HAJJ: Merits and Precepts-Hajj Is One Of the Fundamentals Of Islam-1

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There is a verse of the 'Holy Quran'
"And pilgrimage to the house is a duty unto Allah for mankind, for him who can afford the journey thereunto. And whosever disbelieves (i.e. he does not come to the house despite his being able to do so) then (he does Harm only to himself) Allah stands not in need of any of his creatures." (3 : 97)

To afford journey to that House (i.e. the Ka'ba) means that apart from one's day-to-day necessities of life one has sufficient funds to meet all the expenses of journey to and from the house of Allah at Mecca as well as the Expenses during the period of one's stay there. Moreover, one should be able to manage the Wajib (obligatory) maintenance of one's dependants upto one's return from the journey. There are severe warnings in the 'Holy Quran' and 'Hadith' for a man who does not perform the 'Hajj' Pilgrimage despite his being capable as mentioned above.

Rule Of Action :
Suppose a person who, at any time of his life, possessed money sufficient to meet the Hajj expenses, was able to retain it as his property upto the beginning of the Hajj season i.e. the beginning of the month of 'Shawwal'. If thereafter, instead of performing Hajj he spent the funds on raising a building or holding a function of marriage or on some other affairs, the Hajj already became obligatory as Fardh on him. He would be bound to collect sufficient funds again by doing his best in order to discharge the Hajj obligation.

Hadith. The Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) said, "One who performs Hajj for the sake of Allah and therein abstains from obscene acts and words, wickedness and sins, he returns so purified from sins as he was at the time when his mother gave him birth." (Bukhari and Muslim).

Hadith. The Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) said, "The Pilgrims for Hajj and Umra are the guests of Allah. If they Pray for a thing to Allah, He will grant it. (Ibn-e-Majah).

What greater blessing there could be for a Muslim than to be forgiven by Allah for All the sins he committed throughout his life and to be blessed with Allah's granting to whatever he prayed for. By dint of this blessing he could easily be successful in achieving all his worldly and Heavenly objects.

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