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Dear Brother assalamwalekumn,

I have a question in regards to non muslin kindly please explain

Question:

1) Can a non muslim person who has the knowledge of islam but on passport he is still a non muslim can perform haj

2) Can a non muslim person who has embrace islam but on passport he is still a non muslim person in this scenario can a person be allowed to perform haj.

3) Can a holy Quran be gifted to non muslim, if yes in what circumstances he can be gifted the quran, and is woduh mandatory for read quran,

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Answer:

Can disbeliever go to hajj

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

Q-1) Can a non muslim person who has the knowledge of islam but on passport he is still a non muslim can perform haj

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 9 Surah Taubah verse 28:

O ye who believe! Truly the mushriks (polytheists) are impure; so let them not after this year of theirs, approach the Sacred Mosque. And if ye fear poverty ,soon will Allah enrich you if He wills out of His Bounty, for Allah is All-Knowing All-Wise.

Merely having knowledge of Islam is not enough to allow a disbeliever to enter the precincts of the Sacred Mosque in Makkah or perform the pilgrimage of Hajj or Umrah.

Q-2) Can a non muslim person who has embrace islam but on passport he is still a non muslim person in this scenario can a person be allowed to perform haj.

If one has reverted to the Truth of Al-Islam and declared the ‘shahaadah’ or testimony of faith that there is no god worthy of worship except Allah Alone and that Mohamed (saws) is Allah’s Messenger…..regardless of the name assigned to such a person at birth, and absolutely regardless of what name is printed on their legal documents….such a person will be considered a muslim in the Sight of Allah Subhanah and in the sight of the believers.

Every right that is due to a believer will be accorded to such a person in full. As long as the person declares the ‘shahaadah’, regardless of what kind or type of name is registered in their passport, such a person will be allowed to visit the Sacred House and perform the pilgrimages of Umrah and Hajj.

Q-3) Can a holy Quran be gifted to non muslim, if yes in what circumstances he can be gifted the quran, and is woduh mandatory for read quran,

One of the absolute best ways to invite a disbeliever to the Truth of Islam is to give them a copy of the translation of the Glorious Quran in the language they understand best. The Messenger of Allah (saws) himself wrote some verses from the Glorious Quran in the letters he (saws) sent with his emissaries to the various disbelieving leaders surrounding Arabia in his efforts to invite them to the Truth of Al-Islam.

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah Baqarah verse 185:

Ramadan is the month in which the Quran was sent down: this Book is a Perfect Guidance for mankind and consists of clear Teachings which show the Right Way, and are a Criterion of the Truth and falsehood.

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 4 Surah Nisaa verse 82:

Do they (the disbelievers) not ponder over the Quran? Had it been from any other than Allah, surely there would have been many contradictions in it.

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 6 Surah Anaam verse 157-158:

Now that a clear proof, a Guidance and Blessing, has come to you from your Lord, who can be more unjust than the one who treats Our Revelations as false and turns away from them? We will inflict the severest torment on those who turn away from Our Revelations because of their aversion. Do the people now await that the angels should come down before them? Or that your Lord may Himself come down? Or that the manifest Signs of your Lord should appear?

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 16 Surah Nahl verse 44:

We sent the former Messengers with clear signs and Books, and now We have sent the Admonition to you (O Prophet), so that you should make plain and explain to the people the teachings of the Book, which has been sent for them, and so they should (themselves) ponder over it.

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 20 Surah Taha verse 113:

Thus have We sent this down as an Arabic Quran, and have given therein warnings in various ways; so that they may be saved from perverseness, or that this may help arouse understanding in them.

In light of the guidance of the above quoted evidence from the Glorious Quran it is evident that the Quran is not for the believers alone, but its guidance is for all of mankind in general.

The guidance and condition of touching the Glorious Quran only when one is pure is applicable only for the believers, not for the disbelievers. The scholars and the jurists in Islam are unanimous in their opinion that there is absolutely no harm if one gives a copy of the Glorious Quran to their disbelieving brethren in their efforts to invite them to the Truth of Islam. And Allah Alone Knows Best.

Your Question: …is woduh mandatory for read quran,

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 56 Surah Waqiah verses 77-79

77 That this is indeed a Qur'an, most honorable

78 In a Book well-guarded

79 Which none shall touch but those who are purified.

Although the above quoted aayah is meant to state how the Glorious Quran is honored by the noble Angels in the heavens; the scholars have opined that just as the Quran is honored in the heavens by the Angels, so should it be honored by the believers on the earth…. And thus, one, who sincerely believes in Allah and the Last Day, should touch the Glorious Quran, regardless of whether the copy is in the original Arabic text or a translation in any other language, only when one is pure and clean, and preferably when in the state of ‘wudu’.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 5 Surah Maidah verse 6:

6 O ye who believe! When ye prepare for prayer wash your faces and your hands (and arms) to the elbows; rub your heads (with water); and (wash) your feet to the ankles.

The only acts in Islam whereby the ‘wudu’ is absolutely obligatory and a pre-condition is when one is about to offer a prayer or while circumambulating the Holy Kaaba (tawaaf); if these two rites are performed without the ‘wudu’, it would nullify the rites.

Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 229 Narrated by Ali ibn AbuTalib

Abdullah ibn Salamah said: ‘I, accompanied by other two persons, one from us and the other from Banu Asad, called upon Ali. He sent them to a certain territory (on some mission) saying: ‘You are going to a sturdy and vigorous people; hence display your power for religion.’ He then stood and entered the toilet. He then came out and called for water and took a handful of it. Then he wiped (his hands) with it and began to recite the Qur'an. They were surprised at this (action). Thereupon he said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (saws) came out from the privy and taught us the Quran and took meat with us. Nothing prevented him from (reciting) the Quran except sexual defilement.’

Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 3751 Narrated by Abdullah ibn Abbas

The Messenger of Allah (saws) came out from the privy and water was presented to him. They (the people) asked: ‘Should we bring you water for ablution?’ He (saws) replied: ‘I have been commanded to perform ablution (only) when I get up for prayer.’

Sahih Muslim Hadith 725 Narrated by Abdullah ibn Abbas

The Messenger of Allah (saws) came out of the privy, and he was presented with some food, and the people reminded him about ablution, but he (saws) said: ‘Am I to say prayer that I should perform ablution?’

In light of the above guidance of the Quran and the Sunnah, although it would be preferred to touch or recite the Glorious Quran while in the state of ‘wudu’, there is no obligation and no harm if one were to touch or recite it even when not in the state of ‘wudu’ or ablution. But one should strive to abstain from touching or reciting the Quran when one is in the state of ‘janaba’ or major ceremonial impurity.

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

Burhan