The ruling on performing Hajj on behalf of an elderly person
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I have an elderly grandmother who is unable to perform Hajj. Is it permissible for me to perform Hajj on her behalf?
Answer:
Is it a voluntary Hajj or an obligatory one? If it is obligatory, and she is unable to ride in a car or an airplane, then perform the obligatory Hajj on her behalf. As for the voluntary Hajj, agency does not apply to it, because there is no evidence in the proofs that one performs Hajj on behalf of another person who is alive for a voluntary Hajj; it is only mentioned for the obligatory one. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I have an elderly grandmother who is unable to perform Hajj. Is it permissible for me to perform Hajj on her behalf?
Answer:
Is it a voluntary Hajj or an obligatory one? If it is obligatory, and she is unable to ride in a car or an airplane, then perform the obligatory Hajj on her behalf. As for the voluntary Hajj, agency does not apply to it, because there is no evidence in the proofs that one performs Hajj on behalf of another person who is alive for a voluntary Hajj; it is only mentioned for the obligatory one. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4464] حكم الحج عن الحي الكبير في السن - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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