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928. Al-Faḍl bin 'Abbās narrated: "A woman from Khath'am said: 'O Messenger of Allāh! My father has lived until Allāh has made Hajj obligatory, and he is an elderly man who is not able to sit on the back of a camel.' So he (ﷺ) said:
‘Perform Hajj for him.’”[1] (Sahih)
(He said:) There are narrations on this topic from ‘Ali, Buraidah, Ḥuṣain bin ‘Awf, Abū Razīn Al-‘Uqailī, Sawdah (bint Zam‘ah) and Ibn ‘Abbās.
Abū ‘Eisā said: The Hadīth of Al-Faḍl bin ‘Abbās is a Ḥasan Ṣahīh Hadīth (and it has been reported from Ibn ‘Abbās, from Ḥuṣain bin ‘Awf Al-Muzanī, from the Prophet ﷺ).
It has also been reported from Ibn ‘Abbās from Sinān bin ‘Abdullāh Al-Juhānī, from his aunt, from the Prophet ﷺ. And it has been reported from Ibn ‘Abbās from the Prophet ﷺ.
(He said:) I asked Muḥammad about these narrations. He said: “The most correct thing on this topic is what Ibn ‘Abbās reported from Al-Faḍl bin ‘Abbās from the Prophet ﷺ.”
Muḥammad said: “It implies that Ibn ‘Abbās heard it from Al-Faḍl and others, from the Prophet ﷺ. Then he reported this (from the Prophet ﷺ) in Mursal form and he did not mention the one who he heard it from.”
Abū ‘Eisā said: Other Aḥādīth are authentically reported from the Prophet ﷺ on this topic. And this is acted upon according to the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others. It is the view of Sufyān Ath-Thawrī, Ibn Al-Mubārak, Ash-
Shāfi'i, Ahmad, and Ishāq. They held the view that one could perform Hajj on behalf of the dead. Mālik said: "If he instructed that Hajj be performed for him then one performs Hajj for him." Some of the people of knowledge have permitted Hajj on behalf of the living, when he is old or in a condition that does not allow him to perform Hajj. This is the view of Ibn Al-Mubārak and Ash-Shāfi'i.
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[1] See no. 885.
Commentary
It is allowed to perform Hajj on behalf of a deceased person. According to Ibn 'Umar and Ibrāhīm An-Nakha'i, Hajj cannot be performed on behalf of others. Imām Mālik is of same point of view. Most of the scholars and people of knowledge say that if someone cannot perform Hajj himself due to some weakness or some other genuine reason, someone else can perform Hajj on his/her behalf in his/her life.
