He also has another question, saying: I am a young man of twenty-two years old. Is it permissible for me to perform Hajj to the House of Allah before marriage? I have no desire to marry.

The questioner : He also has another question, saying: I am a young man of twenty-two years old. Is it permissible for me to perform Hajj to the House of Allah before marriage? I have no desire to marry. Some people say that this is not permissible and that it will not be an accepted Hajj. Please answer me. May Allah guide you.

The Shaykh : It is not a condition for the validity of Hajj that a person must get married. Rather, Hajj is valid even if he does not get married. However, if a person needs to get married, and leaving it off causes him hardship, and he has money such that if he spends it on Hajj he will not be able to get married, and if he gets married he will not be able to perform Hajj, then in this case, marriage takes precedence. This is because, in his case, marriage has become one of the necessities of his life. Hajj is only obligatory upon one who has the means to perform it. What he heard from the common people, that a person does not perform Hajj until he gets married, is not correct.

The questioner : A letter reached us from 'Abd al-'Aziz Muhammad 'Abd al-Qawi from the Arab Republic of Egypt.