Some of friends have not performed Haj despite enough resorces and no health problems. How should I explain them about impotance of this important pillar of islam. Waiting for your kind response.
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Some
of friends have not performed Haj despite enough resorces and no health problems.
How should I explain them about impotance of this important pillar of islam.
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Hajj duty unto Allah
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 3 Surah Ale
Imran verses 96-97:
Undoubtedly the first House of Worship ever to
be built for mankind is the one which is at Makkah. It was blessed, and made the center of
guidance for all the peoples. In it are
clear Signs; there is a spot where
Ibraheem used to worship; and it is the Sanctuary, and whoever enters it
becomes safe and secure. Allah has,
therefore, a right on the people that
the one, who can afford to reach the
House, should perform Hajj there. And the one who disobeys (this
commandment should know that) Allah is Self-Sufficient, and does not stand in
need of anyone!
Allah Subhanah has made the pilgrimage of Hajj obligatory
and duty unto their Lord Creator on every sane, adult believer who has the
financial and physical means to reach the Sacred House at least once in his
lifetime. This pilgrimage of the Hajj is
so sanctified that it is listed by the Messenger of Allah (saws) as one of the
five pillars upon which the deen of Islam is built!
If one believes in Allah and the Last Day, declares
themselves to be a ‘muslim’, accepts and believes that the Hajj is an
obligatory duty which the Lord Most High has ordained for His believing
slaves…..but due to laziness or procrastination or negligence does not perform
this obligatory duty….such a person would be a sinner in the Sight of Allah
Subhanah.
But if there is one who claims to be a ‘muslim’, but
(Allah forbid) believes that Hajj is neither obligatory, nor necessary, nor a
duty unto their Lord…..then such a belief would tantamount to a manifestation
of disbelief in the Sight of Allah Subhanah.
And as the Lord Most Majestic Most Supreme Declares in the above quoted
verses: ‘……And the one who disobeys (this
commandment should know that) Allah is Self-Sufficient, and does not stand in
need of anyone!’
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan