وَعَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ
قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ مَلَكَ زَادًا وَرَاحِلَةً تُبَلِّغُهُ إِلَى بَيْتِ اللَّهِ وَلَمْ يَحُجَّ فَلَا عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَمُوتَ يَهُودِيًّا أَوْ نَصْرَانِيًّا وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى يَقُولُ: (وَلِلَّهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ حَجُّ الْبَيْتِ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِليهِ سَبِيلا)
‘All reported God’s messenger as saying, ‘If anyone possesses enough provision and a riding-beast to take him to God’s House and does not perform the pilgrimage, it does not matter whether he dies a Jew or Christian.
That is because God who is blessed and exalted says, ‘Pilgrimage to the House is a duty men owe to God, those who can afford the journey’. (Qur’an, 3:97). ‘ Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition whose isnad is criticised, Hilal ibn Abdallah is unknown, and al- Harith is declared to be weak in tradition.’’’