What is the ruling on one who exits the state of consecration from Hajj by performing 'Umrah and then departs to return to his country?
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The questioner : O Shaykh, may Allah reward you. A man performed voluntary Hajj and wants to convert his Hajj to 'Umrah to exit the state of consecration. Is this permissible?
The Shaykh : Are you present now, or were you here before?
The questioner : Beforehand.
The Shaykh : Did you not attend during the lesson?
The questioner : I attended.
The Shaykh : And what did we say?
The questioner : I said that if Hajj is obligatory, it is not permissible to exit the state of consecration.
The Shaykh : I did not specify that it is obligatory. What do you say? Did you understand his understanding?
The audience: No.
The Shaykh : Perhaps you forgot when you left and then returned. In principle, if one enters the state of consecration for Hajj, he must complete it. If he wants to make it 'Umrah to exit the state of consecration, we said this is forbidden. But if he exits the state of consecration from Hajj and makes it 'Umrah to combine it with Hajj, and then afterwards he decides not to perform Hajj, do we obligate him to perform Hajj or not?
The attendees: We obligate him.
The Shaykh : We have two scenarios now. The first scenario is a man who entered the state of consecration for 'Umrah from the beginning, intending to combine it with Hajj, and he exited the state of consecration from it, and then he decided not to perform Hajj. What do you say? Is it permissible or not permissible? This is permissible without any doubt, because he entered the state of consecration for 'Umrah intending Hajj, but then he decided not to perform Hajj. But a man who entered the state of consecration for Hajj and then converted it to 'Umrah to combine it with Hajj, is he allowed to leave Hajj or not? Because there is a difference between the two scenarios. The latter is a conversion from Hajj to 'Umrah to become one who combines them, while in the former, no conversion took place. So do we say that since you converted from the Hajj that became obligatory upon you by your initiation of it, it is obligatory for you to perform Hajj this year?
The audience: Yes.
The questioner : If it is obligatory.
The Shaykh : No, no, let it be if it is obligatory. If it is obligatory, it is not permissible for him to leave it because it is an immediate obligation. No, our discussion is about voluntary Hajj. And Allah, in my opinion, allows two perspectives. The first perspective is to obligate him to perform Hajj, unless he leaves it for an excuse for which he is excused, in which case that is another matter. Why? Because we only permitted him to convert in order for him to perform Hajj. So how can he convert and then return and say, "I do not want to perform Hajj"? As for the one who was performing 'Umrah with the intention of combining it, and then after exiting the state of consecration from 'Umrah, he sees that he can perform Hajj, then there is no doubt in its permissibility. Is that clear?
The questioner : If it is for an excuse?
The Shaykh : If it is for an excuse, it is permissible.
The questioner : Do we obligate him with anything?
The Shaykh : No, we do not obligate him with anything because he did not initiate the ritual.
The time is up. It is two o'clock now. No, there is half a minute left.
The questioner : Qiran, I said in it... according to the view that it is not obligatory...
The Shaykh : Are you present now, or were you here before?
The questioner : Beforehand.
The Shaykh : Did you not attend during the lesson?
The questioner : I attended.
The Shaykh : And what did we say?
The questioner : I said that if Hajj is obligatory, it is not permissible to exit the state of consecration.
The Shaykh : I did not specify that it is obligatory. What do you say? Did you understand his understanding?
The audience: No.
The Shaykh : Perhaps you forgot when you left and then returned. In principle, if one enters the state of consecration for Hajj, he must complete it. If he wants to make it 'Umrah to exit the state of consecration, we said this is forbidden. But if he exits the state of consecration from Hajj and makes it 'Umrah to combine it with Hajj, and then afterwards he decides not to perform Hajj, do we obligate him to perform Hajj or not?
The attendees: We obligate him.
The Shaykh : We have two scenarios now. The first scenario is a man who entered the state of consecration for 'Umrah from the beginning, intending to combine it with Hajj, and he exited the state of consecration from it, and then he decided not to perform Hajj. What do you say? Is it permissible or not permissible? This is permissible without any doubt, because he entered the state of consecration for 'Umrah intending Hajj, but then he decided not to perform Hajj. But a man who entered the state of consecration for Hajj and then converted it to 'Umrah to combine it with Hajj, is he allowed to leave Hajj or not? Because there is a difference between the two scenarios. The latter is a conversion from Hajj to 'Umrah to become one who combines them, while in the former, no conversion took place. So do we say that since you converted from the Hajj that became obligatory upon you by your initiation of it, it is obligatory for you to perform Hajj this year?
The audience: Yes.
The questioner : If it is obligatory.
The Shaykh : No, no, let it be if it is obligatory. If it is obligatory, it is not permissible for him to leave it because it is an immediate obligation. No, our discussion is about voluntary Hajj. And Allah, in my opinion, allows two perspectives. The first perspective is to obligate him to perform Hajj, unless he leaves it for an excuse for which he is excused, in which case that is another matter. Why? Because we only permitted him to convert in order for him to perform Hajj. So how can he convert and then return and say, "I do not want to perform Hajj"? As for the one who was performing 'Umrah with the intention of combining it, and then after exiting the state of consecration from 'Umrah, he sees that he can perform Hajj, then there is no doubt in its permissibility. Is that clear?
The questioner : If it is for an excuse?
The Shaykh : If it is for an excuse, it is permissible.
The questioner : Do we obligate him with anything?
The Shaykh : No, we do not obligate him with anything because he did not initiate the ritual.
The time is up. It is two o'clock now. No, there is half a minute left.
The questioner : Qiran, I said in it... according to the view that it is not obligatory...