Is it permissible for a person who performs Hajj on behalf of another to take what remains of the Hajj expenses?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man performed Hajj to the House of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, on behalf of another person. The other person gave him a sum of money, but he performed Hajj with half of it. Is it permissible for him to take the remainder? If the owner of the money stipulated that he must return the rest,
Answer:
he must return it. But if he did not stipulate that, it belongs to him, because the owner gave it to him and did not stipulate its return. Yes. Or if he said to him, “Perform Hajj, and your expenses are on me,” meaning his expenses for the Hajj are on him, then he takes the amount he spent and returns the rest. But if he gave him the money and said nothing about any of this, it belongs to him. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A man performed Hajj to the House of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, on behalf of another person. The other person gave him a sum of money, but he performed Hajj with half of it. Is it permissible for him to take the remainder? If the owner of the money stipulated that he must return the rest,
Answer:
he must return it. But if he did not stipulate that, it belongs to him, because the owner gave it to him and did not stipulate its return. Yes. Or if he said to him, “Perform Hajj, and your expenses are on me,” meaning his expenses for the Hajj are on him, then he takes the amount he spent and returns the rest. But if he gave him the money and said nothing about any of this, it belongs to him. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2787 -2802] هل يجوز لشخص حج عن آخر بالنيابة أخذ ما تبقى من نفقة الحج ؟ — youtube.com
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