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وَلِلَّهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ حِجُّ الْبَيْتِ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًا
Pilgrimage to the House is due to Allah from people who are able to make the journey. (Āl ʿImrān 3:97)

When travel resources and appropriate provision for dependents are available, the legal capacity for Hajj may exist even before the person departs on pilgrimage.

Thus the capacity that grounds the obligation differs from the effective enabling through which the act is actually performed.

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Ability and the duty of Hajj

Human Ability and Acts, Divine Will and Decree, and Pleasure and Anger

وَلِلَّهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ حِجُّ الْبَيْتِ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًا
Pilgrimage to the House is due to Allah from people who are able to make the journey. (Āl ʿImrān 3:97)

When travel resources and appropriate provision for dependents are available, the legal capacity for Hajj may exist even before the person departs on pilgrimage.

Thus the capacity that grounds the obligation differs from the effective enabling through which the act is actually performed.