What reward does one receive for performing Hajj on behalf of another?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I have previously performed the obligatory Hajj, and I want to perform a voluntary Hajj. He says: I have previously performed the obligatory Hajj, and I want to perform a voluntary Hajj on behalf of one of my relatives. His question is: Does the saying of the MessengerMishkat al-Masabih 2507 apply to me?
Answer:
Yes, just as you do it for yourself, you do it for the one on whose behalf you are performing it. You receive the reward for what is in addition to the rituals, such as supplication at 'Arafah, supplication at Muzdalifah, and the prayers; the reward for these is for you in the sacred sites. However, for the one on whose behalf you are performing it, it is only the rituals. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I have previously performed the obligatory Hajj, and I want to perform a voluntary Hajj. He says: I have previously performed the obligatory Hajj, and I want to perform a voluntary Hajj on behalf of one of my relatives. His question is: Does the saying of the Messenger
God’s messenger as saying, “If anyone performs the pilgrimage for God’s sake without talking immodestly or acting wickedly, he will return [free from sin] as on the day his mother bore him.”
صلى الله عليه وسلم من حج فلم يرفث ولم يفسق رجع كيوم ولدته أمهAnswer:
Yes, just as you do it for yourself, you do it for the one on whose behalf you are performing it. You receive the reward for what is in addition to the rituals, such as supplication at 'Arafah, supplication at Muzdalifah, and the prayers; the reward for these is for you in the sacred sites. However, for the one on whose behalf you are performing it, it is only the rituals. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2355 -3022] من حج عن الغير ماذا يناله من الأجر؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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