Hajj on behalf of a deceased person: is it better than charity?
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Question:
Yes. May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh Abu Abd al-Wahhab from Riyadh, please go ahead, Abu Abd al-Wahhab, please go ahead. Yes, peace be upon you. Peace be upon you. Honorable Shaykh, if you please, if a person has passed away, what is better for us to do for him: perform Hajj for him if he did not perform it, or give ongoing charity on his behalf instead of Hajj?
Answer:
No. If he did not perform Hajj, if he did not perform it, then Hajj is performed on his behalf as the Hajj of Islam to clear his conscience. Yes.
Yes. May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh Abu Abd al-Wahhab from Riyadh, please go ahead, Abu Abd al-Wahhab, please go ahead. Yes, peace be upon you. Peace be upon you. Honorable Shaykh, if you please, if a person has passed away, what is better for us to do for him: perform Hajj for him if he did not perform it, or give ongoing charity on his behalf instead of Hajj?
Answer:
No. If he did not perform Hajj, if he did not perform it, then Hajj is performed on his behalf as the Hajj of Islam to clear his conscience. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، الحج عن الميت أفضل أم الصدقة؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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