The ruling on performing 'Umrah on behalf of a deceased person after his death
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The questioner:
And regarding the Year of the Elephant, the questioner asks: What is the ruling on what some people do, which is performing 'Umrah for a deceased person after his death? They take his sons and his brothers after his death to perform 'Umrah on his behalf?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
And among the forms, for every questioner, what is the greatest thing some people do is performing 'Umrah for a deceased person after his death, because they take his sons and his brothers after his death to perform 'Umrah, meaning.
The Shaykh:
The default is that it is prescribed to perform Hajj and 'Umrah on behalf of a deceased person, because that benefits him, with the permission of Allah. However, linking it to death, linking it to death, and that they perform 'Umrah for him at the time of his death, and this becomes a custom, this has no basis. They consider it for him at any time, in any year, there is no harm. As for linking it to the time of death, they go after his death immediately and perform 'Umrah for him, this has no basis. This is a commitment with no basis. Yes.
And regarding the Year of the Elephant, the questioner asks: What is the ruling on what some people do, which is performing 'Umrah for a deceased person after his death? They take his sons and his brothers after his death to perform 'Umrah on his behalf?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
And among the forms, for every questioner, what is the greatest thing some people do is performing 'Umrah for a deceased person after his death, because they take his sons and his brothers after his death to perform 'Umrah, meaning.
The Shaykh:
The default is that it is prescribed to perform Hajj and 'Umrah on behalf of a deceased person, because that benefits him, with the permission of Allah. However, linking it to death, linking it to death, and that they perform 'Umrah for him at the time of his death, and this becomes a custom, this has no basis. They consider it for him at any time, in any year, there is no harm. As for linking it to the time of death, they go after his death immediately and perform 'Umrah for him, this has no basis. This is a commitment with no basis. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 062 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / البيع / الشركة / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:02:58)
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