What is the ruling on performing Hajj with forbidden wealth?
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The questioner : The honorable Shaykh (may Allah preserve him): It is well known that Allah does not accept anything but what is pure. Some people perform Hajj with forbidden wealth. Is their Hajj accepted?
The Shaykh : How is that?
The questioner : I mean, he consumes riba (usury or interest) and steals, and then performs Hajj with forbidden wealth.
The Shaykh : Yes. The stronger position is that his Hajj is valid, because wealth is not a condition for Hajj. A person can perform Hajj with his body alone. This is unlike charity; if one gives charity with forbidden wealth, it is not accepted from him, because the prohibition lies in the very substance of the act of worship. As for Hajj, the person’s actions—his movements, his tawaf (circumambulation of the Ka'bah), his sa'y (walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah), his standing, and his stoning of the pillars—are actions, not coins or expenses. Therefore, the correct view is that his Hajj is valid, but it is not permissible for him to consume forbidden wealth, whether in worship or otherwise. Rather, it is obligatory for him to dispose of it. Yes, do you have any questions?
The Shaykh : How is that?
The questioner : I mean, he consumes riba (usury or interest) and steals, and then performs Hajj with forbidden wealth.
The Shaykh : Yes. The stronger position is that his Hajj is valid, because wealth is not a condition for Hajj. A person can perform Hajj with his body alone. This is unlike charity; if one gives charity with forbidden wealth, it is not accepted from him, because the prohibition lies in the very substance of the act of worship. As for Hajj, the person’s actions—his movements, his tawaf (circumambulation of the Ka'bah), his sa'y (walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah), his standing, and his stoning of the pillars—are actions, not coins or expenses. Therefore, the correct view is that his Hajj is valid, but it is not permissible for him to consume forbidden wealth, whether in worship or otherwise. Rather, it is obligatory for him to dispose of it. Yes, do you have any questions?