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Hajj to the Sacred House of Allaah is one of th

pillars of Islaam and one of its most important

fundamentals, because the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi

wa sallam, said: “Islaam is built on five [pillars]: the

testimony that there is no god worthy of worship

but Allaah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of

Allaah, establishing regular prayer, paying Zakaah,

fasting Ramadhaan and performing pilgrimage to

the sacred House of Allaah.”

It is obligatory according to the Book of Allaah

and the Sunnah of His Messenger, sallallaahu ‘alayhi

wa sallam, and according to the consensus of the

Muslims. The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam,

said: “Allaah has enjoined the Hajj upon you, so

perform Hajj.” And the Muslims are unanimously

agreed upon that. It is something that no Muslim

has any excuse for not knowing. Whoever denies

that it is obligatory and he is one of those who live

among the Muslims, is a disbeliever. A person who

fails to do it out of negligence is in grave danger,

because some of the scholars said that such a person

is a disbeliever. This view is narrated in one report



The Pilgrim’s Provision







from Ahmad, but the correct view is that neglecting

deeds does not make a person disbeliever except

in the case of prayer. ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Shaqeeq, may

Allaah have mercy on him, – who was one of the Taabi’een

(the generation after that of the companions) said:

“The Companions of the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu

‘alayhi wa sallam, did not regard omitting any action as

Kufr (disbelief) except prayer.” The one who neglects

to do Hajj until he dies is not a disbeliever according

to the correct view, but he is in grave danger.

The Muslim has to fear Allaah and hasten to

perform Hajj once he meets the conditions of it being

obligatory, because we must hasten to perform all

obligatory duties unless there is evidence to the

contrary. How can a Muslim accept to forsake going

to Hajj to the Sacred House of Allaah when he is able

to do it and it is easy for him to get there? How can

he delay it when he does not know whether he will

be able to get there after this year? He may become

unable to go after he was able, or he may become

poor after being rich, or he may die when Hajj was

obligatory for him, then his heirs may neglect to

make it up on his behalf.

Muslims must realize that Hajj is one of the best

acts of worship. It is one of the pillars of Islaam with

which Allaah sent Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi

wa sallam, and without which a person’s religious

commitment is incomplete.

Worship cannot bring a person closer to Allaah































Book author : Muhammad Salih AlMunajjid

It is obligatory according to the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of His Messenger, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, and according to the consensus of the Muslims. The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: “Allaah has enjoined the Hajj upon you, so perform Hajj.” And the Muslims are unanimously agreed upon that. It is something that no Muslim has any excuse for not knowing. Whoever denies that it is obligatory and he is one of those who live among the Muslims, is a disbeliever. A person who fails to do it out of negligence is in grave danger, because some of the scholars said that such a person is a disbeliever.