Combining the 'Umrah for a living person and for a deceased person at the same time, and the ruling on the 'Umrah of a child
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Your Eminence! A pilgrim wants to perform 'Umrah on behalf of a deceased person. Is it permissible for him to share in the reward? And if he performs 'Umrah for young children and intends the reward for the deceased, is that valid?
These are two questions in one.
As for the first issue: It is not valid to intend a single act of worship for two people; because an act of worship is not sufficient for more than one person, just as if you wanted to fast to make up for yourself and for a deceased person, it would not be valid.
As for the second issue: The reward of the children belongs to them; because the child who has not reached puberty is recorded with reward, and no punishment is recorded against him, but you receive reward for having entered the state of ihram with them, and the evidence for this is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding the woman who brought him a child and said: (Is this a Hajj?He said: Yes, and you have a reward) meaning: the Hajj is for the child, and you have a reward. As for what is widespread among the common people that the reward belongs to his father or his mother or whoever performed Hajj with him, this has no basis.
These are two questions in one.
As for the first issue: It is not valid to intend a single act of worship for two people; because an act of worship is not sufficient for more than one person, just as if you wanted to fast to make up for yourself and for a deceased person, it would not be valid.
As for the second issue: The reward of the children belongs to them; because the child who has not reached puberty is recorded with reward, and no punishment is recorded against him, but you receive reward for having entered the state of ihram with them, and the evidence for this is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding the woman who brought him a child and said: (Is this a Hajj?He said: Yes, and you have a reward) meaning: the Hajj is for the child, and you have a reward. As for what is widespread among the common people that the reward belongs to his father or his mother or whoever performed Hajj with him, this has no basis.