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Doing Hajj Repeatedly
Question asked by Mohammed Maqsood Ahmed.
Posted on: Monday, June 16, 2008 - Hits: 864

Question:
Hajj is obligatory only once in a life time of a Muslim. Since the obligatory prayer because once it is offered so how can a subsequent be categorized whereas we have option for performing 'umrah. Also will repeated hajj will not curtail the chances of other Muslims who want to offer their obligatory Hajj ?

Answer:
Hajj is indeed a one-time obligatory ritual of worship. If one is afforded with a second or third chance for Hajj then the second and third Hajj will be counted as optional (nafl) and also earn reward for a person.

However, if it is known for sure that by offering Hajj a second or third time would mar the chances of some other Muslim then a person should abstain from this practice.

Regarding the analogy you have drawn with the obligatory prayer, it should be kept in mind that if for some reason a person does repeat it then it will be counted as a nafl prayer and also earn reward. If a person wants to offer this obligatory prayer for no reason then we will ask him to quench his thirst by simply offering some optional (nafl) prayers.

regards

Shehzad Saleem

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