In the future in Saudi Arabia, my Sudanese buddy talked about that he was going to carry out Hajj on behalf of his penniless buddy in Sudan. Once I talked about that he was not permitted to try this, he was stunned and didn’t imagine me.
I advised him that his younger buddy in Sudan should wait till he had a enough amount of cash, after which he should carry out the Hajj for himself.
All Sane, Wholesome Adults With Cash Should Do One Compulsory Hajj
Now, each Muslim is aware of that each one sane, wholesome, financially succesful grownup Muslim males or females should carry out Hajj no less than one time of their lives because it is among the 5 vital pillars of Islam.
So, if you’re an grownup, are mentally sound, in good well being, and have the monetary means then you might be obliged to go for Hajj as quickly as you probably can.
When you fulfill the few circumstances above, you aren’t permitted to nominate and ship another person in your behalf for the compulsory Hajj (Hajj Al Badal) known as altering locations for performing the Hajj.
Deceased, very outdated, infirm Muslims or these with incurable sicknesses (bodily or psychological) are exempted from performing Hajj and CAN appoint a proxy (male or feminine) on their behalf. Additionally, these falling ailing throughout compulsory Hajj and unable to finish it should sacrifice a sheep and do Hajj once more.
Nevertheless, they don’t seem to be obligated to carry out Umrah since it’s a voluntary type of worship.
So, How Do I Know If I Ought to Carry out Hajj or Not?
To know should you ought to carry out the Hajj, learn the next classes within the desk beneath then determine which one applies to your circumstances:
| Common Circumstances | Actions/Expiation (Fidiyah) |
| 1. I Am Unable to Attend Hajj | Appoint a Proxy To Do Hajj on Your Behalf |
| 2. I Am In a position To Attend Hajj, However Select Not To Attend | Make Repentance Then Carry out Hajj, ASAP |
| 3. I Am In a position To Attend Hajj, However Delay Going | Make Repentance Then Carry out Hajj, ASAP |
| 4. I Attended Hajj However Was Not In a position To Full It | Sacrifice A Sheep And Repeat The Hajj IF It Is An Compulsory One |
| 5. I Attended Hajj However Stopped Or Invalidated Elements Of It | Make Repentance (Tawba), Sacrifice One Sheep Or Extra, And Repeat Hajj IF It Is An Compulsory One. |
The proofs for every of the rulings should not given within the article however could be accessed and browse by clicking on the related hyperlink within the Helpful References And Hyperlinks part on the backside of the web page.
A: I Handed Away
After We Die And Our Households Need To Carry out Hajj On Our Behalf. Ought to And Can They?
You’re permitted to carry out Hajj on behalf of your deceased dad and mom in the event that they had been unable to carry out it themselves throughout their lifetime whether or not they gave permission to do it or not of their will.
In case your dad and mom had already carried out Hajj throughout their lifetime, you might be permitted, however there isn’t a want so that you can carry out one other Hajj on their behalf.
On this case, it’s higher so that you can carry out supplication ‘Duaa’ for them.
You’re permitted to supply Hajj on their behalf, however higher so that you can do Hajj only for your self and with your loved ones, give charity (Sadaqah) by yourself behalf, carry out Jihad and spend cash on constructing mosques and the like by yourself behalf.
Like your dad and mom, you will want the blessings (Ajar) after your individual loss of life.
Protecting The Prices of Proxy Hajj
The Hanafi and Malaki colleges (Madhabs) state that you don’t want to take the cash for the proxy Hajj from the deceased particular person’s inheritance since Hajj as an act of worship ceases to be compulsory when an individual dies.
Nevertheless, the Hanbali and Shaafi students preserve that you’re obliged to deduct the Hajj bills for the deceased particular person’s property earlier than the inheritance has been divided.
B: I Handed Away However Had Not Reached The Age Of Puberty
Since puberty is among the circumstances for performing Hajj, there isn’t a requirement for anybody to make Hajj by proxy for a deceased one that didn’t attain the age of puberty.
C: I Am Aged
If an aged particular person shouldn’t be bodily in a position, he/she is exempted from having to carry out the Hajj.
Nevertheless, being an aged particular person doesn’t essentially exempt you from performing Hajj. The pilgrimage welcomes the aged and offers services comparable to digital automobiles and wheels chairs for them on the Haram mosque.
Nevertheless, the Hajj rites demand that you’re bodily match and in a position. The aged want extra private care and if they’re weak, will battle to adequately carry out all of the rites.
Earlier than coming, you must prepare for the right care of an aged Hajj pilgrim that features fixed bodily help, strolling aids, medicines, first assist, and transport from website to website.
D: I Have An Incurable Or Debilitating Sickness
Muslims affected by persistent sicknesses or a everlasting incapacity that end in immobility and impede bodily motion and power are exempted from performing Hajj.
In Mina, Muzdalifah, and the plains of Arafat the pilgrimage requires bodily agility and stamina. Hajj can’t be simply undertaken in a wheelchair or when there’s a critical bodily incapacity.
E: I Am Mentally Sick Or Insane
Muslims who’re insane or those that should not of sound thoughts are additionally exempted from the efficiency of Hajj.
Nevertheless, if the particular person’s poor psychological situation doesn’t particularly have an effect on their reasoning and day-to-day life then he’s obliged to go for Hajj. Likewise, he/she ought to pray and quick within the common manner.
Within the case that the brother/sister loses his thoughts solely now and again after which later returns to being sound of thoughts and lucidity, then he/she is obliged to carry out Hajj, to wish, and quick as every other regular Muslim can be anticipated to do.
The choice to go for Hajj within the first place would rely totally on the power of the stricken particular person to keep up his psychological reasoning, the right use of medicine, and the power of these round him/her to help throughout an unanticipated psychotic episode.
A: In The Previous, I Was In a position, However Uncared for To. Now I Am Not In a position To Carry out Hajj Due To Poor Well being.
In case your well being downside is just momentary and later improves sufficient in order that you’ll be able to carry out the Hajj. then you must do it.
If it’s a everlasting well being problem that won’t get higher over time, then make honest repentance to Allah (SWT). Nothing else is required of you!
Your repentance will erase the sin of not finishing Hajj so long as it was honest.
B: I Have Sufficient Cash For Hajj, However Purposely Select Not To Carry out It
Not performing Hajj when you may have the means and the place there isn’t a obstacle to its completion is a critical matter certainly.
Hajj is the fifth pillar or column of Islam and is central to your life as a Muslim.
The others are testimony of religion (Shahada), formal prayers (Salat), giving charity (Zakat) and fasting (Sawm). The 5 pillars are what defines you as a Muslim and observance of the 5 pillars is compulsory on all grownup Muslims.
Within the Holy Quran, Allah (SWT) distances, ignores, or disowns those that neglect to carry out Hajj.
In it there are clear indicators and the station of Abraham; whoever enters it turns into safe. Pilgrimage to the Home is an obligation owed to Allah by all who could make their strategy to it. As for individuals who refuse to observe His command, certainly Allah doesn’t stand in want of something
فِيۡهِ اٰيٰتٌ ۢ بَيِّنٰتٌ مَّقَامُ اِبۡرٰهِيۡمَۚ وَمَنۡ دَخَلَهٗ كَانَ اٰمِنًا ؕ وَلِلّٰهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ حِجُّ الۡبَيۡتِ مَنِ اسۡتَطَاعَ اِلَيۡهِ سَبِيۡلًا ؕ وَمَنۡ كَفَرَ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ غَنِىٌّ عَنِ الۡعٰلَمِيۡنَ
There may be additionally a weak Hadith that means that Muslims who ignore going for Hajj will die as if they’re a Jew or a Christian.
If you’re bodily in a position and have the monetary means, it’s incumbent on you to do Hajj. You’re NOT permitted to assign a proxy and have another person do it for you in your behalf.
A: I Have Sufficient Cash For Hajj And We Are Saving Up For Somebody Else To Go With Me.
If solely you may have the means and are bodily succesful, you must attend Hajj on the first potential alternative.
In slam, delaying Hajj is a sin, and placing it off until later is probably not potential on account of well being or different circumstances that might stop you from finishing it.
Prophet Mohammed (SAW) urges Muslims to not delay going for Hajj since they could fall sick, lose their cash or new circumstances may come up to stop them.
It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that Fadl stated:
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stated: ‘Whoever intends to carry out Hajj, let him hasten to take action, for he might fall sick, lose his mount, or be confronted with some want.’”:
B: I Borrowed Cash for Hajj. Am I Allowed Now To Carry out It?
There aren’t any rulings in Islam that stop you from performing Hajj you probably have borrowed the cash to do it.
It’s also permissible to pay for Hajj installments to Hajj companies, borrow cash from associates, get wage advances and take loans from banks offered they’re curiosity (Ribaa) free.
Nevertheless, Muslims shouldn’t place an additional burden on themselves within the type of money owed. You must handle your day-to-day wants first and go for Hajj solely you probably have the additional finance.
Nevertheless, since within the first place you might be exempted from performing Hajj on account of the truth that you would not have enough funds why burden your self with loans.
There is no such thing as a obligation on you to carry out Hajj till you might be each financially and bodily in a position.
B: I Need To Pay For Hajj Utilizing Haram Cash
All students agree that performing Hajj out of ill-gotten features is totally unacceptable. You’re NOT permitted to make use of that cash for this goal.
When you worry that the cash earned has been obtained by Haram means then you must chorus from utilizing it even should you didn’t personally earn it your self however are the recipient of the funds with the data that the earnings are Haram.
Allah (SWT) will possible not settle for your Hajj. It’s because he/she has not fulfilled the circumstances for making Hajj.
Certainly, Allah solely accepts from the righteous [who fear Him]
C: I Did Not Pay Alms (Zakat) And Need To Use That Cash Hajj
You must pay the Zakat due on that cash first after which go for Hajj. It’s a sin to not.
If you have already got accomplished Hajj utilizing cash the place the alms (Zakat) haven’t been paid, the students differ of their interpretation of its permissibility.
Shaafi’i students agree that it’s sinful. Others argue that since it’s associated to the person and NOT to the wealth he /she has nonetheless acted sinfully, and the Hajj continues to be legitimate.
D: I Have A Mortgage For My Dwelling. Can I nonetheless Carry out Hajj?
If you’re paying a mortgage (debt), however are capable of afford to pay the present installment with sufficient left to cowl your Hajj bills then you might be permitted to attend Hajj.
If the mortgage is interest-bearing then you must sincerely repent to Allah (SWT)
A: I Turned Sick In Hajj And Was Unable To Full It. What Ought to I do?
If a pilgrim falls sick throughout Hajj and is unable to finish all of the Hajj rituals he/she might depart the state of Ihram. Later they need to sacrifice a sheep, a cow, or a camel (Hady).
If that is an compulsory Hajj, then he/she should repeat the Hajj one other time within the following yr.
Nevertheless, the sick particular person might proceed in Ihram if he/she leaves Arafat and stays in Muzdalifah with out performing stoning on the Jamaraat. his/her Hajj will nonetheless be legitimate.
The caveat to that is {that a} sick particular person should sacrifice one animal for each one of many rites that had been missed because of the sickness.
A: I Began The Hajj Rites, However Earlier than The Finish Of Arafat Failed To Full It And Deliberately Got here Out Of The State Of Ihram.
The pilgrim (Haji) who stops in the course of his/her Hajj and got here out of the state of Ihram ought to make honest repentance to Allah (SWT).
They need to additionally sacrifice a sheep, a cow, or a camel (Hady) for every of the rites that they’d did not carry out. (See the checklist of violations beneath)
And, if the damaged Hajj had been an compulsory one, then he/she should repeat the Hajj one other time within the following yr.
There may be additionally a listing of violations and penalties for errors made in Hajj some that embody critical punishments (Bandanah) for having sexual relations throughout Hajj, a majority of much less critical punishments (Damm), and giving alms (Sadaqah) for violations that embody improper Ihram, sporting perfumes, chopping the hair and nails and never performing any one of many Hajj rites.
Learn this Hajj Violations and Penalties document for a complete checklist of violations and the penalties required for making atonement.
How Ought to I Put together For Hajj?
Do a medical check-up earlier than Hajj. Be sure to have ample finance. Get the required Hajj Vaccines. Some embody COVID-19- Meningitis, Yellow Fever, Influenza Polio. You should definitely carry an sufficient provide of the medicines you want. Pack disinfectants, painkillers, soaps, Vaseline, rash lotions, shampoos, and towels. Additionally, carry any medical reviews for pre-existing circumstances. Put on unfastened clothes, hats, parasols, and so on.
Can Ladies Journey Alone For Hajj?
Sure, however provided that she is 45 years outdated and above and touring in a bunch. They need to additionally present a notarized certificates of no objection from the household certifying that they comply with her travelling alone for Hajj. Ladies and women below the age of 45 should go together with a guardian (Mahram).
What’s The Talbiyah Or Calling Out To Allah?
From the Miqaat all the best way to Mecca and through the interval of Hajj and Umrah, pilgrims name out the Talbiyah to Allah (SWT).
| Arabic | Transliteration | English |
| لَبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ لَبَّيْكَ، لَبَّيْكَ لاَ شَرِيْكَ لَكَ لَبَّيْكَ، إِنَّ الْحَمْدَ وَالنِّعْمَةَ لَكَ وَالْمُلْكَ لاَشَرِيْكَ لَكَ | Labbayk Allahumma Labbayk. Labbayk La shareeka laka.Labbayk. Innal-hamda wan-n’imatalaka wal-mulk. La shareeka lak. |
Right here I’m at Thy service O Lord. Right here I’m. Right here I’m at Thy service Thou hast no companions. Thine alone is All Reward and All Bounty. Thine alone is Sovereignty. Thou hast no companions.” |
‘Oh, Allah I Come At Your Service!
I Am Right here To Serve You
There Is Non Like You And You Have No Companions.’
Talbiyah Part (See Beneath)
Allah (SWT) hears the pilgrim name out to Him and responds as a result of He (SWT) has requested you to return to his home by obliging you to carry out Hajj and Umrah.
- Who Is Excused From Hajj-Islamic Aid
- General Health Guide for Hajj and Umrah Pilgrims-Saudi Ministry of Well being
- The Jurisprudence of Hajj and Umrah – Fatwa Nook
- General Rulings On Hajj By Proxy (Hajj Al Badal) – Islam Q & A
- Permissibility of Making Hajj On Behalf Of A Deceased Person-Islam Internet
- Dying Before Performing Hajj-Islam Internet
- Hadith About Performing Hajj On behalf Of The Elderly– Sahih Bukhari
- Hajj With The Elderly And Disabled People– I’timaar
- An Insane Person Is Exempted From Hajj And Other Forms Of Worship-Al Feqh
- The Ruling On Mentally Sick People Praying And Fasting- Islam Q & A
- Hajj And Umrah Violations And Penalties -Hajj and Umrah Planner
- No Day of Judgment Until The Hajj As Abandoned– Sahih Bukhari- Hajj Pilgrimage
- Warning For Not Performing Hajj If One Has The Means-Hadith Solutions
- Who Ever Is Not Prevented But Does Not Perform Hajj Dies As IF Were A Jew Or A Christian- Islam Q & A
- Delaying Hajj to a More Convenient Time: Possible?-About Islam
- Delaying Going Out For Hajj-Hadith Ibn Majdah 2883– Sunnah.com
- Paying For Hajj Using Loans, Credit cards and Advances-Islam Q & A
- Doing Hajj With Haram Or By Ill-Gotten Gains– Islam Q & A
- Performing Hajj On Money Whose Zakat Has Not Been Deducted-Islam Internet
- Making Hajj But With A Mortgage Debt- Islam Q & A
- Falling Sick During Hajj And Unable to Complete It– I’timaar
- Hajj And Umrah Violations And Penalties -Hajj and Umrah Planner
