A woman performed Hajj and, when stoning the pillars, she gathered the pebbles and appointed her husband to stone them on her behalf due to the difficulty of reaching the site. What is the ruling on her Hajj?

Question:
What is the ruling in the religion for a woman who performed a complete Hajj, fulfilling the pillars and obligations, except that when stoning the pillars, she gathered the pebbles and appointed her husband to stone them on her behalf, due to the difficulty of reaching the place of stoning? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
If this was for the excuse of difficulty in reaching the site, because she is unable to go due to her advanced age, or her illness, or her weakness, or because she has small children whom she is looking after, this is a legitimate religious excuse for her to appoint a proxy. And if the proxy stoned on her behalf in the prescribed manner, that is sufficient, and praise be to Allah. However, if the appointment was without an excuse, it is not accepted; it is obligatory for the pilgrim to perform the stoning himself, except if he is excused, in which case he appoints a proxy. What the questioner mentioned, that she left the stoning and appointed her husband because the path was difficult for her, is a legitimate religious excuse, and the agency is valid, if Allah wills. Yes.