The Pilgrimage of the Child and the Circumambulation of the Carried Person

The Shaykh:
There is no harm, make sure, please.

The questioner:
May Allah reward you. In the third question, he says: I have a small child, and I want to perform the Hajj on behalf of my deceased brother, or on behalf of our deceased brother, and I did everything that is required.

The Shaykh:
The Hajj of the child is not something you imagine; the Hajj of the child is for him. If you intend it for him, his Hajj is a voluntary one, and you must intend it for him if he is small, or if he has reached seven years of age, you teach him and his Hajj is for him as well. He is the one who performs the circumambulation, the walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah, and the stoning of the pillars. And for what he is unable to do, such as the stoning, you do it on his behalf. The small child under seven is carried while he travels, and his Hajj is for him. You do not give it to anyone, not your father, not your brother, nor anyone else; his Hajj is for him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his hand to a boy and asked, "Does the Hajj of this one count?" He said, "Yes, and you will have a reward." The Hajj of the boy is for him, and the Hajj of the girl is for her. Yes.

The questioner:
The circumambulation of the carried person, the circumambulation of the carried person.

The Shaykh:
The correct view is that it is done on behalf of the one being carried and the pregnant woman; this is the correct view. And if he performs the circumambulation for himself alone and for the carried person alone, that is a way out of the scholarly disagreement and is good. The correct view is that it is done on behalf of both. If he performs the circumambulation for himself and for the carried person, that is sufficient; this is the correct view. Yes.