The ruling on performing 'Umrah on behalf of another and the details thereof
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Is it permissible to perform 'Umrah on behalf of a living man or a deceased man?
Performing 'Umrah and Hajj on behalf of a living person, if it is an obligatory duty and the living person is unable to come to Makkah himself, there is no harm in it;For the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas: (A woman came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! The obligation of Allah upon His servants in Hajj has overtaken my father, who is an old man who cannot sit firmly on the mount. Should I perform Hajj on his behalf?He said: “Yes.”
And as for if it is a voluntary act, if he is unable, that is: As for the one for whom you performed Hajj, it appears, if Allah wills, that it benefits him,And if he is able, there is disagreement among the scholars: Some scholars say: It is not valid to perform Hajj on behalf of one who is able, neither as an obligatory duty nor as a voluntary act; because the obligatory duty requires a person to perform Hajj himself, and the voluntary act does not benefit if you say to a person: Worship Allah on my behalf, that is not valid, and this is closer to my view than the opinion of permissibility; but the practice of people now is that a person performs Hajj on behalf of another, even if the other is able, in the voluntary act, yes.
Performing 'Umrah and Hajj on behalf of a living person, if it is an obligatory duty and the living person is unable to come to Makkah himself, there is no harm in it;For the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas: (A woman came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! The obligation of Allah upon His servants in Hajj has overtaken my father, who is an old man who cannot sit firmly on the mount. Should I perform Hajj on his behalf?He said: “Yes.”
And as for if it is a voluntary act, if he is unable, that is: As for the one for whom you performed Hajj, it appears, if Allah wills, that it benefits him,And if he is able, there is disagreement among the scholars: Some scholars say: It is not valid to perform Hajj on behalf of one who is able, neither as an obligatory duty nor as a voluntary act; because the obligatory duty requires a person to perform Hajj himself, and the voluntary act does not benefit if you say to a person: Worship Allah on my behalf, that is not valid, and this is closer to my view than the opinion of permissibility; but the practice of people now is that a person performs Hajj on behalf of another, even if the other is able, in the voluntary act, yes.