Performing Hajj During Childhood
As-Sai’b bin Yazid (رضي الله عنه) reported: I was 7 years of age when I was taken to perform Hajj (journey). This was amid the time the Messenger of Allah Prophet Mohammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم ) performed the Hajjat-ul-Wada` (Farewell Pilgrimage). [Al-Bukhari]. This Hadith calls attention to the fact that it is permissible to take children to Hajj. The reward of their Hajj will be given to their parents. But when after attaining maturity the child becomes liable for Hajj, it will be necessary for him to perform it again because the one he has performed in childhood, will not be sufficient […]