Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: (And complete the Hajj and the 'Umrah for Allah...)

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Question:
He asks for the exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted:

And complete the Hajj and 'umrah for Allah. But if you are prevented, then [offer] what can be obtained with ease of sacrificial animals. And do not shave your heads until the sacrificial animal has reached its place of slaughter. And whoever among you is ill or has an ailment of the head [making shaving necessary must offer] a ransom of fasting [three days] or charity or sacrifice. And when you are secure, then whoever performs 'umrah [during the Hajj months] followed by Hajj

وَأَتِمُّوا الْحَجَّ وَالْعُمْرَةَ لِلَّهِ فَإِنْ أُحْصِرْتُمْ فَمَا اسْتَيْسَرَ مِنَ الْهَدْيِ وَلا تَحْلِقُوا رُءُوسَكُمْ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ الْهَدْيُ مَحِلَّهُ فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ مَرِيضًا أَوْ بِهِ أَذًى مِنْ رَأْسِهِ فَفِدْيَةٌ مِنْ صِيَامٍ أَوْ صَدَقَةٍ أَوْ نُسُكٍ فَإِذَا أَمِنتُمْ فَمَنْ تَمَتَّعَ بِالْعُمْرَةِ إِلَى الْحَجِّ

[Surat al-Baqarah: 196], the verse?

Answer:
The verse is to be taken at its apparent meaning. Whoever enters into the Hajj or the 'Umrah is obligated to complete it, even if it is a voluntary act.

And complete the Hajj and 'umrah for Allah

وَأَتِمُّوا الْحَجَّ وَالْعُمْرَةَ لِلَّهِ

[Al-Baqarah 2:196]

This is unlike other voluntary acts; if one begins a voluntary prayer, he may discontinue it, or if he begins a voluntary fast, he may break it. But specifically for the Hajj and the 'Umrah, if one begins them, completion is obligatory for both the man and the woman, even if they are voluntary, even if both are voluntary: the Hajj is voluntary, or the 'Umrah is voluntary. Whenever one begins them, or one of them, completion becomes obligatory. Yes.

The presenter: And the rest of the verse, the rest of the exegesis of the words of the verse?

The Shaykh:

If you are prevented

فَإِنْ أُحْصِرْتُمْ

[Surat al-Baqarah: 196] means: apparent, meaning: if one is unable to complete it and is prevented (ahsar), such as if his provisions are lost, or he falls ill, and he is unable to slaughter, he slaughters a sacrificial animal: a sheep, or a share of a camel, or a share of a cow, then he shaves his head, or cuts his hair short, and exits the state of ihram, and praise be to Allah, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did when he was prevented at al-Hudaybiyyah, and the disbelievers prevented him; he ordered the slaughter and shaving. He slaughtered his sacrificial animals, then he shaved and exited the state of ihram. This is the meaning of:

But if you are prevented, then [offer] what can be obtained with ease of sacrificial animals

فَإِنْ أُحْصِرْتُمْ فَمَا اسْتَيْسَرَ مِنَ الْهَدْيِ

[Surat al-Baqarah: 196], meaning: if you are prevented from the Hajj, or prevented from the 'Umrah, then slaughter whatever is easy of the sacrificial animals: he slaughters a sheep, or a seventh of a camel, or a seventh of a cow, then he shaves his head, or cuts his hair short, and exits the state of ihram. And if it was the obligatory Hajj, he makes it up later. If he had already performed the Hajj, praise be to Allah. And if this was the obligatory Hajj, or the obligatory 'Umrah, he performs it when it becomes easy for him to do so...

The presenter: And the voluntary one, and if it was voluntary?

The Shaykh: It ended... there is no making up (qada') upon him, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not order those who were prevented to make up... the 'Umrah of al-Hudaybiyyah; he did not order them to make it up.

The presenter: Yes, yes, may Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.

Source binbaz.org.sa

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