Mufti Menk – Is Delaying Hajj Really Sinful

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You can't plan to delay

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repentance to Allah.

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People say, and I've given this example before,

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people say,

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while I'm still young, when I turn 50,

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I'll go for Hajj, inshallah, we'll stop everything.

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For now, I'm just enjoying life. No way.

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I've asked people,

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can you afford Hajj? They say, yes. Are

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you able to go? Yes.

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Well, why aren't you going? They say, because

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I'm still young.

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I'm still young, so I'm not going because

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when I go for Hajj, then I'm gonna

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have to quit all this and all that.

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No. You can't do that.

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Allah decides when you're going to go by

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giving you the means

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and the capacity to go.

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Allah has made it compulsory to go for

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Hajj for those who are able and capable

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to undertake the journey.

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So if you have the capacity, who gave

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you the capacity? Allah.

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You have the money. Who gave you the

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money? Allah. So He's decided when you're going

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to go. If you delay unnecessarily,

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you're sinful.

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Yes. If there was a restriction or you

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didn't get a visa or something, Allah will

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not hold it against you but you tried.