HAJJ AND UMRAH GUIDE
Compiled and Prepared by Talal bin Ahmad al-Aqeel
Introduction by Minister of Islamic Affairs, Waqf, Da’wah
and Irshad
Salih bin Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad Aal ash-Shaikh
REFERENCES
At-Tahqeeq wal-Eedhah by Shaykh Abdul-Aziz bin Abdullah bin Baz
Sifatul Hajj wal-Umrah by Shaykh Muhammad bin Salih bin Uthaymeen
Ahkam Takhtass bil Muaminat by Dr.Salih bin Fawzan al-Fawzan
Hisnul-Muslim by Shaykh Sa’eed bin Wahf al-Qahtani
Fatawa al-Lijnah ad-Da'imah from the Permanent Committee for Religious
Research, Riyadh, S.A
RULINGS (FATAWA)
By Shaykh Abdul-Aziz bin Baz, Shaykh Muhammad bin Uthaymeen and the
Permanent Committe for Research and Ifta
Question: Some has given a fatwa that those coming for Hajj by air
assume Ihram from Jeddah, while others reject it. So what is the correct
concerning this issue?
Answer: All pilgrims coming by air, sea and land must assume ihram
from the meeqat over which they pass, whether by land, sea or air, due to the
saying of the Prophet ﷺ when he specified the meeqats, “They are those who come from them and others coming from
beyond them who intend Hajj or Umrah.”
(Narrated by al-Bukhari and Muslim)
Jeddah, however, is not a meeqat for those coming in; it is a meeqat for
its residents and for whoever has entered it without the intention of Hajj or
Umrah but later decides to perform either of them from there.
Question: A man who had already performed Hajj made the intention of
another Hajj for himself. Then he decided to change his intention and to do it
for a relative of his while he was in Arafah. Is that permitted to him or not?
Answer: When a person has entered ihram for his own Hajj, he cannot
change that intention along the way, in Arafah or anywhere else. He must
complete the Hajj for himself, as Allah, the Exalted has said:
١٩٦ سورة
البقرة وَأَتِمُّوا الْحَجَّ وَالْعُمْرَةَ لِلَّهِ
“And complete the Hajj
and Umrah for Allah.” (2:196)
So when he enters ihram for himself he must complete it for himself and
when he enters it on behalf of someone else he must complete it for that person
and not change it once he has assumed ihram.
Question: My mother died when I was very young and I have arranged for
someone trustworthy to perform Hajj for her. My father also died and I know
neither of my parents, but I heard from one of my relatives that he performed
Hajj. Is it permissible to pay someone to do Hajj for my mother or should I do
it myself? And should I do Hajj for my father although I heard that he
performed Hajj?
Answer: If you perform Hajj for each of them yourself and make the
effort to complete the Hajj correctly, it is preferable. But if you pay someone
religious and trustworthy to do it on their behalf it is also good. It is
better to do both Hajj and Umrah for them, or to instruct whomever you appoint
as a substitute to do so. Thus, you have been dutiful and righteous toward your
parents. May Allah accept from us and from you.
Question: A woman performed Hajj and completed all the rites except
stoning the pillars. She asked someone to stone for her because she had a small
child with her. This was her obligatory Hajj, so what is the ruling about that?
Answer: There is nothing wrong in it, and stoning by the substitute
fulfills her obligation because the crowds at the pillars pose a great danger
to women, especially those accompanied by children.
Question: Is it permissible for someone to request another to perform
Hajj for him eventhough he is still alive?
Answer: If the one who requests it is unable to perform Hajj due to
the weakness of old age or an illness from which he is not expected to recover,
he may do so, as the Prophet ﷺ
said to one who complained to him that his father could not
travel or perform hajj, “Perform Hajj on behalf of your father, and Umrah.” And when the Khatham
woman said, “O Messenger of Allah, at the time Hajj was made obligatory, my father
was no longer able to do Hajj”, he ﷺ
said, “Perform Hajj for your father.”
Question: When a man dies without instructing in a will that
someone perform Hajj on his behalf, is his obligation fulfilled if his son does
it for him?
Answer: When his Muslim son who has already performed his
own Hajj does it for him, the father’s obligatory hajj is thereby fulfilled.
Likewise, if any other Muslim who has performed his own Hajj did it for him, it
would also fulfill the obligation. It is confirmed in the authentic narrations
of al-Bukhari and Muslim that Ibn ‘Abbas reported a woman as saying, “O Messenger of Allah, the obligation to
Allah upon His servants was made when my father was an old man unable to make
Hajj or travel, so shall I make Hajj for him?” The Prophet ﷺ “Yes, perform Hajj for your father.”
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