The Ruling on Assisting One’s Mother in Sa’y

The questioner:
I said: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I want to perform Hajj this year, if Allah wills, and the type of Hajj is tamattu’ (combining 'Umrah and Hajj with a break between them). However, I will perform 'Umrah, and then my father and mother will come. Is it permissible for me to be with my mother during the sa’y (walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah) and assist her in the sa’y?

The Shaykh:
In the month of 'Umrah, I mean, is it permissible?

The questioner:
He says: Is it permissible for me to be with my mother during the sa’y and assist her in the sa’y, knowing that this sa’y is not a sa’y of worship for me, but only for the sake of assisting my mother?

The Shaykh:
There is no obstacle. You may be with your mother and assist her, even if you did not intend the sa’y for yourself. You will receive reward for this, and you will have done an act of dutifulness to her.