The guardian’s circumambulation of the Ka'bah carrying a non-distinguishing child

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If the guardian enters the state of ihram on behalf of a child who is not yet of the age of discernment, and then he wants to perform the tawaf (circumambulation) with the child being carried, is this sufficient? Or is it necessary for the child to perform the tawaf himself?

Answer:
How can he perform the tawaf himself when he is not of the age of discernment? He is not able to; he carries him with him. However, some of the jurists say that he performs the tawaf with the intention that it is for the boy, and then he returns and performs the tawaf for himself a second time. And some of the jurists say no, he performs the tawaf once for himself and for the boy; because there is no evidence that he performs it twice, once for himself and once for the boy. There is no evidence for this, and it involves hardship, especially in our times of severe crowding and danger. So in this, there is a facilitation for the people: he performs the tawaf once for himself and for the boy. That is, the boy is carried while he is walking; this is his tawaf for him, and this is his tawaf for himself. There is nothing wrong with it. Yes.