So if you are truly Muslims, then perform the Hajj, for Allah has made pilgrimage to His House obligatory upon the Muslims. If you choose not to go and refuse the Hajj, that is proof that you are not Muslims and are not following the creed of Abraham—“and whoever disbelieves, Allah is self-sufficient, independent of all the worlds.”

“Belongs to Allah” indicates that this is a duty, a right, and an obligation owed to Allah by humankind.

Hajj, in its linguistic sense, means “to intend.”

In the technical sense, Hajj is to set out for the Honoured Kaʿbah and the sanctified sites at a specified time in order to perform particular acts of worship, namely the rites of Hajj.

“The pilgrimage to the House” refers to the Kaʿbah; the surrounding sacred sites are considered an extension of it.

“Whoever is able to find a way to it” explains the condition for the obligation: both physical and financial capability. Physical capability means that a person can walk, ride, and travel from his homeland to Mecca, wherever he may live on earth. This definition excludes anyone whose incapacity is permanent, such as a chronically ill patient or a very elderly person, for such a person does not possess