Q 2: On the advent of the month of Dhul-Hijjah, I was looking forward to visiting Allah's Sacred House, but there was still a week remaining until I would receive my salary, and I only had enough to cover my needs until the end of the month. My colleagues at work insisted that I should go with them for no one knows when a person will die. One of them gave me a sum of money that covered all the costs of Hajj, and when I told him that it was not permissible to borrow money to offer Hajj, he replied that in a case where the lenders permit and agree to lend money, then it is permissible, and this was exactly our case. Therefore, I went to Hajj, and right after I returned, I gave him his money in the middle of the same month of Hajj, as I receive my salary every month according to the Gregorian calendar. As mentioned, the money which I took was by the full consent of the owner and (Part No. 11; Page No. 42) his good will for me, may Allah reward you with the best reward.