If a woman has small children, including an infant who is still nursing and it is difficult for her to take him with her to Hajj, is Hajj obligatory for her or may she delay it?.


Praise be to Allaah.

There is no sin on the women in this situation if she delays
Hajj until a later year, firstly because many scholars say that it is not
obligatory to do Hajj straight away and a person may delay it even though he
is able for it. Secondly, this woman needs to stay in order to look after
her children, and taking care of children is very important. The Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “A woman is a
shepherd in her husband’s house and is responsible for her flock.” So I say
that she may wait until next year. We ask Allaah to make things easy for
her, and to enable her to do all that is good. End quote.