If I cannot afford the cost of the group for Hajj and I have my family with me, is it permissible for me to enter the state of ihram from Makkah?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, regarding Hajj this year, it has become through a group. Is it permissible for me, if I cannot afford the cost of the group, especially since I have my family with me, to go to Makkah and enter the state of ihram from there? And what are the matters that follow from that?
The Shaykh : Is Hajj obligatory?
The questioner : Yes, it is obligatory.
The Shaykh : Well, if it is obligatory and you are able to go to Makkah, but you must enter the state of ihram from the miqat because you want to perform Hajj or 'Umrah.
The questioner : I cannot afford the cost of the group before it passes me by.
The Shaykh : If you cannot afford it, then Hajj is not obligatory upon you. It is possible, it is possible, that you inform one of the brothers who knows you, and people love to do good, they love to do good, yes.
The Shaykh : Is Hajj obligatory?
The questioner : Yes, it is obligatory.
The Shaykh : Well, if it is obligatory and you are able to go to Makkah, but you must enter the state of ihram from the miqat because you want to perform Hajj or 'Umrah.
The questioner : I cannot afford the cost of the group before it passes me by.
The Shaykh : If you cannot afford it, then Hajj is not obligatory upon you. It is possible, it is possible, that you inform one of the brothers who knows you, and people love to do good, they love to do good, yes.