Is the Hajj of a person who has a debt valid?
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The questioner : Regarding the person who owes a debt, if the debtor permits him to perform the obligatory Hajj, is this Hajj valid for him?
The Shaykh : It appears that the Hajj is valid, but he would be sinful because this Hajj leads to the delay in repaying the debt.
The questioner : Sometimes one prefers it; sometimes the cost is very low.
The Shaykh : What is the cost?
The questioner : Two hundred or three hundred riyals.
The Shaykh : And how much is the debt?
The questioner : The debt is, for example, twenty thousand or thirty thousand.
The Shaykh : Three million. The debt is three million; if he saves three hundred riyals, the debt becomes three million minus three hundred riyals.
The questioner : But in reality, Shaykh, matters like this are simple.
The Shaykh : No, no, that is wrong. Right now, drop by drop, a puddle forms tomorrow. This is due to the ignorance of some people; they take it lightly. But if he had given the creditor every riyal he obtained, it would have been finished. Instead, he says, "By Allah, this is easy; these three hundred riyals are trivial." And the next time, three hundred riyals come, and it is still trivial. This is not correct.
The questioner : The time is up.
The Shaykh : Is it finished?
The Shaykh : Can you hear, you latecomers? Is the sound clear?
The questioner : Clear.
The questioner : Shaykh, one word.
The Shaykh : Yes, there is a word, but what do you think about postponing the words? Yes, do you allow me, Muhammad? Microphone.
No, no, reading. Did we not agree that the recitation is the last thing?
The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. And I send prayers and peace upon the noblest of the prophets and messengers, our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "It suffices for him even if he recovers after entering the state of ihram. And the condition for its obligation upon a woman is the presence of her mahram, who is her husband or one with whom marriage is permanently forbidden by lineage or a permissible cause. And if the one upon whom it was obligatory dies, they are to be paid out of his estate."
The Shaykh : It appears that the Hajj is valid, but he would be sinful because this Hajj leads to the delay in repaying the debt.
The questioner : Sometimes one prefers it; sometimes the cost is very low.
The Shaykh : What is the cost?
The questioner : Two hundred or three hundred riyals.
The Shaykh : And how much is the debt?
The questioner : The debt is, for example, twenty thousand or thirty thousand.
The Shaykh : Three million. The debt is three million; if he saves three hundred riyals, the debt becomes three million minus three hundred riyals.
The questioner : But in reality, Shaykh, matters like this are simple.
The Shaykh : No, no, that is wrong. Right now, drop by drop, a puddle forms tomorrow. This is due to the ignorance of some people; they take it lightly. But if he had given the creditor every riyal he obtained, it would have been finished. Instead, he says, "By Allah, this is easy; these three hundred riyals are trivial." And the next time, three hundred riyals come, and it is still trivial. This is not correct.
The questioner : The time is up.
The Shaykh : Is it finished?
The Shaykh : Can you hear, you latecomers? Is the sound clear?
The questioner : Clear.
The questioner : Shaykh, one word.
The Shaykh : Yes, there is a word, but what do you think about postponing the words? Yes, do you allow me, Muhammad? Microphone.
No, no, reading. Did we not agree that the recitation is the last thing?
The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. And I send prayers and peace upon the noblest of the prophets and messengers, our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "It suffices for him even if he recovers after entering the state of ihram. And the condition for its obligation upon a woman is the presence of her mahram, who is her husband or one with whom marriage is permanently forbidden by lineage or a permissible cause. And if the one upon whom it was obligatory dies, they are to be paid out of his estate."