Hajj and Umrah
Should One Obey His Mother and Perform Hajj for His Deceased Grandmother?
Shaykh Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Baz
Local English rendering of the selected Arabic question and answer. The Arabic source remains authoritative; this is not an official published English edition.
Question
A person wants to perform a voluntary Hajj for himself, but his mother asks him to perform Hajj for his deceased grandmother. Which should he do?
Answer (English translation)
He should obey his mother and perform Hajj for his grandmother; he may hope for the reward of Hajj.