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Any Age-Limits for Performing Hajj?
Question asked by Digisha Shukla.
Posted on: Monday, December 27, 2004 - Hits: 1058

Question:
Is there any age decided for a person to go for the Hajj Pilgrimage to Mecca?

Answer:
No, there is no such restriction. The Qur’an does not introduce any restriction for the young or the old, and neither does the Sunnah. On the contrary, the Prophet (sws) is reported to have explained to a woman that she could take her child with her in Hajj. However, he added that the reward would go only to her. This is because the child did not have any sense of what he was being made to do and it was only his mother who actually carried all the rituals and made the child do the same with her.

Ibn Abbas reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) met some riders at al-Rauha and asked who they were. They replied that they were Muslims. They said: Who art thou? He said: (I am) Messenger of Allah. A woman (then) lifted up a boy to him and said: Would this child be credited with having performed the Hajj? Thereupon he said: Yes, but you will have the reward.

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Tariq Mahmood Hashmi
Research Assistant, Studying Islam

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