May a woman who has performed Hajj be paid to perform it for a deceased woman?
2026-10-14
T218 · Ibn Taymiyyah
Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah
شيخ الإسلام أحمد بن تيمية
Original Q&A · Complete source question and answer
Complete original question and answer, 26/18. Expense-funded representation, a hiring contract and the pilgrim's intention are separate distinctions in the answer.
النص العربي
السؤال الأصلي
وسئل عن امرأة حجت وقصدت أن تحج عن ميتة بأجرة ،فهل لها أن تحج؟
الجواب
يجوز أن تحج عن الميت بمال يؤخذ على وجه النيابة بالاتفاق. وأما على وجه الإجارة ففيه قولان للعلماء، هما روايتان عن أحمد:
إحداهما: يجوز وهو قول الشافعي.
والثاني: لا يجوز، وهو مذهب أبي حنيفة. ثم هذه الحاجة عن الميت إن كان قصدها الحج، أو نفع الميت كان لها في ذلك أجر وثواب، وإن كان ليس مقصودها إلا أخذ الأجرة فما لها في الآخرة من خلاق.
English translation
English translation prepared for SalafAlSalih.com from the cited Arabic source. It is not an official translation.
Original question
He was asked about a woman who had performed Hajj and intended to perform Hajj for a deceased woman for payment: may she do so?
Answer
She may perform Hajj for the deceased with money received by way of acting as a representative, by agreement. As for doing so under a hiring contract, scholars have two views, both reported from Aḥmad.
The first permits it, and this is al-Shāfiʿī's position.
The second does not permit it, and this is Abū Ḥanīfah's position. Furthermore, if this woman performing Hajj for the deceased intends the pilgrimage itself or to benefit the deceased, she has reward and recompense for that. If her only purpose is to take the fee, she has no share in the Hereafter from it.
Source and editorial notes
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā 26/18
مجموع الفتاوى
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā
Arabic checked against the cited source and adjacent question boundaries. Diacritics and display marks omitted; honorific glyphs expanded. Titles and scope notes are editorial.