Delaying Hajj for no reason
- Categories: Fiqh of Hajj and Umrah -
Praise be to Allaah and blessings and peace be
upon the Messenger of Allaah. Whoever is able to do Hajj and does
not do the obligatory Hajj, delaying it for no reason, has
committed a great evil and a major sin. What he has to do is to
repent to Allaah from that and hasten to do Hajj, because Allaah
says (interpretation of the meaning): "And Hajj (pilgrimage to
Makkah) to the House (Ka'bah) is a duty that mankind owes to
Allaah, those who can afford the expenses (for one's conveyance,
provision and residence); and whoever disbelieves [i.e. denies Hajj
(pilgrimage to Makkah), then he is a disbeliever of Allaah], then
Allaah stands not in need of any of the 'Aalameen (mankind, jinn
and all that exists)" [Aal 'Imraan 3:97] And the Prophet SAWS
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Islam is built
on five (pillars): the testimony that there is no god except Allaah
and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allaah; establishing regular
prayer; paying zakaah; fasting Ramadaan, and performing Pilgrimage
to the House (the Ka'bah)." (Saheeh - agreed upon. Al-Bukhaari, 8;
Muslim, 16). And the Prophet SAWS (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) said, when Jibreel (peace be upon him) asked him about
Islam: "It means to testify that there is no god except Allaah and
that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allaah, to establish regular
prayer, to pay zakaah, to fast Ramadaan, and to perform Pilgrimage
to the House if you have the means to do so." (Narrated by Muslim
in his Saheeh, 8, from the hadeeth of 'Umar ibn al-Khattaab (may
Allaah be pleased with him)). And Allaah is the Source of
strength.
Majmoo' Fataawa wa Maqaalaat Mutanawwi'ah li Samaahat al-Shaykh 'Abd al-'Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him), 16/359
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