The Hajj of the Small Child and His Ihram
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Question:
This questioner says: I performed Hajj with my family, and I had with me a child under the age of five. I put him in ihram from the miqat for 'Umrah, combining it with Hajj (tamattu'). I made him do everything that is obligatory, and I dedicated the Hajj to one of our deceased relatives. What is the ruling on this? May Allah reward you with good. Is his Hajj valid?
Answer:
If you intended it on his behalf, and you performed the acts of Hajj with him, you circumambulated with him, and you walked between al-Safa and al-Marwah with him, there is nothing wrong with this. It will count as a voluntary Hajj for him, a voluntary Hajj; because it is established in the authentic hadith that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) So if you intend it on behalf of the small child, whether he is five years old, or four, or six, or seven, or older, as long as he has not reached puberty, his Hajj is valid. However, it does not fulfill the obligatory requirement. When he reaches puberty, he must perform the obligatory Hajj if he is able. And you will be rewarded if you taught him the Hajj, if you circumambulated with him when he was small, if you walked with him, and if you intended it on his behalf, all of this is good. And if he is able to walk, say seven or eight years old, and he is able, then you walking with him during the circumambulation and the walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah is also sufficient. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
This questioner says: I performed Hajj with my family, and I had with me a child under the age of five. I put him in ihram from the miqat for 'Umrah, combining it with Hajj (tamattu'). I made him do everything that is obligatory, and I dedicated the Hajj to one of our deceased relatives. What is the ruling on this? May Allah reward you with good. Is his Hajj valid?
Answer:
If you intended it on his behalf, and you performed the acts of Hajj with him, you circumambulated with him, and you walked between al-Safa and al-Marwah with him, there is nothing wrong with this. It will count as a voluntary Hajj for him, a voluntary Hajj; because it is established in the authentic hadith that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
He passed by a group of people on the road, and with them was a woman. She lifted her hands holding a child and said: O Messenger of Allah, is this a Hajj? She said: Yes, and you will have a reward.
مر على قوم في الطريق، ومعهم امرأة، فرفعت يديها صبيا، قالت يا رسول الله، هل هذا حج؟ قالت نعم، ولك أجر،The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
فتاوى الحج 1410 هـ - 9 — archive.org (36:52)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.