haj or job ?

[ahmedabad]

Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu

I would like to ask on behalf of a freind what is more important to muslims getting a job or saving up for haj ?

[Imam]

Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

Wa'alaykum 'Assalam wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu


All Praise be to Allah who is the Lord of the Worlds, and may Endless Blessings be showered upon His Most Beloved, and Final Messenger of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam)


Jazak'Allah for your question. Hajj is fard, as everyone knows. Being employed is also good, but so long as you earn your livelihood so much that it helps you get by, and you are able to perform your religious duties. This means that Hajj is also a religious duty. Therefore it would be sufficient to say, that, to do a job, so that you make enough money to perform Hajj is enough. Anything surplus to that would have to be spent in the way of Allah by helping someone, or giving to charity, or helping the needy etc.


After all, we are not going to take our job, and our savings to the grave with us, are we? But we may be asked about our duties, whether we had been fulfilling them or not, and by not fulfilling our duties, we do not want to be punished. Therefore, Hajj is important. You should save up for Hajj. To be employed in order to perform Hajj constitutes a good intention, and it is the intention which is the basis of all action.


May Allah the Almighty help all those who are unable to perform Hajj, financially, by giving them financial assistance, as well as the mental, and physical assistance. (Amin)



Wallahu A'lamu Biththawaab



M. Waseem Ashrafi