She does Hajj as other people do, and she is not aware of the three types of Hajj
Question

                There is a woman who is not aware of the three types of Hajj, and is not aware of the importance of the intention. She has done Hajj five times when she did Hajj on the day of at-Tarwiyah (8th Dhu’l-Hijjah). She went with the people, when they went to ‘Arafah and Muzdalifah, and she stoned the Jamaraat, but she did not have a specific intention to do any of the three types of Hajj. Is her Hajj during those years valid?
Praise be to Allah.
		What appears to be the case is that her Hajj is valid, 
		because it is as if she used to say: I am entering ihram for what the 
		people are entering ihram for, and it is permissible to enter ihram for 
		what someone else enters ihram for. The Prophet (blessings and peace of 
		Allah be upon him) said to ‘Ali ibn Abi Taalib during the Farewell 
		Pilgrimage, when he came from Yemen with Abu Moosa al-Ash‘ari (may Allah 
		be pleased with them both), “What have you entered ihram for?” ‘Ali 
		said: For that for which the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of 
		Allah be upon him) has entered ihram. And he said: I have brought the 
		sacrificial animal with me. So he told him to make it qiraan [hajj and 
		‘umrah together]. As for Abu Moosa al-Ash‘ari, he also said that he had 
		entered ihram for that for which the Messenger of Allah (blessings and 
		peace of Allah be upon him) had entered ihram, but because he did not 
		have a sacrificial animal with him, the Prophet (blessings and peace of 
		Allah be upon him) instructed him to make it ‘umrah (and then follow it 
		with Hajj), because tamattu‘ [‘umrah followed by Hajj, exiting ihram in 
		between] is better than qiraan. 

	Undoubtedly this woman – according to what appears to us to 
	be the case – entered ihram for that for which the people entered ihram, and 
	said, I will do what the people do. But what a person must do, when he 
	decides to do an act of worship – whether it is Hajj, fasting, giving 
	charity or anything else – is to learn about it before he does it. If he 
	comes after having done it and says: What was the ruling? this is 
	undoubtedly contrary to what is preferable. End quote.