وَعَنْهُ قَالَ: إِنَّ امْرَأَةً مِنْ خَثْعَمَ قَالَتْ: يَا رَسُول الله إِن فَرِيضَة الله عِبَادِهِ فِي الْحَجِّ أَدْرَكَتْ أَبِي شَيْخًا كَبِيرًا لَا يَثْبُتُ عَلَى الرَّاحِلَةِ أَفَأَحُجُّ عَنْهُ؟ قَالَ: «نعم» ذَلِك حجَّة الْوَدَاع
He told of a woman of Khath'am saying, “Messenger of God, God’s ordinance that His servants should perform the pilgrimage has come when my father is a very old man and is unable to sit firmly on a camel. May I perform the pilgrimage on his behalf?” He replied that she might. That was at the Farewell Pilgrimage. Bukhari and Muslim.
Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 1513, 1854, 1855, 4399, 6228), Muslim (No. 1334), Abu Dawud (No. 1809), An-Nasa’i (No. 2635, 2636, 2641, 5390, 5391), Ibn Majah (No. 2907), Ahmad (No. 1792, 3068, 3203) and Ad-Darimi (No. 1763). Cited in Mishkat al-Masabih (No. 2511).