The deceased’s knowledge of Hajj performed on his behalf
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The questioner:
The questioner says: After the greeting of peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah, I intended to perform Hajj, Your Eminence the Shaykh, on behalf of a brother of mine who has passed away. Does the deceased know that I performed Hajj on his behalf?
The Shaykh:
Allah knows best.
The questioner:
I have spoken about myself.
The Shaykh:
He who is better than the deceased knows that; the Lord, Exalted and Majestic is He, knows it, and He will reward you. He is the One who commanded you to do this. Your Hajj is good and a righteous deed, and Allah knows it. Your brother will benefit from it, he will benefit from it, and he will be rewarded for it, even if he did not know about it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner says: After the greeting of peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah, I intended to perform Hajj, Your Eminence the Shaykh, on behalf of a brother of mine who has passed away. Does the deceased know that I performed Hajj on his behalf?
The Shaykh:
Allah knows best.
The questioner:
I have spoken about myself.
The Shaykh:
He who is better than the deceased knows that; the Lord, Exalted and Majestic is He, knows it, and He will reward you. He is the One who commanded you to do this. Your Hajj is good and a righteous deed, and Allah knows it. Your brother will benefit from it, he will benefit from it, and he will be rewarded for it, even if he did not know about it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
فتاوى الحج 1410 هـ - 2 — archive.org (57:23)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.