Hajj for a person who does not have leave from work
Question
If a person had a struggle to get a job, he got a job and then saved up and he had enough money to get a basic Hajj package but if he doesn’t have time off that he can request from work, would he leave his job and do Hajj or would he keep his job and intend Hajj the following year?
Answer
If he has the means to perform hajj in the months of hajj (from the beginning Shawaal of until the five days of hajj in Zul Hijjah), hajj will be fardh upon him and it will be compulsory for him to leave his job to go for hajj.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
- Answered by
- Mufti Zakaria Makada
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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