Is it valid to cite the hadith of Shubrumah (may Allah be pleased with him) as evidence for the pilgrimage on behalf of another?

The questioner : From the hadiths that came regarding these deceased persons, such as the hadith of Shubrumah and others, that woman; I mean, what does it indicate? Is it permissible for a son to perform the pilgrimage on behalf of his son if he had performed it for himself?

The Shaykh : You did not complete your statement. You brought two hadiths, and that is all for now.

The questioner : The rest is with you.
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The Shaykh : It is not valid to cite the hadith of Shubrumah as evidence for the pilgrimage on behalf of another, a practice in which many people today, and before today, are overly lenient. I know that in our original lands, Albania, and in the lands of the non-Arabs in general, and in some Arab countries in particular, some shaykhs have made the pilgrimage on behalf of another a profession, citing the hadith of Shubrumah as evidence. I say: It is not valid to derive the ruling of the pilgrimage on behalf of another from the hadith of Shubrumah in this absolute manner, as is the case today. The reason is that the narrator did not grasp the story accurately nor memorize it with precision, thereby invalidating its use as evidence in a point that is a source of dispute and disagreement among scholars. Because in the hadith, when the Messenger of Allah asked him: . He said: "A brother of mine or a relative of mine."
I say: It is impossible for a Companion whom the Messenger of Allah asked to give such a vague answer: "A brother of mine or a relative of mine." If he had said "a brother of mine," that would be clear. If he had said "a relative of mine," that would not be acceptable. Why? Because kinship is broad. Was it his father, his mother, his maternal uncle, his paternal uncle, his cousin, his maternal cousin, and so on? It is inconceivable for a Companion—even a Bedouin Companion—especially since they did not have the widespread lying of this era, and the Messenger of Allah isThe questioner. He was saying it in a mumbled and diluted way, saying: "A brother of mine or a relative of mine." This is impossible. This is doubt on the part of the narrator who reported the hadith; he did not memorize it. Perhaps he said "a brother of mine" or "a relative of mine." I believe that in this case, as long as it is not specified who the person is for whom the pilgrimage is being performed, there is no harm... ... because this other person might be his mother, in which case he performs the pilgrimage on her behalf. It might be his father, in which case he performs it on his behalf, as in the hadith of al-Khath'amiah. It might be neither of these, but rather someone else with a status related to your question after you complete it for me. It might be someone other than the father or mother who instructed him to perform the pilgrimage on his behalf. In that case, how can the hadith be cited as a general, comprehensive evidence? Today, a man dies at the age of sixty or seventy without having performed the pilgrimage to the House of Allah...