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56 Intentions for Pilgrims of Hajj & ‘Umraĥ vii

3. (Only those performing Farḍ Hajj should make this intention.)

With the intention of obeying Allah , I will get the privilege

of acting upon the following Quranic commandment:

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And for the sake of Allah it is (obligatory) upon the people to

perform the Hajj of this House, who are able to reach there.

[Kanz-ul-Īmān (Translation of Quran)] (Part 4, Sūraĥ Āl-e-‘Imrān, verse 97)

4. I will perform Hajj following the example of the Beloved and

Blessed Prophet ٖ

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5. I will seek my parents’ prior consent. (The wife should get her

husband’s consent. The debtor who is unable to pay debt should

take permission from the creditor. However, if Hajj has been

Farḍ, he will have to perform it even if the creditor has not given

permission. (Derived from Baĥār-e-Sharī’at, vol. 1, pp. 1051) One should

not travel to perform Nafl Hajj or ‘Umraĥ without parents’

consent. There is a general misconception that the offspring

cannot perform Hajj unless their parents have performed it.)

6. I will meet Hajj-expenses with Ḥalāl earnings. (Otherwise, there

is no hope of Hajj being accepted, though Farḍ will get offered.

If someone has doubt about his earnings being Ḥalāl, he should

borrow money from anyone else and meet Hajj-expenses from

the borrowed money and payback the debt by his own earnings.

(ibid) It is stated in a Ḥadīš, ‘When the one who leaves for Hajj

with Ḥarām earnings utters Labbayk, a voice from Ghayb

replies, ‘Neither your Labbayk is accepted nor is your effort

acknowledged, and your Hajj is thrown onto your face, unless

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