The ruling on performing Hajj on behalf of a person who used to believe in sorcerers and fortune-tellers
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Question:
We move on to another message received by the program from one of the listeners, (F. M.) from the Al-Hudaydah Governorate in Yemen, residing in the Al-Ahsa region of the Kingdom. He sent a message saying: My mother used to believe in sorcerers, fortune-tellers, and magicians, but she did not know that this is forbidden and involves a great sin. She passed away while still ignorant of this. Will the sin be attributed to her, and is it permissible for me to perform Hajj on her behalf, hoping that Allah will forgive her? Please note that she used to fast and pray. Please advise us. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If your mother was a monotheist who worshipped Allah alone, did not attach herself to the people of the graves, did not call upon them other than Allah, and did not seek aid from the awliya (close friends of Allah) or the prophets, but she may have believed some of what the sorcerers told her, or some of what the fortune-tellers said, out of ignorance, then we hope that her Islam remains intact, provided that you do not know of her doing anything that necessitates disbelief, such as calling upon the dead, seeking aid from the dead, or believing that the sorcerers know the unseen.
However, if she believed that the sorcerers know the unseen, or if she called upon the dead, or sought aid from the dead, like Ibn Al-Ulwan or others, then this is major shirk (associating partners with Allah). She should not be called upon, nor should Hajj be performed on her behalf.
As for if you know that she did not do that, but rather she was a monotheist who worshipped none but Allah, called upon none but Allah, and did not believe that anyone knows the unseen, but she may have believed some of the news of the magicians who are called sorcerers or fortune-tellers out of ignorance, then there is no harm in performing Hajj on her behalf and making du'a (supplication) for her, if Allah wills.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
We move on to another message received by the program from one of the listeners, (F. M.) from the Al-Hudaydah Governorate in Yemen, residing in the Al-Ahsa region of the Kingdom. He sent a message saying: My mother used to believe in sorcerers, fortune-tellers, and magicians, but she did not know that this is forbidden and involves a great sin. She passed away while still ignorant of this. Will the sin be attributed to her, and is it permissible for me to perform Hajj on her behalf, hoping that Allah will forgive her? Please note that she used to fast and pray. Please advise us. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If your mother was a monotheist who worshipped Allah alone, did not attach herself to the people of the graves, did not call upon them other than Allah, and did not seek aid from the awliya (close friends of Allah) or the prophets, but she may have believed some of what the sorcerers told her, or some of what the fortune-tellers said, out of ignorance, then we hope that her Islam remains intact, provided that you do not know of her doing anything that necessitates disbelief, such as calling upon the dead, seeking aid from the dead, or believing that the sorcerers know the unseen.
However, if she believed that the sorcerers know the unseen, or if she called upon the dead, or sought aid from the dead, like Ibn Al-Ulwan or others, then this is major shirk (associating partners with Allah). She should not be called upon, nor should Hajj be performed on her behalf.
As for if you know that she did not do that, but rather she was a monotheist who worshipped none but Allah, called upon none but Allah, and did not believe that anyone knows the unseen, but she may have believed some of the news of the magicians who are called sorcerers or fortune-tellers out of ignorance, then there is no harm in performing Hajj on her behalf and making du'a (supplication) for her, if Allah wills.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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