A question about Esaale sawaab

7 Nov 2011 · 11 Dhuʻl-Hijjah 1432 AH1 min readFatwa 19555English

Question

I want to know if I pray nafl salah for my dead mother and father will they receive the salah, if I give charity, will they get the reward? Please answer me, anything you send to a dead person, do they receive it?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

The deceased do get the reward for a good deed you enact with the intention of gifting them the reward such as the recitation of the Qurān and voluntary prayers and charity. [1] [2] [3]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Husain Kadodia

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[1] صرح علماؤنا في باب الحج عن الغير بأن للإنسان أن يجعل ثواب عمله لغيره صلاة أو صوما أو صدقة أو غيرها كذا في الهداية...

رد المحتار, ص.١٥١, ج.٣, دار عالم الكتب

[2] حاشية الطحطاوي على الدر المختار, ص.٣٨٣, ج.١

[3] فتاوى محمودية, ص.٢٠٣, ج.٩, ادارة الفاروق

Checked & approved by: Mufti Husain Kadodia

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