Is it valid to perform Hajj on behalf of a healthy person who cannot afford the cost of Hajj?
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Question:
The fatwa number is [missing]. The questioner says: I was on an official mission to Saudi Arabia during the blessed period of Hajj. Given my financial situation and the inability to arrange the costs of Hajj, and since I do not expect to be able to provide for my wife, is it permissible for me to perform the obligatory Hajj on behalf of my wife, who is alive, healthy, and residing in Egypt, but who is poor and does not expect to be able to arrange the cost of Hajj, either currently or in the future? Answer:
Answer:
If your wife is, as you stated, alive and healthy, then your Hajj on her behalf is not valid. Moreover, Hajj is not obligatory upon her as long as she is unable to perform it due to her poverty, or due to the lack of a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to travel with her. We ask Allah to grant you both success and ease.
The fatwa number is [missing]. The questioner says: I was on an official mission to Saudi Arabia during the blessed period of Hajj. Given my financial situation and the inability to arrange the costs of Hajj, and since I do not expect to be able to provide for my wife, is it permissible for me to perform the obligatory Hajj on behalf of my wife, who is alive, healthy, and residing in Egypt, but who is poor and does not expect to be able to arrange the cost of Hajj, either currently or in the future? Answer:
Answer:
If your wife is, as you stated, alive and healthy, then your Hajj on her behalf is not valid. Moreover, Hajj is not obligatory upon her as long as she is unable to perform it due to her poverty, or due to the lack of a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to travel with her. We ask Allah to grant you both success and ease.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 15 هل يصح الحج عن الصحيح الذي لا يملك نفقة الحج؟ للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com
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