Is it better to repeat Hajj or to pay its costs for poor Muslims?
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The questioner : His EminenceThe Shaykh : It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that Hajj to Hajj expiates what is between them, and some people may leave Hajj saying it is to be generous with people, so what is your guidance?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Some people, meaning, Hajj is established.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Hajj to Hajj is expiation.
The Shaykh :Sahih Muslim 1349a.
The questioner : And the one who leaves Hajj saying with the intention of being generous with people due to tightness and such, what is your opinion?
The Shaykh : By Allah, I do not see this, but if he says, "I see that I should spend the cost of Hajj on something beneficial, such as jihad, for example, or relieving hunger, then this may be better, especially since Hajj now, may Allah treat us and you with forgiveness, Hajj does not make a person feel that he is in worship; you find, for example, if he is from the wealthy, everything is like a vacation, air conditioning, and he has cold water, and everything... he thinks in his mind that it is truly a vacation, and if he is from the poor, perhaps the matter is different, but even with this, he does not find pleasure in the tawaf or the sa'y, because the person just says, "May Allah take me out before I die," so if he says, "This Hajj, and even though, if Allah wills, a person hopes for the good in it, but this money that he wants to spend, three thousand or five thousand or less or more, he loves to spend it by giving it to the needy among Muslims or to the mujahideen among Muslims, then here we say this is better."
And Brother Musa is looking at the clock as if he is saying, "The adhan has been called and the time is over," and whoever has questions, if Allah wills, in the next session.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Some people, meaning, Hajj is established.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Hajj to Hajj is expiation.
The Shaykh :
An Umra is an expiation for the sins committed between it and the next, and Hajj which is accepted will receive no other reward than Paradise.
العمرة إلى العمرة كفارة لما بينهما والحج المبرور ليس له جزاء إلا الجنةThe questioner : And the one who leaves Hajj saying with the intention of being generous with people due to tightness and such, what is your opinion?
The Shaykh : By Allah, I do not see this, but if he says, "I see that I should spend the cost of Hajj on something beneficial, such as jihad, for example, or relieving hunger, then this may be better, especially since Hajj now, may Allah treat us and you with forgiveness, Hajj does not make a person feel that he is in worship; you find, for example, if he is from the wealthy, everything is like a vacation, air conditioning, and he has cold water, and everything... he thinks in his mind that it is truly a vacation, and if he is from the poor, perhaps the matter is different, but even with this, he does not find pleasure in the tawaf or the sa'y, because the person just says, "May Allah take me out before I die," so if he says, "This Hajj, and even though, if Allah wills, a person hopes for the good in it, but this money that he wants to spend, three thousand or five thousand or less or more, he loves to spend it by giving it to the needy among Muslims or to the mujahideen among Muslims, then here we say this is better."
And Brother Musa is looking at the clock as if he is saying, "The adhan has been called and the time is over," and whoever has questions, if Allah wills, in the next session.