Hajj on behalf of a deceased father who was unable to perform it

Machine translationRead the Arabic original

The questioner:
My father passed away without having performed Hajj because he was unable to do so. I now wish to perform Hajj on his behalf. Should I perform Hajj for him, or should I give charity?

The Shaykh:
Perform Hajj for him. Perform Hajj for him. This is an act of dutifulness toward him. This is an act of dutifulness toward him. Yes.

The questioner:
May Allah reward you?

The Shaykh:
A man asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about his father, or

Allah has made Hajj obligatory

أدركته فريضة الله في الحج

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 928Sahih (Darussalam)

he is unable to stay on the mount, so should I perform Hajj on his behalf?

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: Abu Hurairah narrated that a man came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: I had a dream last night, and he then mentioned it. So Abu Bakr interpreted it. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: You are partly right and partly wrong. He then said: I adjure you, Messenger of Allah, may my father be sacrificed on you, do tell me the mistake I have committed. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Do not adjure.

فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم حج عن أبيك واعتمر.

Sunan Abi Dawud 3268Sahih (Al-Albani)

In another narration,

Don't you think that if your father owed a debt you would pay it off?' The man said: 'Yes.' He said:

أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ كَانَ عَلَى أَبِيكَ دَيْنٌ أَكُنْتَ قَاضِيَهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ

Sunan an-Nasa'i 2639Hasan (Darussalam)

Allah has more right to be obeyed.

Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-068-صفة الحج|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (57:34)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

Flag this fatwa