree with what they have.
Al-'Aid al-'Abassi: ... If he held our view, but the father's intention was good ... .
The Shaykh : This is the answer, I gave you the answer ... .