I WANNA PERFORM HAJJ THIS YEAR
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa
Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked
this question:
DEAR
BURHAN,
IAM INDIAN MUSLIM,WORKING IN SAUDIA.
I WANNA
PERFORM HAJJ THIS YEAR,COS IM SO CLOSE AND MAY NOT GET OPPORTUNITY TO DO IN
FUTURE,MY PARENTS HAVE PERMITTED ME (THEY HAVE NOT YET PERFORMED HAJJ).
WHAT IS
HESITATES ME IS THAT I HAVE NOT YET COMPLETED READING HOLY QURAN EVEN ONCE,IS
IT GOOD FOR ME TO PERFORM HAJJ WITHOUT COMPLETING EVEN ONCE HOLY QURAN.PLS
SUGGEST ME WHAT TO BE DONE.IM NOT MARRIED BUT HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF MY
FAMILY AND SIS TO GET MARRIED(THOUGHT PARENTS ARE ALIVE) IS IT FINE IF I
PERFORM HAJJ NOW OR SHOULD I COMPLETE QURAN ONCE TEHN PERFORM HAJJ.....
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Answer:
Quran before 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 no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Your
Question: IS IT FINE IF I PERFORM HAJJ NOW OR SHOULD I COMPLETE QURAN ONCE TEHN
PERFORM HAJJ.....
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 3 Surah
Ale-Imraan verses 96-97:
96 The first House (of worship) appointed for men was that at Bakka (Makkah)
full of blessing and of guidance for all kinds of beings:
97 In it are Signs manifest; (for example) the Station of Abraham;
whoever enters it attains security; pilgrimage thereto is a duty men owe
to Allah those who can afford the journey; but if any deny faith Allah
stands not in need of any of his creatures.
Allah Subhanah has made it a duty unto every believer who
can afford the journey to perform the pilgrimage of Hajj at least once in his
life-time; this pilgrimage of Hajj is so important and so significant that the
Messenger of Allah (saws) counted it as being one amongst the five pillars of
Islam!
The completion of the recitation of the Glorious Quran has
absolutely no bearings on the validity of the performance of the Hajj
pilgrimage; and if one has the opportunity to perform the Hajj, he/she must
perform this obligatory duty unto their Lord as soon as they possibly can.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allahs 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
Wister