My father asked me to perform a voluntary Hajj on his behalf this year, as he has performed Hajj once but doubts whether he performed its rituals correctly and completely.

The questioner : A questioner says: “Shaykh, my father asked me to perform a voluntary Hajj on his behalf this year, as he has performed Hajj once but doubts whether he performed its rituals correctly and completely. He is financially able to perform Hajj, but physically unable. Should I perform Hajj on his behalf, given that I have already performed Hajj for myself?”

The Shaykh : There is no harm in performing Hajj on behalf of his father in this situation. However, his statement that he does not know about the obligatory Hajj is not accepted. He must specify what happened, because what happened may have been the omission of an obligatory act that can be compensated with a sacrifice, even now. The father must be asked to detail what he neglected so that the matter becomes clear, because if he neglected an obligatory act, his son’s Hajj on his behalf will not suffice or benefit. I hope this father and the son will detail what the deficiency was, so that it may be compensated now. As for if the father is able to perform Hajj with his own body and tells his son, “Perform Hajj for me,” he should not perform it for him. Just as if he told his son, “Pray for me,” he would not pray for him. Hajj is an act of worship, and delegation in Hajj is not established except for the obligatory Hajj for the incapable. Be careful, my brothers! Delegation in Hajj is not established except for the obligatory Hajj for the incapable, like the woman who said: . And the other said: . As for a person who sits in his house, lives with his family, and sleeps on sofas, then tells someone, “Perform Hajj for me,” that does not work. Hajj is an act of worship. A person must feel in his heart that he is worshipping Allah with it and drawing near to Allah with it. Yes.