The ruling on performing Hajj on behalf of one who died while slaughtering for the jinn and not praying
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Question:
I say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a person who does not fast or pray in his life, and he slaughters for the jinn, and he died in that state. Is it permissible for a relative to perform Hajj on his behalf?
Answer:
Even if he had prayed while slaughtering for the jinn, his fasting and his prayer would be of no account, because he is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah). He slaughters for other than Allah; this is shirk (associating partners with Allah). Whether he fasted or did not fast, whether he prayed or did not pray, until he repents to Allah the Exalted and makes his worship sincere for Allah the Exalted. If he dies in this state, slaughtering for the jinn, it is not permissible for you to perform Hajj on his behalf, because he died other than in Islam.
I say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a person who does not fast or pray in his life, and he slaughters for the jinn, and he died in that state. Is it permissible for a relative to perform Hajj on his behalf?
Answer:
Even if he had prayed while slaughtering for the jinn, his fasting and his prayer would be of no account, because he is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah). He slaughters for other than Allah; this is shirk (associating partners with Allah). Whether he fasted or did not fast, whether he prayed or did not pray, until he repents to Allah the Exalted and makes his worship sincere for Allah the Exalted. If he dies in this state, slaughtering for the jinn, it is not permissible for you to perform Hajj on his behalf, because he died other than in Islam.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/58 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:12:41)
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