He keeps saying he would perform Hajj the coming year till...

He keeps saying he would perform Hajj the coming year till he dies without performing Hajj.”[^4] Ayats that Imply the ones who Neglect Hajj The Almighty Allah says in Surah Munafiqūn, “And spend out of what We have given you before death comes to one of you, so that he should say: My Lord! Why didst Thou not respite me to a near term, so that I should have given alms and been of the doers of good deeds?

And Allah does not respite a soul when its appointed term has come and Allah is Aware of what you do.” (Surah al-Munāfiqūn 63: 10-11) After this Imam Mūsa bin Ja’far (a.s.) said, “I should have given alms”, indicates Sadaqah and “good deeds”, implies Hajj.”[^5] Also the following Ayat says, “Say: Shall we inform you of the greatest losers in (their) deeds?

(These are) they whose labour is lost in this world’s life and they think that they are well-versed in skill of the hands.” (Surah al-Kahf 18: 103-104) Imam (a.s.) explains, “It implies those who neglect Hajj and continue to postpone it saying they’ll go next year.” There are many traditions that say neglecting Hajj is a Greater Sin, however the ones quoted above should suffice our purpose.

Worldly Consequences of Postponing Hajj One of the worldly consequences of postponing Hajj is failure in the affairs for which Hajj is postponed. Imam Baqir (a.s.) says that if a person postpones Hajj in order to acquire or complete some worldly affair he will see that other people have gone and come back from Hajj while neither his aim is achieved nor his work complete. Neglecting Hajj causes poverty The Messenger of Allah (S) says in the Sermon of Ghadīr: “O gathering of People!

Perform the Hajj of the Holy House. Those families who perform Hajj become wealthy and those who neglect Hajj will be reduced to penury.” “O gathering of People! The Haji is helped by Allah and whatever they spent (on Hajj) is restored to them in this world.

And Allah does not waste the recompense of the doers of good (in hereafter).”[^6] Imam Baqir (a.s.) says, “Three things are such whose reward is in this life in addition to that of the Hereafter: Hajj that removes poverty, Sadaqah that removes calamities and doing good (to others) which increases the life span.”[^7] Imam Sadiq (a.s.) says, “If people neglect Hajj there will be no delay in the descent of punishment upon them.”[^8] Samah says that, “Imam Sadiq (a.s.) asked me why I did not go for Hajj this year?