Is obedience to the ruler in obtaining a Hajj permit obligatory?
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The questioner : Is obedience to the rulers in this aspect obligatory?
The Shaykh : This is a second question, without a doubt. It is obligatory to obey the ruler in matters other than disobedience to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Here, the issue differs between the one who has performed Hajj and the one who has not yet performed the obligation of Islam. As for the one who has performed the Hajj of Islam, he must obey the order, unless it becomes clear to him that those who established this system did so to spite Islam. And this is what I think is on the mind of no one.
The questioner : To spite the foreigners...
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : The Muslims to us... they are permitted, but you are forbidden. You performed Hajj four or five years ago, and you will perform it again...
The Shaykh : No problem, everyone.
The questioner : A general ruling.
The Shaykh : Did you understand my answer? Yes. That is, the answer fluctuates when the problem is repeated from the beginning: they permit this and do not permit that. This regulation is a necessary and very natural thing in all the countries of the world. But the research must be studied: is this regulation intended to spite the Muslims, or is the regulation what inspired them with this? If it is the former, we do not care. And this is far-fetched, as I said earlier, to imagine. Therefore, the regulation must be considered for those who have performed Hajj once or more than once. As for the one who has not performed Hajj, it is obligatory for him to perform Hajj and to hasten to perform it, due to his saying (peace and blessings be upon him)
The Shaykh : This is a second question, without a doubt. It is obligatory to obey the ruler in matters other than disobedience to Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Here, the issue differs between the one who has performed Hajj and the one who has not yet performed the obligation of Islam. As for the one who has performed the Hajj of Islam, he must obey the order, unless it becomes clear to him that those who established this system did so to spite Islam. And this is what I think is on the mind of no one.
The questioner : To spite the foreigners...
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : The Muslims to us... they are permitted, but you are forbidden. You performed Hajj four or five years ago, and you will perform it again...
The Shaykh : No problem, everyone.
The questioner : A general ruling.
The Shaykh : Did you understand my answer? Yes. That is, the answer fluctuates when the problem is repeated from the beginning: they permit this and do not permit that. This regulation is a necessary and very natural thing in all the countries of the world. But the research must be studied: is this regulation intended to spite the Muslims, or is the regulation what inspired them with this? If it is the former, we do not care. And this is far-fetched, as I said earlier, to imagine. Therefore, the regulation must be considered for those who have performed Hajj once or more than once. As for the one who has not performed Hajj, it is obligatory for him to perform Hajj and to hasten to perform it, due to his saying (peace and blessings be upon him)