The Ruling on Taking a Fee for Hajj and the Excess

Question:
What is the ruling on taking a fee for Hajj if one is acting as a proxy for another person? And what is the ruling on taking more than one’s need?

Answer:
This depends on the intention. If his aim is the desire for worldly gain, then he has no Hajj. to the end of the verse; you know the verse. So if his aim when he performs Hajj is desire for gain, he has no Hajj. He should not burden himself; he has nothing but the desire for taking. But if his aim is Hajj and worship, and he takes money to help him with the Hajj and to spend on himself during the Hajj, then there is no harm in that. For this reason, they say: “Whoever performs Hajj to take [money] should not perform Hajj, and whoever takes [money] to perform Hajj, let him take.” As for the one who performs Hajj to take [money], he should not take. And if the one who appointed him gives him something and does not stipulate that he must return the excess, it is his. If he did not stipulate that he must return the excess, it is his. Yes.