The ruling on taking a small girl along on Hajj
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The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And peace be upon you and Allah's mercy. May Allah keep you safe.
The questioner : May Allah lengthen your life. We want to perform Hajj, if Allah wills, this year.
The Shaykh : If Allah the Exalted wills.
The questioner : My family and I, and a small daughter who is ten or eleven months old, if Allah wills. So, does this girl have to do what the pilgrim has to do?
The Shaykh : No, she has no obligation.
The questioner : Regarding covering the head or something like that.
The Shaykh : No, I see that you should not let her enter the state of ihram. I see that you should not let her enter the state of ihram.
The questioner : We do not put her in ihram at all.
The Shaykh : Because it is difficult for you and for her, and you know that these seasons involve severe crowding and fatigue. And praise be to Allah, Hajj is not obligatory for her; it is not required.
The questioner : We want to recommend that she come with us.
The Shaykh : She can go with you; there is no violation and no prohibition.
The questioner : There is no prohibition.
The Shaykh : She goes with you without ihram.
The questioner : Okay, and during the tawaf, for example, we put diapers or things like that on her, and she might be soiled or wet, for example. Does this, for example, harm us in any way?
The Shaykh : No.
The questioner : Does she come next year?
The Shaykh : No, no, she wears whatever she wants.
The questioner : She wears diapers, I mean. Okay, and if we put her in ihram and it is difficult for her?
The Shaykh : I do not advise you to do so, because it entails tawaf, sa'y, and stoning the pillars for her. Yes.
The questioner : We stone the pillars on her behalf, for example. Ahmad, she is a small girl, a child; we stone the pillars on her behalf.
The Shaykh : But what about the tawaf now? Yes, how do you perform the tawaf?
The questioner : We perform the tawaf with her, for example, we clean her before eating, for example, and we put diapers or things like that on her, and we perform the tawaf with her, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : And does she form the intention?
The questioner : She is a small child.
The Shaykh : Okay, if she does not form the intention, some of the scholars say that the guardian must first perform the tawaf for himself, and then perform it with her second.
The questioner : Where do you perform the tawaf?
The Shaykh : He performs the tawaf with her.
The questioner : A second time.
The Shaykh : With her second, or he hires someone to perform tawaf with her and walk with her.
The questioner : I mean, we recommend that she come with us, and that is all, without ihram.
The Shaykh : Yes, absolutely, without ihram.
The questioner : I mean, she goes through the rituals without intention and such; she goes through the rituals without intention.
The Shaykh : No, by the permission of Allah, nothing is required.
The questioner : I mean, it is as if we are just accompanying her, or that is all. Yes. And if she is soiled or wet, for example, and we perform the tawaf with her, yes. Is there any problem with that?
The Shaykh : There is no problem.
The Shaykh : And peace be upon you and Allah's mercy. May Allah keep you safe.
The questioner : May Allah lengthen your life. We want to perform Hajj, if Allah wills, this year.
The Shaykh : If Allah the Exalted wills.
The questioner : My family and I, and a small daughter who is ten or eleven months old, if Allah wills. So, does this girl have to do what the pilgrim has to do?
The Shaykh : No, she has no obligation.
The questioner : Regarding covering the head or something like that.
The Shaykh : No, I see that you should not let her enter the state of ihram. I see that you should not let her enter the state of ihram.
The questioner : We do not put her in ihram at all.
The Shaykh : Because it is difficult for you and for her, and you know that these seasons involve severe crowding and fatigue. And praise be to Allah, Hajj is not obligatory for her; it is not required.
The questioner : We want to recommend that she come with us.
The Shaykh : She can go with you; there is no violation and no prohibition.
The questioner : There is no prohibition.
The Shaykh : She goes with you without ihram.
The questioner : Okay, and during the tawaf, for example, we put diapers or things like that on her, and she might be soiled or wet, for example. Does this, for example, harm us in any way?
The Shaykh : No.
The questioner : Does she come next year?
The Shaykh : No, no, she wears whatever she wants.
The questioner : She wears diapers, I mean. Okay, and if we put her in ihram and it is difficult for her?
The Shaykh : I do not advise you to do so, because it entails tawaf, sa'y, and stoning the pillars for her. Yes.
The questioner : We stone the pillars on her behalf, for example. Ahmad, she is a small girl, a child; we stone the pillars on her behalf.
The Shaykh : But what about the tawaf now? Yes, how do you perform the tawaf?
The questioner : We perform the tawaf with her, for example, we clean her before eating, for example, and we put diapers or things like that on her, and we perform the tawaf with her, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : And does she form the intention?
The questioner : She is a small child.
The Shaykh : Okay, if she does not form the intention, some of the scholars say that the guardian must first perform the tawaf for himself, and then perform it with her second.
The questioner : Where do you perform the tawaf?
The Shaykh : He performs the tawaf with her.
The questioner : A second time.
The Shaykh : With her second, or he hires someone to perform tawaf with her and walk with her.
The questioner : I mean, we recommend that she come with us, and that is all, without ihram.
The Shaykh : Yes, absolutely, without ihram.
The questioner : I mean, she goes through the rituals without intention and such; she goes through the rituals without intention.
The Shaykh : No, by the permission of Allah, nothing is required.
The questioner : I mean, it is as if we are just accompanying her, or that is all. Yes. And if she is soiled or wet, for example, and we perform the tawaf with her, yes. Is there any problem with that?
The Shaykh : There is no problem.
Source
سؤال من حاج 1407هـ - 1 — binothaimeen.net (24:42)
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