The Ruling on Appointing Another to Perform Voluntary Hajj and Voluntary 'Umrah

Question:
May Allah reward you. If a Muslim has already performed the obligatory Hajj and 'Umrah, is it permissible for him to appoint another person to perform the voluntary Hajj and the voluntary 'Umrah?

Answer:
This has not been transmitted. There is no report that representation is valid for voluntary Hajj or 'Umrah; it is only reported for the obligatory ones. When a woman asked whether her father had reached the age of the obligatory Hajj, and he was an old man who could not stay steady on the mount, should she perform Hajj on his behalf? He said, “Yes, perform Hajj for your father and 'Umrah.” The obligatory duty of Allah had come upon him, and it is obligatory. Likewise, 'Umrah al-Islam is also obligatory; if he is unable to perform it himself, he appoints someone to perform Hajj for him. As for voluntary Hajj and voluntary 'Umrah, people are lenient in this matter and analogize it to the obligatory ones, but there is no evidence for it. Yes.