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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Hajj on behalf of a deceased father

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The questioner:
My father passed away, and he had performed Hajj to the House. If I were to do something on his behalf, would he benefit from it? My father passed away, and he had performed Hajj to the House. If I were to perform Hajj on his behalf, would he benefit from it?

The Shaykh:
I performed Hajj.

The questioner:
If I were to perform Hajj on his behalf, would he benefit from it?

The Shaykh:
Yes. If you perform Hajj on his behalf, it is a great act of devotion that benefits the deceased, as does making du'a for him and giving charity on his behalf. All of these benefit you. Yes.
Source فتاوى الحج 1410 هـ - 17-أخرى — archive.org (50:19)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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