The ruling on taking a fee for performing Hajj on behalf of another
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Question:
He says: If I perform Hajj, O Shaykh, on behalf of someone else for a fee, and I receive the fee, and some money remains from this fee, approximately two thousand and one hundred, may I take it?
Answer:
My brother, first, no fee is taken for Hajj because it is an act of worship, and it is not permissible to take a fee for acts of worship. However, you take what the one who appointed you or the one who entrusted you with the task gave you. You take what he gave you, whether it is the amount of the expenses for Hajj, or more, or less. And you seek the reward for the shortfall from Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He.
The important thing is that you do not perform Hajj for the sake of money. As for the one who performs Hajj for the sake of money, his Hajj is not valid. But he performs Hajj and takes the money to help him with the Hajj. For this reason, the scholars said: The one who performs Hajj to take money should not perform Hajj. And the one who takes money to perform Hajj, let him perform Hajj.
The result is that it is not permissible to take a fee, and a person’s desire in acting as a proxy for his Muslim brother in Hajj and 'Umrah should not be for money. Rather, his desire should be for the benefit of his brother and acting on his behalf, especially if the brother is unable or deceased. And he will have a reward for this, because he will pray in al-Masjid al-Haram, and he will stand at the sacred sites, and he will make du'a' and participate with the pilgrims in their works. So the proxy performs the rites for the one on whose behalf he acts, and whatever exceeds that, he is rewarded for it, and this is better than this world and what is in it. And there is no harm in his taking from the money what helps him with the Hajj. And if the one who gave him the money said to him, “Take from it the amount of your expenses for the Hajj,” then he returns the rest. But if he gave him the money and said nothing, then he takes all of what was given to him, because he allowed him to do so and did not ask for anything to be returned. Yes.
He says: If I perform Hajj, O Shaykh, on behalf of someone else for a fee, and I receive the fee, and some money remains from this fee, approximately two thousand and one hundred, may I take it?
Answer:
My brother, first, no fee is taken for Hajj because it is an act of worship, and it is not permissible to take a fee for acts of worship. However, you take what the one who appointed you or the one who entrusted you with the task gave you. You take what he gave you, whether it is the amount of the expenses for Hajj, or more, or less. And you seek the reward for the shortfall from Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He.
The important thing is that you do not perform Hajj for the sake of money. As for the one who performs Hajj for the sake of money, his Hajj is not valid. But he performs Hajj and takes the money to help him with the Hajj. For this reason, the scholars said: The one who performs Hajj to take money should not perform Hajj. And the one who takes money to perform Hajj, let him perform Hajj.
The result is that it is not permissible to take a fee, and a person’s desire in acting as a proxy for his Muslim brother in Hajj and 'Umrah should not be for money. Rather, his desire should be for the benefit of his brother and acting on his behalf, especially if the brother is unable or deceased. And he will have a reward for this, because he will pray in al-Masjid al-Haram, and he will stand at the sacred sites, and he will make du'a' and participate with the pilgrims in their works. So the proxy performs the rites for the one on whose behalf he acts, and whatever exceeds that, he is rewarded for it, and this is better than this world and what is in it. And there is no harm in his taking from the money what helps him with the Hajj. And if the one who gave him the money said to him, “Take from it the amount of your expenses for the Hajj,” then he returns the rest. But if he gave him the money and said nothing, then he takes all of what was given to him, because he allowed him to do so and did not ask for anything to be returned. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، حكم أخذ الأجرة مقابل الحج عن الغير - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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