What is the meaning of the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): “Whoever is able to perform Hajj and does not perform it, let him die, if he wishes, as a Jew or a Christian”?
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The questioner : The questioner says: The Shaykh, this questioner asked in this question: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Mishkat al-Masabih 2535 What is the meaning of that? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : There is a concern regarding the authenticity of this hadith. The meaning, if the hadith is authentic, is that if he dies, it is feared that he will be a disbeliever, either with the Jews or with the Christians. Yes.
He who is not prevented from performing the pilgrimage by an obvious necessity, a tyrannical ruler, or a disease which confines him at home and dies without having performed the pilgrimage, may die if he wishes as a Jew, or if he wishes as a Christian.
من استطاع الحج ولم يحج فليمت إن شاء يهوديا وإن شاء نصرانياThe Shaykh : There is a concern regarding the authenticity of this hadith. The meaning, if the hadith is authentic, is that if he dies, it is feared that he will be a disbeliever, either with the Jews or with the Christians. Yes.