📘 ❞ The Pligrim’s Provision ❝ كتاب ــ محمد صالح المنجد اصدار 2015

عن كتاب The Pligrim’s Provision:
Hajj to the Sacred House of Allaah is one of th
pillars of Islaam and one of its most important
fundamentals, because the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi
wa sallam, said: “Islaam is built on five [pillars]: the
testimony that there is no god worthy of worship
but Allaah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of
Allaah, establishing regular prayer, paying Zakaah,
fasting Ramadhaan and performing pilgrimage to
the sacred House of Allaah.”
It is obligatory according to the Book of Allaah
and the Sunnah of His Messenger, sallallaahu ‘alayhi
wa sallam, and according to the consensus of the
Muslims. The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam,
said: “Allaah has enjoined the Hajj upon you, so
perform Hajj.” And the Muslims are unanimously
agreed upon that. It is something that no Muslim
has any excuse for not knowing. Whoever denies
that it is obligatory and he is one of those who live
among the Muslims, is a disbeliever. A person who
fails to do it out of negligence is in grave danger,
because some of the scholars said that such a person
is a disbeliever. This view is narrated in one report

The Pilgrim’s Provision

from Ahmad, but the correct view is that neglecting
deeds does not make a person disbeliever except
in the case of prayer. ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Shaqeeq, may
Allaah have mercy on him, – who was one of the Taabi’een
(the generation after that of the companions) said:
“The Companions of the Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu
‘alayhi wa sallam, did not regard omitting any action as
Kufr (disbelief) except prayer.” The one who neglects
to do Hajj until he dies is not a disbeliever according
to the correct view, but he is in grave danger.
The Muslim has to fear Allaah and hasten to
perform Hajj once he meets the conditions of it being
obligatory, because we must hasten to perform all
obligatory duties unless there is evidence to the
contrary. How can a Muslim accept to forsake going
to Hajj to the Sacred House of Allaah when he is able
to do it and it is easy for him to get there? How can
he delay it when he does not know whether he will
be able to get there after this year? He may become
unable to go after he was able, or he may become
poor after being rich, or he may die when Hajj was
obligatory for him, then his heirs may neglect to
make it up on his behalf.
Muslims must realize that Hajj is one of the best
acts of worship. It is one of the pillars of Islaam with
which Allaah sent Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi
wa sallam, and without which a person’s religious
commitment is incomplete.
Worship cannot bring a person closer to Allaah

Book author : Muhammad Salih AlMunajjid
It is obligatory according to the Book of Allaah and the Sunnah of His Messenger, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, and according to the consensus of the Muslims. The Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: “Allaah has enjoined the Hajj upon you, so perform Hajj.” And the Muslims are unanimously agreed upon that. It is something that no Muslim has any excuse for not knowing. Whoever denies that it is obligatory and he is one of those who live among the Muslims, is a disbeliever. A person who fails to do it out of negligence is in grave danger, because some of the scholars said that such a person is a disbeliever.