Giving up one’s place in the Hajj lottery for one’s father
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner from outside this country says: In our country, Hajj is arranged through a lottery system. I promised my father that if I won the lottery, I would give up my place to him. Is it permissible for me to give up to my father the place I won in the lottery for the obligatory Hajj?
Answer:
Yes, this is an act of selflessness; you preferred him over yourself, and this is a good thing. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner from outside this country says: In our country, Hajj is arranged through a lottery system. I promised my father that if I won the lottery, I would give up my place to him. Is it permissible for me to give up to my father the place I won in the lottery for the obligatory Hajj?
Answer:
Yes, this is an act of selflessness; you preferred him over yourself, and this is a good thing. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 108 من 108/شرح كتاب إغاثة اللهفان في مصائد الشيطان/الشحوم/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:03:33)
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