The ruling on performing Hajj on behalf of another person for a fee, for one who has debts
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Question:
The questioner says: I am a man with debts that have accumulated on me, and I want to perform Hajj on behalf of someone else for a fee. What is the ruling on that?
Answer:
This is not permissible. If his intention in performing Hajj is to take the money and earn a livelihood through Hajj, this is not permissible. Hajj is not a field for worldly earnings. Hajj is an act of worship. One performs it with the intention of worship and with the intention of benefiting his brother for whom he is acting as a proxy, and he uses the money for his expenses during the Hajj. As for performing Hajj for the sake of greed and for the sake of money, this is not permissible, and his Hajj may also be invalid.
The questioner says: I am a man with debts that have accumulated on me, and I want to perform Hajj on behalf of someone else for a fee. What is the ruling on that?
Answer:
This is not permissible. If his intention in performing Hajj is to take the money and earn a livelihood through Hajj, this is not permissible. Hajj is not a field for worldly earnings. Hajj is an act of worship. One performs it with the intention of worship and with the intention of benefiting his brother for whom he is acting as a proxy, and he uses the money for his expenses during the Hajj. As for performing Hajj for the sake of greed and for the sake of money, this is not permissible, and his Hajj may also be invalid.
Source
أسئلة وأجوبة ي كليات البنات المتوسطة في شقراء — archive.org (43:43)
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