The ruling on stipulating a specific fee for performing Hajj on behalf of another
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on taking a fee for performing Hajj on behalf of a person, with the stipulation of a specific amount?
Answer:
It is not permissible to stipulate a fee. This is seeking money, taking Hajj as a means to money. And if you make worship a means to money, it is invalid. If he is performing Hajj for the sake of the fee, then he has no Hajj.[Hud 11:15-16]
As for if he performs Hajj for the sake of Hajj and worship, and asks for a wage to benefit his brother and takes money to help him with the Hajj, there is no harm. For this reason, they said: "Whoever performs Hajj to take [money], he does not perform Hajj; and whoever takes [money] to perform Hajj, he takes to perform Hajj, so let him perform Hajj." Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on taking a fee for performing Hajj on behalf of a person, with the stipulation of a specific amount?
Answer:
It is not permissible to stipulate a fee. This is seeking money, taking Hajj as a means to money. And if you make worship a means to money, it is invalid. If he is performing Hajj for the sake of the fee, then he has no Hajj.
desires the life of this world and its adornments - We fully repay them for their deeds therein, and they therein will not be deprived. (16) Those are the ones for whom there is not in the Hereafter but the Fire. And lost is what they
يُرِيدُ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتَهَا نُوَفِّ إِلَيْهِمْ أَعْمَالَهُمْ فِيهَا وَهُمْ فِيهَا لَا يُبْخَسُونَ أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا النَّارُ وَحَبِطَ مَا صَنَعُواAs for if he performs Hajj for the sake of Hajj and worship, and asks for a wage to benefit his brother and takes money to help him with the Hajj, there is no harm. For this reason, they said: "Whoever performs Hajj to take [money], he does not perform Hajj; and whoever takes [money] to perform Hajj, he takes to perform Hajj, so let him perform Hajj." Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3462] حكم اشتراط أجرة معينة للحج عن الغير - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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