If a person is entrusted with performing Hajj on behalf of another, should he make supplication for him using the third-person pronoun or by name during the Hajj?
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The questioner : He says: If a person is entrusted with performing Hajj on behalf of another, should he make supplication for him using the third-person pronoun or by name?
The Shaykh : Meaning, during the Hajj?
The questioner : During the Hajj.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Or should he make the supplication in his name, where intention suffices, and he supplicates as if he were supplicating for himself?
The Shaykh : Yes, the one who has taken on the proxy for Hajj: all that pertains to the rites, its reward and its wage, belong to the one who appointed the proxy. The proxy has no wage in it. As for supplication: the proxy may supplicate for himself. But it is better that he include the one who appointed him. He would say, for example: “O Lord, forgive me and my brother who gave me this proxy,” or something similar. But if he supplicates for himself only, there is no blame on him. Yes.
The Shaykh : Meaning, during the Hajj?
The questioner : During the Hajj.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Or should he make the supplication in his name, where intention suffices, and he supplicates as if he were supplicating for himself?
The Shaykh : Yes, the one who has taken on the proxy for Hajj: all that pertains to the rites, its reward and its wage, belong to the one who appointed the proxy. The proxy has no wage in it. As for supplication: the proxy may supplicate for himself. But it is better that he include the one who appointed him. He would say, for example: “O Lord, forgive me and my brother who gave me this proxy,” or something similar. But if he supplicates for himself only, there is no blame on him. Yes.