Question:
slmz.
my son travelled to Saudi Arabia on hajj this year, his intention from back home was walking HAJJ, ONE OF THE MANY REASONS OR MAIN REASON 70 000 TIMES MORE REWARD, IS THIS CORRECT???
ON HIS RETURN HE INFORMED ME THAT ONE OF THE LECTURES HE ATTENDED IN SAUDI BY AK HOOSEIN WAS THAT THE REWARDS ARE NO DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF THE MONEY ONE PAYS FOR THE TRANSPORT AND THIS MONEY WAS EARNED..
PLEASE RECTIFY THIS AS WE ARE IN A DOUBT.
JAZAKALLAH
Ismail.
Answer:
A Hadith narrated by Ibne Abbas (R.A.) states that the Prophet (S.A.W.) said that the Hajji travelling on a conveyance is rewarded seventy rewards on each step the conveyance (animal) takes and a walking Hajji will be rewarded seven hundred rewards of the Haram for every step he takes and each reward of the Haram is equal to a hundred thousand rewards. (Jam’ul Fawaaid, Vol. 2, Page 40, Mu’allimul Hujjaj, Page 23)
Similarly Allamah Shaami (R.A.A.) states that walking Hajj is more virtuous than performing Hajj on a conveyance. (Raddul Muhtaar, Vol. 2, Page 155)
And Allah Ta’ala knows best,
Qasim bin Hashim Limbada
Attested to as correct by:
Mufti Muhammad Ashraf
Darul Iftaa
Jameah Mahmoodiyah
Springs
01 March 2004
09 Muharram 1425