Answered by Shaykh Ilyas Patel
Is it possible to perform umrah on behalf on a living person, with or without them knowing?
Answer:
Walaikum assalam,
The ruling of the Umrah is that it is confirmed sunna (sunna mu’akkada ) to perform in one’s lifetime [Durr al-Mukhtar], which means that each morally responsible person will be discharged of this sunna, if he/she performs it himself/herself.
Yes, one can perform the Umrah and gift the reward to one’s living (with or without them knowing) or deceased but he/she will have to perform himself/herself to discharge the Sunna itself, if able.
And Allah alone gives success.
– Ilyas Patel