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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Guide To Hajj Rites Miscellaneous Issues Miscellaneous Issuesn If one performed the Hajj as a rambler, or with someone else’s money, his Hajj qualifies. If he performed the Hajj with usurped money, his Hajj would be void, and he has committed a sin.

However, if he obtained the two garments of ihraam, his clothing during the Tawaaf and Sa‘y, and the cost of the Had’y from legal money, his Hajj would be correct, although he has sinned in dealing with the usurped money and this Hajj would not be accepted from him. It is not obligatory to attain the ability [i.e. become mostatee’] to go to Hajj by means of trading and saving.

Also it is not obligatory to accept a gift [of a sum of money] from a donor to go to Hajj with, nor is it obligatory to accept to do a service or a job for a wage sufficient to go to Hajj, even if that service or job was befitting to his status. Of course, if he did one of those things and obtained a sum sufficient for the Hajj, the Hajj would be obligatory for him.

If one accepted to work in a group travelling to the Hajj, for a wage that would be sufficient for the Hajj such that he would be considered as able – mostatee’ – if his work does not contravene the execution of the rites of Hajj, it would be obligatory for him to perform the Hajj that year.

However, if his work would contravene carrying out the rites of his Hajj, and for example he would not be able to observe the woquf in Arafaat and Mash‘ar, say, the Hajj would not be obligatory for him that year. Furthermore, it would not be obligatory for him to save the money to perform the Hajj next year. If the money remained in his possession until the following year, and it was sufficient for the Hajj, the Hajj would be obligatory for him.

If one agreed to do the Hajj by proxy [on behalf of someone else] for a fee, and with that fee he too was considered mostatee’ – able and liable to perform the Hajj, for example, the fee was sufficient for performing two rounds of Hajj, if the assignor does not specify the Hajj to be performed in the current year, then it would be obligatory for him to perform the Hajj on behalf of himself first, and perform the Hajj by proxy in the following year.