Punishment for Not Performing Hajj

Here are some authentic aHaadeeth that talk punishment you will receive if you do not perform Hajj at least once in your life if you had the ability to perform hajj.

أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ ذَرِيحٍ الْمُحَارِبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ مَنْ مَاتَ وَ لَمْ يَحُجَّ حَجَّةَ الْإِسْلَامِ لَمْ يَمْنَعْهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ حَاجَةٌ تُجْحِفُ بِهِ أَوْ مَرَضٌ لَا يُطِيقُ فِيهِ الْحَجَّ أَوْ سُلْطَانٌ يَمْنَعُهُ فَلْيَمُتْ- يَهُودِيّاً أَوْ نَصْرَانِيّاً

From DhareeH Al-MuHaaribee from Abee `Abd Allaah (عليه السلام) said: “Whoever dies and has not performed Hajjah Al-Islaam (i.e. first hajj) when nothing prevents him from that objective (such as) poverty, illness that he cannot endure (performing) the hajj, or a ruler forbidding him (from going), he will die a Jew or Christian.”

Source:

1.     Al-Kulayni, Al-Kaafi, vol. 4, pg. 268, hadeeth # 1

Grading:

1.       Al-Majlisi said this hadeeth is SaHeeH (Authentic)
à Mir’aat Al-`Uqool, vol. 17, pg. 149

Same hadeeth through a different chain of narrators:

أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ النَّهْدِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ ذَرِيحٍ الْمُحَارِبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ مَنْ مَاتَ وَ لَمْ يَحُجَّ حَجَّةَ الْإِسْلَامِ لَمْ تَمْنَعْهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ حَاجَةٌ تُجْحِفُ بِهِ أَوْ مَرَضٌ لَا يُطِيقُ فِيهِ الْحَجَّ أَوْ سُلْطَانٌ يَمْنَعُهُ فَلْيَمُتْ- يَهُودِيّاً أَوْ نَصْرَانِيّاً

From DhareeH Al-MuHaaribee from Abee `Abd Allaah (عليه السلام) said: “Whoever dies and has not performed Hajjah Al-Islaam (i.e. first hajj) when nothing prevents him from that objective (such as) poverty, illness that he cannot endure (performing) the hajj, or a ruler forbidding him (from going), he will die a Jew or Christian.”

Source:

1.     Al-Kulayni, Al-Kaafi, vol. 4, pg. 268, hadeeth # 5

Grading:

1.       Al-Majlisi said this hadeeth is Muwaththaq (Reliable)
à Mir’aat Al-`Uqool, vol. 17, pg. 151

حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَمَاعَةَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْمِيثَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ مَنْ مَاتَ وَ هُوَ صَحِيحٌ مُوسِرٌ لَمْ يَحُجَّ فَهُوَ مِمَّنْ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- وَ نَحْشُرُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيامَةِ أَعْمى‏ قَالَ قُلْتُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ أَعْمَى قَالَ نَعَمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَعْمَاهُ عَنْ طَرِيقِ الْحَقِّ

From Abee BaSeer said that I heard Abaa `Abd Allaah (عليه السلام) he said: “Whoever dies and he has good wealth and has not (performed) hajj, he is from those who Allaah (عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ) said: “We will on the Day of Judgment raise him blind” (22:124). He said that I said: ‘SubHaanallaah! Blind?’ He (عليه السلام) said: ‘Yes. Allaah (عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ) will (make) him blind from the TRUE path”

Source:

1.     Al-Kulayni, Al-Kaafi, vol. 4, pg. 268, hadeeth # 6

Grading:

1.       Al-Majlisi said this hadeeth is Muwaththaq (Reliable)
à Mir’aat Al-`Uqool, vol. 17, pg. 151