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of the Hereafter. Pious and spiritual people disapprove of this, except where the
intention of the person accepting payment is to settle in Makkah and he lacks the
means to get there; in that case there is no harm in it, the purpose being to use
worldly means for religious ends and not vice-versa. In this instance his object
must be to visit the House of Allah, the Almighty, while at the same time helping
his Muslim brother be relieving him of his religious obligation. Revelant in this
connection is the saying of the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon
him, “Allah, Glorified is He; admits three to Paradise for a single Pilgrimage; the
testator who bequeaths it; the one who carries it out; and the one who performs it
on behalf of his brother.”
I am not saying that it is unlawful to make Pilgrimage on behalf of someone else,
nor that one is forbidden to do so after having discharged one‟s personal
obligation as a Muslim. It is better not to do so, however, and not to make it a
livelihood and a business, for Allah, the Almighty, gives the world for religion, not
religion for the world. According to the Tradition: “He who goes on a campaign in
the cause of Allah, the Almighty, and he who takes a wage, is like the mother of
intention of the person accepting payment is to settle in Makkah and he lacks the
means to get there; in that case there is no harm in it, the purpose being to use
worldly means for religious ends and not vice-versa. In this instance his object
must be to visit the House of Allah, the Almighty, while at the same time helping
his Muslim brother be relieving him of his religious obligation. Revelant in this
connection is the saying of the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon
him, “Allah, Glorified is He; admits three to Paradise for a single Pilgrimage; the
testator who bequeaths it; the one who carries it out; and the one who performs it
on behalf of his brother.”
I am not saying that it is unlawful to make Pilgrimage on behalf of someone else,
nor that one is forbidden to do so after having discharged one‟s personal
obligation as a Muslim. It is better not to do so, however, and not to make it a
livelihood and a business, for Allah, the Almighty, gives the world for religion, not
religion for the world. According to the Tradition: “He who goes on a campaign in
the cause of Allah, the Almighty, and he who takes a wage, is like the mother of