The issue of whether Hajj is obligatory immediately or may be deferred
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Question:
Your Eminence! It would be appropriate if you would please guide the people regarding the issue of whether Hajj is obligatory immediately, or whether it may be deferred?
Answer:
Hajj is obligatory immediately; this is the correct view held by the majority of scholars. One must hasten to perform it immediately if he is able in body and wealth. As for one who is unable due to lack of wealth, he has no obligation to perform Hajj. Or if he is unable in body due to an illness that delays him until he recovers, then it is delayed. As for the one who is able in both wealth and body, it is obligatory for him to hasten to Hajj and rush to perform it, based on the saying of Allah, the Exalted: [Al-Imran: 97] [Al-Imran: 97] meaning: it is obligatory for Allah upon the people.
Therefore, it is obligatory to hasten to do this; this is the obligation upon the man and the woman, the Bedouin and the city dweller, upon all Muslims. They must perform Hajj even if they are at the farthest edges of the earth, in the East or the West. They must perform Hajj if they are able in wealth and body. If he is not able in body due to old age, or an illness that is not expected to be cured, then it is obligatory for him to appoint a trustworthy, good person to perform Hajj on his behalf from among those who have already performed Hajj for themselves. The proxy must have performed Hajj for himself, whether he is a man or a woman. Likewise, the one unable due to old age, since his advanced age prevents him, appoints a proxy. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Your Eminence! It would be appropriate if you would please guide the people regarding the issue of whether Hajj is obligatory immediately, or whether it may be deferred?
Answer:
Hajj is obligatory immediately; this is the correct view held by the majority of scholars. One must hasten to perform it immediately if he is able in body and wealth. As for one who is unable due to lack of wealth, he has no obligation to perform Hajj. Or if he is unable in body due to an illness that delays him until he recovers, then it is delayed. As for the one who is able in both wealth and body, it is obligatory for him to hasten to Hajj and rush to perform it, based on the saying of Allah, the Exalted:
And [due] to Allah from the people is a pilgrimage to the House - for whoever is able to find thereto a way
وَلِلَّهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ حِجُّ الْبَيْتِ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًاAnd [due] to Allah from the people
وَلِلَّهِ عَلَى النَّاسِTherefore, it is obligatory to hasten to do this; this is the obligation upon the man and the woman, the Bedouin and the city dweller, upon all Muslims. They must perform Hajj even if they are at the farthest edges of the earth, in the East or the West. They must perform Hajj if they are able in wealth and body. If he is not able in body due to old age, or an illness that is not expected to be cured, then it is obligatory for him to appoint a trustworthy, good person to perform Hajj on his behalf from among those who have already performed Hajj for themselves. The proxy must have performed Hajj for himself, whether he is a man or a woman. Likewise, the one unable due to old age, since his advanced age prevents him, appoints a proxy. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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