He says in his letter: “Every year I travel in a large bus, and this bus is filled with family members and relatives, and the days pass for us at the pilgrimage sites, and we spend them in joking, playing, and laughing, and sometimes obscene words are uttered. This year, I would like to travel to Hajj by paying for a seat, meaning to ride with other means of transport, so that I do not travel with the people I travel with every year, so that I may perform a Hajj that brings peace to my heart, in which I am at ease, and I turn to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). So which is better and more preferable for me? May Allah guide you.”

The questioner : He says in his letter: “Every year I travel in a large bus, and this bus is filled with family members and relatives, and the days pass for us at the pilgrimage sites, and we spend them in joking, playing, and laughing, and sometimes obscene words are uttered. This year, I would like to travel to Hajj by paying for a seat, meaning to ride with other means of transport, so that I do not travel with the people I travel with every year, so that I may perform a Hajj that brings peace to my heart, in which I am at ease, and I turn to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). So which is better and more preferable for me? May Allah guide you?”

The Shaykh : If you can travel with your family and guide them to what is good and to abandoning idle talk and indecent speech, then that is better and more preferable, because it involves maintaining family ties, bringing relatives closer together, and improving conditions. And if you cannot improve their conditions, then the best option is to choose a group of people of knowledge and religion and travel with them to Hajj, so that your Hajj is closer to correctness than otherwise. Yes.

The questioner : Thank you, may Allah reward you.