Agency in Hajj on Behalf of the Incapable and Taking a Fee
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, regarding Hajj, if a person is unable to perform Hajj due to an illness that has persisted for years, may he appoint someone to perform Hajj on his behalf and pay him part of the fee?
Answer:
If Hajj is obligatory, and he is of the opinion that he absolutely cannot perform it, nor in the future, that he is unable, or unable in a way that prevents him from traveling, or if he is an old man who is decrepit, then he appoints someone to perform Hajj on his behalf, on the condition that the deputy has first performed Hajj for himself. As for taking money, if the deputy’s intention is the money, then he has no Hajj. But if his intention is Hajj and worship, and he takes the money to help him with the worship, then there is no harm in that. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, regarding Hajj, if a person is unable to perform Hajj due to an illness that has persisted for years, may he appoint someone to perform Hajj on his behalf and pay him part of the fee?
Answer:
If Hajj is obligatory, and he is of the opinion that he absolutely cannot perform it, nor in the future, that he is unable, or unable in a way that prevents him from traveling, or if he is an old man who is decrepit, then he appoints someone to perform Hajj on his behalf, on the condition that the deputy has first performed Hajj for himself. As for taking money, if the deputy’s intention is the money, then he has no Hajj. But if his intention is Hajj and worship, and he takes the money to help him with the worship, then there is no harm in that. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (059) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1435-07-22] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (40:47)
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