If one performs Hajj or 'Umrah on behalf of another, is the reward of his Hajj or 'Umrah for the other person the same as that of the one for whom it was performed?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. A questioner says: If one performs Hajj or 'Umrah on behalf of another, is the reward of his Hajj or 'Umrah for the other person the same as that of the one for whom it was performed?
Answer:
The rites of the pilgrimage are for the person on whose behalf they are performed. As for other acts, such as praying in the Sacred Mosque, making du'a' at 'Arafah and at Muzdalifah, the talbiyah, and all voluntary prayers and obligatory prayers, they are for himself. The deceased or the person on whose behalf they are performed only gets the rites of the pilgrimage. Yes, and anything beyond that is for the one who performed it. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. A questioner says: If one performs Hajj or 'Umrah on behalf of another, is the reward of his Hajj or 'Umrah for the other person the same as that of the one for whom it was performed?
Answer:
The rites of the pilgrimage are for the person on whose behalf they are performed. As for other acts, such as praying in the Sacred Mosque, making du'a' at 'Arafah and at Muzdalifah, the talbiyah, and all voluntary prayers and obligatory prayers, they are for himself. The deceased or the person on whose behalf they are performed only gets the rites of the pilgrimage. Yes, and anything beyond that is for the one who performed it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [710 -954] من حج عن غيره أو اعتمر، هل يكتب له ثواب حجه أو عمرته عن الغير مثل ذلك الذي أداها عنه؟ — youtube.com
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