The Ruling on Performing Hajj on Behalf of a Deceased Person
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Your Eminence! If a person dies without having performed the Hajj of Islam, and his son performs Hajj on his behalf, and after performing the Hajj of Islam for this living person, he performs three or four Hajjs on behalf of his father or mother,So someone came who criticized him and said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not guide us to performing many Hajjs for the deceased. What is your opinion?
I agree with the one who criticized him,And I say: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not guide his Ummah to perform Hajj on behalf of a deceased person except for the obligatory Hajj, as established in the authentic hadith. Performing Hajj on behalf of parents as a voluntary act is not mentioned at all,But despite that, we do not say: It is forbidden,Rather, we say: Leaving it is better,And it is necessary for us to know an important issue: and that is that supplicating for the deceased is better than giving charity on his behalf, and better than performing Hajj for him, and better than sacrificing an animal for him. The evidence for this is that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (When a person dies, his deeds are cut off except for three: ongoing charity, knowledge that benefits people, or a righteous child who supplicates for him) and he did not say: or a righteous child who performs deeds for him, even though the subject of the hadith is deeds: (When a person dies, his deeds are cut off except for three: ongoing charity, knowledge that benefits people, or a righteous child who supplicates for him) and he did not say: or a righteous child who prays for him, or fasts for him, or gives charity for him, or performs Hajj for him, ever. And this is what some of the common people are currently preoccupied with,He makes everything for his parents: If he gives charity, he says: for the father and mother,And if he sacrifices, he says: for the father and mother,And if he performs Hajj, he says: for the father and mother, this is a mistake,We say: You are now in need of righteous deeds, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has guided you to supplication.
The questioner: O Shaykh, he is currently performing 'Umrah as a Tamattu' 'Umrah for Hajj,Meaning: What does he do now, in the present time, after performing 'Umrah as a Tamattu' 'Umrah for Hajj, intending it for his mother?
The Shaykh: He makes the Hajj for himself, unless it is the obligatory Hajj.
I agree with the one who criticized him,And I say: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not guide his Ummah to perform Hajj on behalf of a deceased person except for the obligatory Hajj, as established in the authentic hadith. Performing Hajj on behalf of parents as a voluntary act is not mentioned at all,But despite that, we do not say: It is forbidden,Rather, we say: Leaving it is better,And it is necessary for us to know an important issue: and that is that supplicating for the deceased is better than giving charity on his behalf, and better than performing Hajj for him, and better than sacrificing an animal for him. The evidence for this is that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (When a person dies, his deeds are cut off except for three: ongoing charity, knowledge that benefits people, or a righteous child who supplicates for him) and he did not say: or a righteous child who performs deeds for him, even though the subject of the hadith is deeds: (When a person dies, his deeds are cut off except for three: ongoing charity, knowledge that benefits people, or a righteous child who supplicates for him) and he did not say: or a righteous child who prays for him, or fasts for him, or gives charity for him, or performs Hajj for him, ever. And this is what some of the common people are currently preoccupied with,He makes everything for his parents: If he gives charity, he says: for the father and mother,And if he sacrifices, he says: for the father and mother,And if he performs Hajj, he says: for the father and mother, this is a mistake,We say: You are now in need of righteous deeds, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has guided you to supplication.
The questioner: O Shaykh, he is currently performing 'Umrah as a Tamattu' 'Umrah for Hajj,Meaning: What does he do now, in the present time, after performing 'Umrah as a Tamattu' 'Umrah for Hajj, intending it for his mother?
The Shaykh: He makes the Hajj for himself, unless it is the obligatory Hajj.