A boy died and had not done Hajj; can Hajj be done on his behalf?
Question

                Is it obligatory to do Hajj on behalf of a boy who died at the age of fourteen?
Praise be to Allah.
		If this child had reached puberty, and in his case the 
		conditions of Hajj being obligatory were fulfilled, but he did not do 
		Hajj (even though he had sufficient money to travel and do Hajj), and he 
		left behind sufficient wealth to do Hajj, then it is obligatory for his 
		heirs to allocate funds from his estate, before dividing it, for Hajj to 
		be done on his behalf. 

	That is because Hajj is a debt owed to Allah, and the debt 
	owed to Allah is more deserving of being paid off. 

	It makes no difference whether Hajj on his behalf is done by 
	a relative or someone else. 

	Please see the answer to question no. 9124 

	It says in ash-Sharh al-Mumti‘ by Shaykh Ibn 
	‘Uthaymeen (7/42-43): Whoever meets the conditions (of Hajj and ‘umrah being 
	obligatory), then he dies, the costs of Hajj and ‘umrah must be set aside 
	from his estate, before shares of inheritance and bequests are allocated, 
	because that is a debt, as the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon 
	him) said: “The debt of Allah is more deserving of being paid off.” Narrated 
	by al-Bukhaari (1852). So funds should be taken from his estate sufficient 
	for Hajj and ‘umrah, then whatever is left is for payment of bequests and 
	the shares allocated to heirs. That should be taken from his estate, whether 
	he left instructions to that effect or not, just as if he owed a debt, we 
	would take it from his estate, whether he left instructions to that effect 
	or not.… From the words of the author it is known that if a person died and 
	did not leave any estate, then no one is obliged to do Hajj on his behalf. 
	End quote. 

	But if this boy died before reaching the age of puberty, or 
	if Hajj was not obligatory for him, because he did not own sufficient wealth 
	for Hajj, then it is not obligatory to do Hajj on his behalf, because Hajj 
	was never obligatory upon him, so it is not obligatory upon anyone else on 
	his behalf. 

	For more information on the signs of reaching puberty, please 
	see the answer to question no. 70425. 

	For more information on the conditions of Hajj being 
	obligatory, please see the answer to question no. 41957. 

	For more information, please see the answer to question no.
	117168. 

	And Allah knows best.