How should repeating Hajj be weighed against crowding and other needs?
2026-09-20
F21 · Selected fatwas
Shaykh Ibn Bāz
الشيخ عبد العزيز بن عبد الله بن باز
Original Q&A · Full displayed answer
The whole historical answer concerns repeat Hajj after the obligatory Hajj has been fulfilled. It retains the merits of repeating Hajj, the stated crowding and harm considerations, the hopeful—not guaranteed—reward comparison, and both governing principles. The official page cites publication on6Dhul-Hijjah1418AH; ‘recent years’ refers to the answer’s historical setting.
النص العربي
السؤال الأصلي
ما رأيكم في تكرار الحج مع ما يحصل فيه من الزحام واختلاط الرجال بالنساء فهل الأفضل للمرأة ترك الحج إذا كانت قد قضت فرضها، وربما تكون قد حجت مرتين أو أكثر؟
الجواب
لاشك أن تكرار الحج فيه فضل عظيم للرجال والنساء، ولكن بالنظر إلى الزحام الكثير في هذه السنين الأخيرة بسبب تيسير المواصلات، واتساع الدنيا على الناس، وتوفر الأمن، واختلاط الرجال بالنساء في الطواف وأماكن العبادة، وعدم تحرز الكثير منهن عن أسباب الفتنة، نرى أن عدم تكرارهن الحج أفضل لهن وأسلم لدينهن وأبعد عن المضرة على المجتمع الذي قد يفتن ببعضهن، وهكذا الرجال إذا أمكن ترك الاستكثار من الحج لقصد التوسعة على الحجاج وتخفيف الزحام عنهم، فنرجو أن يكون أجره في الترك أعظم من أجره في الحج إذا كان تركه له بسبب هذا القصد الطيب، ولاسيما إذا كان حجه يترتب عليه حج أتباع له قد يحصل بحجهم ضرر كثير على بعض الحجاج؛ لجهلهم أو عدم رفقهم وقت الطواف والرمي وغيرهما من العبادات التي يكون فيها ازدحام، والشريعة الإسلامية الكاملة مبنية على أصلين عظيمين:
أحدهما: العناية بتحصيل المصالح الإسلامية وتكميلها ورعايتها حسب الإمكان.
والثاني: العناية بدرء المفاسد كلها أو تقليلها.
وأعمال المصلحين والدعاة إلى الحق وعلى رأسهم الرسل عليهم الصلاة والسلام تدور بين هذين الأصلين وعلى حسب علم العبد بشريعة الله سبحانه وأسرارها ومقاصدها وتحريه لما يرضي الله ويقرب لديه، واجتهاده في ذلك يكون توفيق الله له سبحانه وتسديده إياه في أقواله وأعماله.
واسأل الله عز وجل أن يوفقنا وإياكم وسائر المسلمين لكل ما فيه رضاه وصلاح أمر الدين والدنيا إنه سميع قريب.
English translation
English rendering prepared for SalafAlSalih.com from the cited complete Arabic answer; not an official translation.
Original question
What is your view on repeating Hajj given the crowding and mixing of men and women that occurs? Is it better for a woman not to go if she has already completed her obligatory Hajj, and perhaps has performed it twice or more?
Answer
There is no doubt that repeating Hajj has great merit for men and women. However, considering the severe crowding in recent years due to easier transport, people’s greater prosperity and the availability of security, together with the mixing of men and women during tawaf and in places of worship, and the failure of many women to avoid causes of temptation, we consider not repeating Hajj better and safer for their religion, and further removed from harm to a community that may be tempted by some of them. Likewise for men: if someone can refrain from frequently repeating Hajj with the aim of giving pilgrims more room and reducing crowding, we hope that his reward for refraining is greater than his reward for performing it, when that good intention is why he refrains. This is especially so if his Hajj leads followers to accompany him whose Hajj may cause considerable harm to other pilgrims through ignorance or a lack of gentleness during tawaf, stoning the pillars and other crowded acts of worship. The complete Islamic law rests on two great principles:
First: seeking to secure, complete and preserve the benefits recognised by Islam, as far as possible.
Second: seeking to avert all harms, or to reduce them.
The work of those who seek reform and call to the truth—foremost among them the messengers, peace and blessings be upon them—revolves around these two principles. Allah’s granting success and directing a servant’s words and deeds is proportionate to the servant’s knowledge of His law, its underlying wisdom and purposes, his effort to seek what pleases Allah and brings him nearer to Him, and his striving in that.
I ask Allah, mighty and exalted, to grant us, you and all Muslims success in everything that pleases Him and sets religious and worldly affairs right. He is All-Hearing and near.
Source and editorial notes
Official Ibn Bāz website, fatwa 13929; website cites Majmūʿ Fatāwā wa-Maqālāt 16/361
حكم تكرار الحج للرجال والنساء
Ruling on Repeating Hajj for Men and Women
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