Is the Hajj of one who claims Islam but has some elements of shirk (associating partners with Allah) in his belief valid?

The questioner : If a person holds a belief involving shirk (associating partners with Allah) and is a Muslim who claims Islam, but his beliefs contain elements of shirk, and he performed Hajj while holding this belief, performing Hajj at the House of Allah, and his Hajj was a Hajj of Islam, and then Allah the Exalted granted him guidance to the straight path and the way of the people of the Sunnah and the community, does his first Hajj benefit him?

The Shaykh : This varies depending on the environment in which he lives... meaning, the person you described. However, if the call to Islam reached him with a correct conveyance, and he persisted in what you call shirk, this means that it is obligatory for him to perform Hajj again. But if he lived in an environment where no one warned him, and no one clarified to him that what he was doing was associating partners with Allah the Mighty and Majestic and disbelief in "There is no god but Allah," then he is excused, and his Islam and his Hajj are accepted. Yes, this distinction is necessary. Yes.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : And beware, yes.