My mother does not know how to pray, and she does not pray except on Fridays with the women in the mosque, so I performed the obligatory Hajj on her behalf. Is my Hajj valid?
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Question:
He asks and says: I performed the obligatory Hajj for myself and then for my mother, but my mother was ignorant and did not know how to pray, and she did not pray except on Fridays with the women in the mosque. Is this Hajj valid for her or not? Please inform us. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions. To proceed: Hajj is only valid and sufficient for one who upholds the pillars of Islam, especially the prayer, which is the pillar of Islam, and whoever abandons it has committed disbelief, the major disbelief that expels one from the religion. The saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), along with other evidence regarding the disbelief of one who intentionally abandons prayer, means that Hajj is not permissible, whether performed directly or not, and Hajj is not sufficient, whether performed directly or on behalf of one who does not pray. If your mother intentionally abandons prayer, and she is of sound mind and intellect, then Hajj is not valid on her behalf. If she repents to Allah and establishes the prayer in the correct manner, then it is considered: if she is able to perform Hajj herself, then she should perform the Hajj of Islam herself and perform Hajj directly, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted [Ali 'Imran 3:97]. So whoever is able to find the way to Hajj, it is obligatory for him to do so once in a lifetime; it is an individual obligation for every Muslim. However, if she is unable to perform Hajj and is incapable of performing it directly, with a continuous incapacity that is not expected to end, then there is no harm in someone performing Hajj on her behalf and acting as her proxy in Hajj, but she must be maintaining the prayer. Yes.
He asks and says: I performed the obligatory Hajj for myself and then for my mother, but my mother was ignorant and did not know how to pray, and she did not pray except on Fridays with the women in the mosque. Is this Hajj valid for her or not? Please inform us. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions. To proceed: Hajj is only valid and sufficient for one who upholds the pillars of Islam, especially the prayer, which is the pillar of Islam, and whoever abandons it has committed disbelief, the major disbelief that expels one from the religion. The saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
Between the servant and disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah) is abandoning prayer
بين العبد وبين الكفر والشرك ترك الصلاةAnd [due] to Allah from the people is a pilgrimage to the House - for whoever is able to find thereto a way
وَلِلَّهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ حِجُّ الْبَيْتِ مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، والدتي لا تعرف تصلي، ولا تصلي إلا الجمعة مع النساء في المسجد، فأديت فريضة الحج عنها، فهل حجي صحيح؟ — youtube.com
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