Is it permissible to take money for performing Hajj on behalf of others?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: In some years, Hajj trips are offered to me for amounts of four thousand, and sometimes five thousand, Hajj trips, Hajj trips. Yes. May Allah reward you. He says: In some years, Hajj trips are offered to me for amounts of four thousand, and sometimes five thousand. Is it permissible to take this for Hajj? And is it permissible to take the general costs of Hajj, such as the cost of transportation and the cost of the sacrificial animal?

Answer:
Acting as a proxy in Hajj is prescribed when there is a need. If the proxy takes some money to provision himself for his journey and spends it on the costs of Hajj, such as fares, transportation, and slaughtering the sacrificial animal, there is no harm in that; because this helps in performing Hajj. If he has some left over and the person who paid him did not ask for it back, then it is his; because the owner allowed it and did not say, "Return the remainder to us." He paid you the amount and said, "Perform Hajj from it, and if anything remains, dispose of it, and if you spend it all, there is no harm." However, if you perform Hajj for the sake of the money, that is not permissible, and you have no valid Hajj. If your intention is the money and your intention is greed for this world, do not perform Hajj, because your Hajj is not valid, because this is seeking the world through the deeds of the Hereafter. And Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says: The Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (may Allah have mercy on him) established a chapter in his book al-Tawhid, saying: "A chapter on shirk (associating partners with Allah) is a person's desire for the world through his deeds," and he mentioned this verse. So the important thing is the intention. If your intention is the money, do not trouble yourself; do not perform Hajj. But if your intention is Hajj and you take the money to help you with the Hajj, there is no harm. For this reason, the scholars say: "Whoever performs Hajj to take [money] should not perform Hajj, and whoever takes [money] to perform Hajj, let him take." There is a difference between the two phrases: "Whoever takes to perform Hajj, let him take," whereas the opposite, "Whoever performs Hajj to take, should not perform Hajj."