The Details of Delegating Hajj on Behalf of a Living Person
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Is it permissible to delegate Hajj on behalf of a living person? And is there a difference between when the Hajj is obligatory or voluntary?
Delegating the obligatory Hajj on behalf of one who is unable to perform it due to an inability that is not expected to end is permissible; because the Sunnah has come with this. Likewise, delegating on behalf of a deceased person who did not perform his obligatory Hajj is supported by the Sunnah. As for delegating on behalf of a living person for a voluntary Hajj, what I see is that the delegation is not valid, neither for the one who is unable nor for the one who is able; because the Sunnah only came with the obligatory Hajj out of necessity for the one who is unable, and there is no necessity in the voluntary Hajj. For this reason, some scholars permitted spending from Zakah for the Hajj of a poor person, but not for his voluntary Hajj; because Hajj is an obligation and spending for it is out of necessity, unlike the voluntary Hajj. So I do not see delegation for the voluntary Hajj;Because we say: Hajj is an act of worship. Either a person performs it himself so that his heart is affected by it and he feels that he is worshipping Allah, or if that does not happen, then there is no need. If he has money, let him spend it for one who has not performed the obligatory Hajj, for that is better; because he assisted in an obligation.
Delegating the obligatory Hajj on behalf of one who is unable to perform it due to an inability that is not expected to end is permissible; because the Sunnah has come with this. Likewise, delegating on behalf of a deceased person who did not perform his obligatory Hajj is supported by the Sunnah. As for delegating on behalf of a living person for a voluntary Hajj, what I see is that the delegation is not valid, neither for the one who is unable nor for the one who is able; because the Sunnah only came with the obligatory Hajj out of necessity for the one who is unable, and there is no necessity in the voluntary Hajj. For this reason, some scholars permitted spending from Zakah for the Hajj of a poor person, but not for his voluntary Hajj; because Hajj is an obligation and spending for it is out of necessity, unlike the voluntary Hajj. So I do not see delegation for the voluntary Hajj;Because we say: Hajj is an act of worship. Either a person performs it himself so that his heart is affected by it and he feels that he is worshipping Allah, or if that does not happen, then there is no need. If he has money, let him spend it for one who has not performed the obligatory Hajj, for that is better; because he assisted in an obligation.