#DeedsForParents IMPORTANT NOTES FOR POINT 6, 8 & 9: 6. Hajj | Manhaj of the Salaf

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IMPORTANT NOTES FOR POINT 6, 8 & 9:

6. Hajj For Others

Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen (رحمة الله ) was asked: I have a nephew who got cancer - I seek refuge for you and all the Muslims from that - and he died this year at the age of 19, without having done the obligatory Hajj. Please note that he got this disease five years ago. Should we do Hajj on his behalf? Is there any expiation?

He (رحمة الله) replied: "It is essential to ask: did this young man have wealth with which he could have done Hajj? If that is the case, then Hajj must be done on his behalf. But if he did not have any wealth, then Hajj was not obligatory for him and he has died free of any obligation. But if they want to do Hajj voluntarily on his behalf, there is nothing wrong with that."

: al-Liqa’ al-Shahri, 62/5 | islamqa.info/en/120771

8 & 9. Paying Debts of Parents

"..you are not obliged to pay off her debts – even if she is Muslim – either during her lifetime or after she dies, unless she has left money behind, in which case you must pay off her debts from her money (the estate) because that has to do with people’s rights to the money. If there is enough money to pay off the debts, all well and good, otherwise none of them has the right to ask you to pay off the debt, because the debt was owed by your mother, not by you, and you have nothing to do with it. But if she dies as a Muslim, then it is recommended for you to pay off her debts as a way of honouring her, but it is not obligatory."

Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (رحمة الله) said: "The heirs are not obliged to pay off the debts of the deceased, rather it should be paid from his (deceased) estate."

: https://islamqa.info/en/43085

"..he (heir) is not obliged to pay off his father’s debts, but if the father left anything behind, this should be used to pay off the debts. If he did not leave anything, then the matter is up to Allah.."

: https://islamqa.info/en/3469