How to Perform Hajj on Behalf of Another
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The questioner:
The questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, I want to perform Hajj on behalf of one of the people, so how do I carry out the rituals of Hajj? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
It is like your Hajj for yourself, exactly the same with the intention, like your Hajj for yourself. You chant the talbiyah on his behalf for 'Umrah if you intended 'Umrah for him, or for Hajj, for Hajj, and likewise the tawaf, the sa'y, and the ramy al-jamarat, all of it is like for yourself, and the intention is for the other person.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
If Allah wills, if his intention is sound, he will have a reward. If the person for whom Hajj is being performed is dead or unable, such as a very old man, a very old woman, or a person suffering from an illness from which recovery is not expected, this is the one for whom Hajj is performed: either a dead person, or a martyr, or one with a great inability that prevents him from performing Hajj, or a person suffering from an illness from which recovery is not expected that prevents him from performing Hajj. This is the one for whom Hajj is performed.
The questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh, I want to perform Hajj on behalf of one of the people, so how do I carry out the rituals of Hajj? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
It is like your Hajj for yourself, exactly the same with the intention, like your Hajj for yourself. You chant the talbiyah on his behalf for 'Umrah if you intended 'Umrah for him, or for Hajj, for Hajj, and likewise the tawaf, the sa'y, and the ramy al-jamarat, all of it is like for yourself, and the intention is for the other person.
The questioner:
Yes.
The Shaykh:
If Allah wills, if his intention is sound, he will have a reward. If the person for whom Hajj is being performed is dead or unable, such as a very old man, a very old woman, or a person suffering from an illness from which recovery is not expected, this is the one for whom Hajj is performed: either a dead person, or a martyr, or one with a great inability that prevents him from performing Hajj, or a person suffering from an illness from which recovery is not expected that prevents him from performing Hajj. This is the one for whom Hajj is performed.
Source
فتاوى الحج 1410 هـ - 2 — archive.org (46:21)
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