The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No. 1735- If a woman has property which enables her to offer ḥajj, but upon her return neither her husband nor she can afford to sustain her life, in this case ḥajj will not be obligatory on her.

Issue No. 1736- If a person cannot afford to go to Makkah; but another person offers him the expenses of his journey or places at his disposal a property so that he can go to Makkah and also pays the expenses of his wife and children during this time, ḥajj will be obligatory on this person and it is obligatory on him to accept such an offer even though he may be indebted and may not also possess property with which to run his life after his return unless accepting such an offer entails harm or unbearable hardship or any sense of obligation towards the individual. This ḥajj will be considered as his obligatory ḥajj.

Issue No. 1737- If a person who is indebted, possesses the expenses of ḥajj, but is unable to afford to go to ḥajj by repaying his debts, he is not mustaṭī‘, unless the creditor is not in a hurry, and he is also sure that he will be able to pay his debts later.

Issue No. 1738- If a person is hired to serve another person or a caravan during ḥajj, and in this way, he performs ḥajj, it will be reckoned as his obligatory ḥajj. However, accepting such a job is not obligatory.

Issue No. 1739- If a person can perform ḥajj by getting a loan, ḥajj will not be obligatory on him, but if some people pay his ḥajj expenses as well as the expenses of his family during that period, ḥajj will become obligatory on him.

Issue No. 1740- Anyone can be hired to perform ḥajj on behalf of someone else provided that he knows the rules and procedure of performing ḥajj irrespective of whether he has performed ḥajj before or not. However, if he is unable to perform ḥajj, he may not assign it to someone else, unless the hirer himself permits it.

Issue No. 1741- One’s obligation will not be considered as fulfilled by merely hiring a person to perform ḥajj on behalf of a deceased person, unless he is satisfied that the hired person has performed ḥajj.

Issue No. 1742- It is permissible to receive zakāt or the portion of Imam from khums, and perform ḥajj, and this ḥajj will be considered as the obligatory ḥajj.

Issue No. 1743- If a person needs to get married and has no money for ḥajj other than the money for the expenses of marriage, ḥajj is not obligatory on him.

Issue No. 1744- If ḥajj becomes obligatory on a person, but does not perform it until he loses his capability to perform it, he should perform ḥajj in any way possible, even if he may have to take a loan or be hired.

Issue No. 1745- If a person who is mustaṭī‘ does not perform ḥajj and later loses his physical ability in a way that he loses hope in performing ḥajj in person, he should hire someone else to perform ḥajj on his behalf. However, if a person is financially capable and cannot perform ḥajj due to old age or sickness, it will not be obligatory on him to perform ḥajj but the recommended precaution is that he should hire someone else to perform it on his behalf.

Issue No. 1746- It is recommended thata person who has performed his obligatory ḥajj, should perform it again. However, if the over crowdedness of the ḥajj pilgrims causes severe trouble for those who have not yet performed ḥajj, he should temporarily abandon the recommended ḥajj. Similarly, in taking turns to go to Makkah for performing ḥajj, it would be better to give turns to those who are going to perform their obligatory ḥajj. And if supposedly the Ka‘bah remains without pilgrims in a year, it is obligatory on the Mujtahid or his representative to send some people for ḥajj, though they may have performed their obligatory ḥajj.