A man has money but needs to get married; should he perform Hajj with the money or get married?
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The Shaykh : Here is a question: a man has money but needs to get married, so should he perform Hajj with the money or get married? He should get married with the money, because marriage is among the benefits, and sometimes it is even a necessity. This man who came to ask says, "I have money; if I use it for Hajj, I will not get married, and if I get married, I will not perform Hajj." We say, "Get married and do not perform Hajj." But if you say this, the common people will rise up against you, and the common people are like flies. They will say, "I seek refuge in Allah! He is getting married and leaving the obligatory duty, not completing his religion! How many pillars of the religion are there? Five, and Hajj is one of them. How can you let him get married, satisfy his desire, and leave an obligatory pillar of Islam?" The common person says this. What do we say to him? We say: "Until now, it has not been obligatory upon him, because it does not become obligatory until after what? After he has cleared himself of everything: debts, basic needs, and everything he requires."
