What are the conditions of Hajj?

Who is obliged to perform Hajj? What are the conditions to be obliged to perform Hajj?

There are five conditions of Hajj. It is obligatory for every Muslim having these conditions to perform Hajj.

1. To be Muslim,
2. To be of sound mind,
3. To be an adult or mature enough,
4. To be free,
5. And to have the ability to afford the journey financially and physically and maintain the dependents back home for the duration.

The reward for the Hajj is nothing less than Paradise.

And our Prophet stated that Hajj (pilgrimage) is one of the five pillars of Islam and showed Muslims how to do it by applying it himself.

“And proclaim the Hajj (pilgrimage) for mankind! Let them come to you either on foot or on tired camels which come from distant highways.” (Hajj: 27)