{"id":6291,"date":"2024-07-10T07:42:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/the-obligation-to-perform-hajj\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T07:42:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:42:48","slug":"the-obligation-to-perform-hajj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/the-obligation-to-perform-hajj\/","title":{"rendered":"The Obligation To Perform Hajj"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question<\/h3>\n<p>I  apply for hajj and my application is not approved for certain reasons.  My name does not come out in the ballot. People tend to say that  \u201cyou  have not got a call from God.\u201d My question is this: Is this true? If it  is then how would you substantiate it through the Quran and Hadith? <\/p>\n<h3>Answer<\/h3>\n<p>The Qur\u2019an says: <\/p>\n<div><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"q_en\">\n<p>And for those who <strong>have the resources to reach there <\/strong>&#8212; [the House of their Lord] \u2013- on them is an obligation to perform for Allah the Hajj of this House. (3:97)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div>If we consider the Arabic word used in the verse: <em>Istata\u2018ah<\/em>  (resources), it becomes clear that we are only obligated to perform  Hajj when we have means to do so. The word \u201cresources\u201d covers basic  necessities of life like food, clothing, health, house, transport, and  education. These are the things which related to our being able to set  out for the worship. When one is not permitted to join the pilgrims for  any disease that could harm the others or when it is not possible for  the government to accommodate more people that also lies under <em>Istita`ah<\/em>.  We have no control over these factors and therefore are not obliged to  perform Hajj in these circumstances. Sense and reason also demand this. <\/div>\n<div>The Almighty does not burden us with responsibilities, which we cannot fulfill. <\/div>\n<div>The Prophet (sws) is reported to have said: <\/div>\n<div><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"q_en\">\n<p>He who intends to go for Hajj should do it as soon <em>as is possible<\/em> for him. (Abu Da\u2019ud: Kitabu\u2019l-Manasik)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div>This  conclusion we could reach at keeping in view the sense and reason and  the overall guidance regarding Shari\u2018ah. There is always a relaxation in  case there is no way for us to discharge a religious duty.<\/div>\n<p><strong>Answered by:<\/strong> Tariq Mahmood Hashmi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2015-01-22<\/p>\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"6291\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Favorite <i class=\"sf-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/button>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I  apply for hajj and my application is not approved for certain reasons.  My name does not come out in the ballot. People tend to say that  \u201cyou  have not got a call from God.\u201d My question is this: Is this true? If it  is then how would you substantiate it through the Quran and Hadith? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1158],"tags":[1447,2127,1358],"class_list":["post-6291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-worship-rituals","tag-congregation","tag-destiny","tag-hajj"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Obligation To Perform Hajj - Al-Mawrid Queries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/the-obligation-to-perform-hajj\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Obligation To Perform Hajj - Al-Mawrid Queries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I apply for hajj and my application is not approved for certain reasons. 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