He says that I hired a person to perform Hajj on behalf of my mother, who passed away a long time ago, but the summary of his telegram says that I hired him and that I have
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The questioner : He says that I hired a person to perform Hajj on behalf of my mother, who passed away a long time ago, but the summary of his telegram says that I hired him and that I have heard that it is not permissible for a person to hire someone, or for a person to take money, for the purpose of performing Hajj on behalf of another. What is the ruling on performing Hajj on behalf of my mother in this situation?
The Shaykh : We say that you should, if you wish to perform Hajj on behalf of your mother, perform it yourself or agree with a person without a contract of hire to perform Hajj for you, or for this pilgrim to perform it on your behalf or on behalf of your mother, provided that his or her intention in performing Hajj is to fulfill your need and resolve your problem, and if he or she also wishes to provision themselves with righteous deeds in the stations of Hajj, then this is a good intention and there is no blame on him or her for it. However, if the Hajj is performed on your behalf or on behalf of your mother solely for the sake of money, then it is forbidden for him and not permissible, because it is not permissible for a person to seek from the matters of the Hereafter something from the matters of this world.
So here the discussion is in two aspects: First, regarding you, regarding the one who gives to another to perform Hajj on his behalf or on behalf of one of his deceased relatives. Second, regarding this pilgrim. As for you, we say that if you give to another something to perform Hajj with on behalf of your deceased, then there is no blame on you for this.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And as for if you give to him to perform Hajj on your behalf, if it is an obligatory Hajj, then it is not permissible for you to appoint someone to perform Hajj on your behalf unless you are unable to perform it with an inability that is not expected to end. And if it is a voluntary Hajj, the scholars have differed on its permissibility, and what appears to me is that it is not permissible for a person to appoint another to perform a voluntary Hajj on his behalf, because the original rule in acts of worship is that a person should perform them himself so that he may attain worship and humility before Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). We only permitted that in the obligatory case due to the coming of the hadith regarding it, otherwise the original rule would be prohibition as well. And as for the pilgrim performing on behalf of another, if he intends by it the world and the wage he takes for it, then it is forbidden for him. And if he intends by it fulfilling the need of his brother and the benefit he obtains from supplication in those stations, then there is no blame on him for that.
The questioner : Yes, the brother Muhammad Abdullah sent this message. The brother Muhammad Abdullah says.
The Shaykh : We say that you should, if you wish to perform Hajj on behalf of your mother, perform it yourself or agree with a person without a contract of hire to perform Hajj for you, or for this pilgrim to perform it on your behalf or on behalf of your mother, provided that his or her intention in performing Hajj is to fulfill your need and resolve your problem, and if he or she also wishes to provision themselves with righteous deeds in the stations of Hajj, then this is a good intention and there is no blame on him or her for it. However, if the Hajj is performed on your behalf or on behalf of your mother solely for the sake of money, then it is forbidden for him and not permissible, because it is not permissible for a person to seek from the matters of the Hereafter something from the matters of this world.
So here the discussion is in two aspects: First, regarding you, regarding the one who gives to another to perform Hajj on his behalf or on behalf of one of his deceased relatives. Second, regarding this pilgrim. As for you, we say that if you give to another something to perform Hajj with on behalf of your deceased, then there is no blame on you for this.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And as for if you give to him to perform Hajj on your behalf, if it is an obligatory Hajj, then it is not permissible for you to appoint someone to perform Hajj on your behalf unless you are unable to perform it with an inability that is not expected to end. And if it is a voluntary Hajj, the scholars have differed on its permissibility, and what appears to me is that it is not permissible for a person to appoint another to perform a voluntary Hajj on his behalf, because the original rule in acts of worship is that a person should perform them himself so that he may attain worship and humility before Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). We only permitted that in the obligatory case due to the coming of the hadith regarding it, otherwise the original rule would be prohibition as well. And as for the pilgrim performing on behalf of another, if he intends by it the world and the wage he takes for it, then it is forbidden for him. And if he intends by it fulfilling the need of his brother and the benefit he obtains from supplication in those stations, then there is no blame on him for that.
The questioner : Yes, the brother Muhammad Abdullah sent this message. The brother Muhammad Abdullah says.