The ruling on the Hajj of one who has a debt
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Question:
The questioner, Hasan Adam, has this question: If a person has a debt, is his Hajj valid?
Answer:
Yes, his Hajj is valid, but he should start with the debt. The debt is the most important right of the created beings, and it is more important than this. Hajj is not obligatory upon him except with the ability to perform it, and as long as he is in debt and has nothing with which to pay off the debt and perform Hajj, Allah has not made Hajj obligatory upon him. This is from the mercy of Allah. Allah the Exalted said:[Ali 'Imran 3:97]
The one who has a due debt and does not have what he can use to pay off the debt and perform Hajj is not able to perform it and is not obligated to perform Hajj. He should start with the debt and give his family if it is a due debt... he should perform Hajj with it and give it to the creditors. If he performs Hajj and is lenient and does not give the creditors, his Hajj is valid, but he has left what he should have done; he has left what is obligatory upon him, which is to start with the rights of the people and the rights of Adam’s descendants. Because he is not considered able to perform Hajj unless he finds money that remains after paying off the due debt, and he can use it to perform Hajj. But if he goes against this and performs Hajj without paying off the debt, his Hajj is valid, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
The questioner, Hasan Adam, has this question: If a person has a debt, is his Hajj valid?
Answer:
Yes, his Hajj is valid, but he should start with the debt. The debt is the most important right of the created beings, and it is more important than this. Hajj is not obligatory upon him except with the ability to perform it, and as long as he is in debt and has nothing with which to pay off the debt and perform Hajj, Allah has not made Hajj obligatory upon him. This is from the mercy of Allah. Allah the Exalted said:
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 سَبِيلًاThe one who has a due debt and does not have what he can use to pay off the debt and perform Hajj is not able to perform it and is not obligated to perform Hajj. He should start with the debt and give his family if it is a due debt... he should perform Hajj with it and give it to the creditors. If he performs Hajj and is lenient and does not give the creditors, his Hajj is valid, but he has left what he should have done; he has left what is obligatory upon him, which is to start with the rights of the people and the rights of Adam’s descendants. Because he is not considered able to perform Hajj unless he finds money that remains after paying off the due debt, and he can use it to perform Hajj. But if he goes against this and performs Hajj without paying off the debt, his Hajj is valid, and praise be to Allah. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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