What is the ruling on taking a fee for performing Hajj on behalf of another person?

Question:
The questioner says: I have a debt, and I want to take on a Hajj on behalf of someone else, and I will take a large sum of money for it to pay off the debt. What is Your Eminence’s opinion?

Answer:
There is nothing wrong with taking on a Hajj and performing it, but the intention should be to share in the good while paying off the debt. If your only intention is the debt, or only the money, that is not appropriate. Rather, you should intend to take the money to benefit from it, to share in the good, to attend the Hajj of the Muslims, so that perhaps Allah will forgive you, and perhaps Allah will benefit you through it. Let your intention be good along with taking the money. If the only purpose of the payment is the money, no, let your intention not be the desire for this world, but the desire for the Hereafter, sharing with the Muslims, the desire for Hajj, and good with the Muslims, with the money being secondary. Yes.