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"Gifting" the reward of performing tawaaf to someone else

Question: What is the ruling regarding "gifting" the reward of performing tawaaf to someone else, whereby some people approach others and say to them: "Do seven for me!", meaning: seven circuits, intending the reward for themselves. So is this permissible or not?

Response: It is not permisisble to performing the tawaaf around the Ka'bah for someone else. So no-one should perform the tawaaf for othe rthan themselves unless he is performing Hajj or 'Umrah (on behalf of someone else); So he does so in entirety (completing the) Hajj or 'Umrah (and not just a part thereof).

And with Allaah lies all success and may Allaah send prayers and salutations upon our Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) and his family and his companions.

The Permanent Committee for Islaamic Research and Verdicts, comprising -

Head: Shaykh 'Abdul-'Azeez ibn 'Abdullaah ibn Baaz;

Deputy Head: Shaykh 'Abdur-Razzaaq 'Afeefee;

Member: Shaykh' Abdullaah ibn Ghudayyaan;

Member: Shaykh 'Abdullaah ibn Qu'ood

Fataawa al-Lajnah ad-Daa.imah lil-Buhooth al-'Ilmiyyah wal-Iftaa. - Volume 11, Page 236, Fatwa No.8433

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Published: 1 March 2001