Praise
be to Allah
The scholars
have stated that if a man is not married, then he should give precedence to
Hajj over getting married, unless he is afraid of committing shameful deeds
or facing hardship, in which case he should give precedence to getting
married over going for Hajj.
Ash-Shiraazi
said in al-Muhadhdhab (1/197):
If he needs to
get married, and he fears that he may commit shameful deeds or face
hardship, then he should give precedence to getting married. End quote.
Al-Mirdaawi said
in al-Insaaf (3/404):
If one who can
afford to go for Hajj fears that he may commit shameful deeds or face
hardship, then he should give precedence to getting married over going for
Hajj, according to the correct view of our madhhab. This was stated by Imam
Ahmad, and it is the view of the majority of our companions. Most of them
stated that definitively, because it is obligatory in that case, and Majd
narrated that there was consensus on this point, but we should be cautious
with regard to claims of consensus. End quote.
The scholars of
the Permanent Committee for Ifta’ said:
If a Muslim does
not fear that he may commit zina, then he is obliged to give precedence to
Hajj over getting married. But if he fears that he may commit that sin, then
he should give precedence to getting married over going for Hajj, in order
to maintain his chastity. Hajj is only obligatory for the one who is able to
do it, and in this case [the one who fears that he may commit zina] is
regarded as not being able to do Hajj until he takes measures to preserve
his chastity. End quote.
Fataawa al-Lajnah
ad-Daa’imah
(23/320).
Shaykh Ibn Baaz
(may Allah have mercy on him) said:
If a person has
an urgent need to get married, then he must hasten to do that before going
for Hajj, because in this case he is not regarded as being able to do Hajj.
If he is not able to afford the costs of both getting married and going for
Hajj, then he should start by getting married, so that he can preserve his
chastity. End quote.
Majmoo‘ Fataawa
Ibn Baaz
(16/359)
See also the
answer to question no. 27120.
But in the case
of one who is already married, he has preserved his chastity by getting
married, so what he must do is hasten to do Hajj before taking a second
wife, because Hajj is one of the pillars of Islam. Allah, may He be exalted,
says (interpretation of the meaning): “And
[due] to Allah from the people is a pilgrimage to the House – for whoever is
able to find thereto a way. But whoever disbelieves – then indeed, Allah is
free from need of the worlds”
[Aal ‘Imraan 3:97].
A man may be
already married, but have a need for a second wife, either because he has
strong desire, or because the first wife is sick, or for other reasons. In
this case, he should give precedence to taking a second wife over going for
Hajj, because of his need to do that.
Shaykh Ibn
‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
If the father
himself needs to get married, and fears that he may commit sin if he does
not get married, and he only has this money, and he can use it either to go
for Hajj or to get married, then in this case we say that he should give
precedence to getting married.
It comes as no
surprise that you tell us that your father needs to get married and has only
this money, because this happens a great deal; a man may have strong desire
and one wife is not enough for him, or the first wife may have died or may
be divorced, so he needs another wife. End quote.
Fataawa Noor
‘ala ad-Darb
(227/30).
And Allah knows
best.