Can You Do Business during Hajj?

Question: 32629

Is it permissible to travel for Hajj and to buy some goods from Makkah and sell them in my country to make a profit from them?

Summary of answer

It is permissible to engage in business during the Hajj season and there is no sin on you if you buy and sell before and after Ihram.

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Answer

Praise be to Allah, and blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah.

It is permissible to engage in trade during the Hajj season. At-Tabari (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated in his Tafsir with his chain on narration that Ibn `Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said concerning the verse (interpretation of the meaning), “There is no sin on you if you seek the Bounty of your Lord (during pilgrimage by trading)” [Al-Baqarah 2:198]:

There is no sin on you if you buy and sell before and after Ihram.

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And Allah is the Source of strength.

Source:

See Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah li’l-Buhooth al’Ilmiyyah wa’l-Ifta, 11/13

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