[Machine] It was said to him, "How do you command performing 'Umrah before Hajj, while Allah says '...and complete the Hajj and 'Umrah for Allah...'?" He replied, "How do you prioritize debt before the will, and the will before debt?" They said, "We prioritize debt." He said, "That is it." Al-Shafi'i said, meaning that prioritizing is permissible.
أَنَّهُ قِيلَ لَهُ كَيْفَ تَأْمُرُ بِالْعُمْرَةِ قَبْلَ الْحَجِّ وَاللهُ ﷻ يَقُولُ {وَأَتَمُّوا الْحَجَّ وَالْعُمْرَةَ لِلَّهِ} [البقرة 196]؟ فَقَالَ كَيْفَ تَقْرَءُونَ الدَّيْنَ قَبْلَ الْوَصِيَّةِ وَالْوَصِيَّةُ قَبْلَ الدَّيْنِ؟ قَالَ الْوَصِيَّةُ قَبْلَ الدَّيْنِ قَالَ فَبِأَيِّهِمَا تَبْدَءُونَ؟ قَالُوا بِالدَّيْنِ قَالَ فَهُوَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ يَعْنِي أَنَّ التَّقْدِيمَ جَائِزٌ