Islamic Verdicts - Volume IV

The Book of Hajj Rites

The Book of Hajj Rites

Crowding during Hajj

Q: The people intentionally crowd together while perform­ing some of the sacred acts of Hajj. Is the Hajj of these people correct or invalid?

A: Their Hajj is not invalidated due to crowding, however, they are committing a sin if they do so intentionally without any need to do so. This is due to what it (crowding) contains of oppression and harm to the Hajj pilgrims, and it discourages them from performing the Hajj. However, if a person is forced (to crowd) against his will, but rather due to the crowding of others against him, there is no sin on him, if Allah wills. This is due to the Statement of Allah: "So fear Allah as much as you are able” (At-Taghabun 4: 16).

 And His Statement: "Allah does not burden a soul except with what it can bear" (Aal 'Imran 3: 97).

And Allah is the Giver of success.

Ash-Shaykh Ibn Baz

Stipulating a condition is Sunnah for whoever fears

Q: If the person who has assumed Ihram fears that he will not be able to perform his rites due to illness or fear (of something preventing him), what should he do?

A: When he assumes Ihram he should say: "If something prevents me, then my place of removing Ihram is wherever You stop me." If the person fears something of the things that would prevent him from completing the Hajj, like illness, then the Sunnah is that he makes the stipulation. This is due to what is confirmed from the Prophet (Salallahou 'aleyhi wa salam) that he ordered Dhuba'ah bint Az-Zubair bin 'Abdul-Muttalib to do so when she complained to him that she was sick.

Ash-Shaykh Ibn Baz