One who intended to perform Hajj for himself as an individual, but upon arriving in Makkah wished to perform Hajj on behalf of his father: is that permissible for him?

The questioner : He had performed Hajj before, and then, after arriving in Makkah, he wished to perform Hajj on behalf of his father.

The Shaykh : He performed Hajj for himself, the voluntary Hajj, from the miqat, saying, “I am fasting.”

The questioner : Shaykh, if you please, a question to complete this previous discussion.

The Shaykh : Yes

The questioner : He intended it at the miqat.

The Shaykh : He intended it at the miqat, and the type of Hajj was individual Hajj. If the type of Hajj is individual, then first, he contradicted the guidance of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and his command to convert the Hajj to 'Umrah. Second, he must follow the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and convert his Hajj to 'Umrah. Third, it is obligatory for him to complete the Hajj, as the Exalted said: He cannot start a new intention to transfer the Hajj to another person, since he had already contracted it for himself. This is the answer to your question. Yes, the Companions heard the loud recitation, just as they heard it from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Why does he convey some of it to us and conceal some of it? This is not befitting for any individual from the general Muslims, let alone a Companion from the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Then, what compels us to put ourselves in this dilemma, saying that Wail narrated some and left out some? What if we had another explicit and authentic Sunnah that the Companions used to recite loudly behind the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? Then we would say, “Indeed, to Allah we belong and to Him we return.” We would say that Wail preserved some for us and forgot some, but Allah enabled someone else to preserve the rest for us. This is what we could say if we assumed that some Companions preserved for us the loud recitation of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). However, the reality is that there is no such preservation, and the reality is that Wail ibn Hujr is one of the memorizers of the Companions. It is expected that he conveyed the message to us as he saw it and as he heard it. This is what we should believe.