Delaying Hajj Could Be Your Downfall

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Delaying Hajj could be your downfall

Haitham Al-Haddadhttp://www.islam21c.com/editorials/1484-delaying-hajj-could-be-your-downfall

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This is your chance to have all of your sins forgiven as the

Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Whoever performs Hajj to

this house Kabah...

Umar bin Al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) once

remarked: I was about to send envoys to the towns (on the

outskirts of the Muslim empire) to check on all those who have

the means to make Hajj but do not perform it, in order to impose

the Jizyah[1]upon them."[2]

The auspicious Hajj trip is one of the five pillars on Islam, aonetime obligation upon those who have the ability to perform

it. Every year millions of devout Muslims answer the call to Hajj

following in the footsteps of the Prophet (peace be upon him) in

answering the call of their father Abraham.

Unfortunately, many people delay performing the Hajj until the

latter part of their lives simply because of convenience. Theywish to postpone the trip until they feel they are financially

stable. Some people hold back out of fear of a new Islamic

lifestyle they will be obligated to embrace when they return -

one should never fear drawing closer to Allah. Indeed the

Prophet (peace be upon him) said, Hurry to perform Hajj (the
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obligatory one), as none of you knows what may happen to

him[3]

and Whoever wants to do Hajj, let him hasten to do so.

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There is of course a well-known scholarly difference of opinion

as to whether Hajj is an obligation that must be executed

promptly, or, can be delayed. According to scholars who hold

the opinion that the obligation of the Hajj is one of promptness;

the Hajj must be carried out as soon as all the preconditions are

fulfilled and one cannot delay performing it for the next year.

The one who delays the performance of Hajj, even though hehas the means to perform it, and then dies, is sinful and has left

himself open to the punishment and displeasure of Allah in the

Hereafter.

Others opine that the Hajj may be delayed because the

Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) choose to perform Hajj

in the 10 AH - around four years after the obligation wasrevealed. This school has other supporting arguments for which

there exist counter arguments.

Without wanting to endorse one opinion over another, I would

like to place the legal difference of opinion to one side and draw

our attention to a few other points. Allah the Almighty

encourages His servants to compete with each other in

performing virtuous deeds. He says in one verse,

Race each other to forgiveness from your Lord and a Garden as

wide as the heavens and the earth, prepared for the people who

have taqwa.
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And in another verse,

Race each other to forgiveness from your Lord and to a

Garden, whose breadth is like that of heaven and earthcombined, made ready for those who have faith in Allah and His

Messengers. That is Allahs favour which He gives to those He

wills. Allahs favour is indeed immense.

Why would one delay the prospect of performing a

Hajj mabroor, the accepted Hajj, the reward of which is nothing

less than the gardens of paradise?

This is your chance to have all of your sins forgiven as the

Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Whoever performs Hajj to

this house Kabah- and does not commit any obscenity and

wrongdoing, he, or she, will come out as the day he, or she, was

born pure and free from sins.[5]

From another perspective the Messenger of Allah (peace beupon him) is reported to have said: Hurry to perform Hajj, as

none of you knows what may happen to him. It is as if the

Prophet is telling us to think about the matter in a rational way.

If someone who has the ability to perform the Hajj delays it; do

they not fear that death may catch them up and they then meet

Allah with no Hajj to their account?

The reality is that many do delay Hajj until its too late. As the

years pass by some of them fall sick with debilitating conditions,

others become financially stricken and so the great opportunity

is lost.
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I would thus appeal to all Muslims who know that they can

perform Hajj without great difficulty to do so before they lose

this unique chance of attaining complete forgiveness for their

sins and be granted paradise.

Notes:

Source: www.islam21c.com

[1]A tax imposed on non-Muslims living under Muslim rule.

[2]Reported by al-Bayhaqi; Al-Haithami declared in Sahih. In

another narration the words they are not Muslims, they are notMuslims are included.

[3]Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah

[4]Ahmad and Abu Dawud

[5]Bukhari and MuslimMay Allah bless you with true success of this world as well as of the hereafter!

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