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1.
Abu Hurayrah said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him) gave a sermon (khutbah) and said: “O
people, Allaah has enjoined Hajj upon you so do Hajj.”
(Narrated by Muslim, 1337).
2. Ibn ‘Abbaas (may
Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever wants to
go for Hajj, let him hasten to do it, because he may fall ill or
some other problems may arise.” (Narrated by Abu Dawood,
1732, without the phrase “because he may…” also
narrated by Ibn Maajah, 2883 and Ahmad, 1836).
According to a report narrated by Ahmad
“Hasten to do Hajj –i.e., the obligatory Hajj – for none of you
knows what may happen to him.”
These two reports strengthen one another. (See Irwaa’ al-Ghaleel
by al-Albaani, 4/168).
The Shaafa’is say that Hajj may be delayed, because
the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) delayed
his Hajj until 10 AH. But the answer to this is as follows:
a.
He only delayed it for one year, but they say it may be delayed
indefinitely!
b.
He (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) wanted to purify
the House (the Ka’bah) of the Mushrikeen and those who performed
Hajj naked.
c. He was kept busy with
the delegations that had started to come to Madeenah, one after
another to announce their Islam.
(See
al-Sharh al-Mumti’ by Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, 7/17, 18)
4. It is
obligatory to do Hajj once in one's lifetime
Abu
Hurayrah said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) gave a sermon (khutbah) and said: “O
people, Allaah has enjoined Hajj upon you so do Hajj.” A man
said, Is it every year, O Messenger of Allaah? He remained
silent until the man had said it three times, then he said, “If
I say yes, it will become obligatory and you will not be able to
do it.” Then he said, “Do not push me to tell you more than what
I have left you with, for those who came before you were
destroyed because they asked too many questions and argued with
their Prophets. If I command you to do a thing, do as much of it
as you can, and if I forbid you to do something, then avoid it.”
(Narrated by Muslim, 1337)
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