Question put to our Noble Shaykh Muhammad Ibn Saalih al-'Uthaymeen after Fajr in al-Masjid al-Haraam in Makkah on Tuesday 27 Ramadhaan 1420/ 4 January 2000
If someone has saved up money to perform their very first Hajj, would it be better to donate this money to our Muslim Brothers and Sisters in Chechnya or go ahead and perform the Hajj?
The Noble Shaykh (hafitha-hullaah) briefly responed by saying it is better to perform the (first) Hajj which is obligatory upon the person.
السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته
In addition to what the brothers have mentioned above and insha'Allaah an additional clarification as to when a person should make Hajj, I have with me a 3 CD Set lecture given by Shaykh Fawzee al-Atharee (translated by brother Hassan as-Sumaalee) in which he makes the following statements:
Lecture Title: "The Rites of Hajj from A to Z"
Disc # One
quote:
"All of the proofs establish and it becomes clear that Hajj is obligatory immediately when somebody has the ability to do so... The one who is able to make Hajj and he delays it, then he is a sinner until he delivers it. The majority of the People of Knowledge say that Hajj is obligatory immediately when somebody has the ability to make it."
And Allaah Knows Best
إبراهيم البخاري
Ibraheem al-Bukharee
This message was edited by ibrahim.bukhari on 1-10-04 @ 9:04 PM