The ruling on giving charity and making supplication on behalf of a child who died before reaching puberty
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Question:
He has a son who was seven years old when he passed away. He says: Honorable Shaykh, if I were to take responsibility for orphans, intending to dedicate the care of these orphaned children to him,
Answer:
No, he is asking whether the reward can be offered to him? Yes. I mean, from acts of obedience? He has not reached the age of accountability, and no obligations are incumbent upon him, so nothing from the acts of obedience can be offered to him as a reward. One does not dedicate the reward of any act of obedience to him, because he died upon the fitrah (the innate natural disposition) and does not need it. Yes.
He has a son who was seven years old when he passed away. He says: Honorable Shaykh, if I were to take responsibility for orphans, intending to dedicate the care of these orphaned children to him,
Answer:
No, he is asking whether the reward can be offered to him? Yes. I mean, from acts of obedience? He has not reached the age of accountability, and no obligations are incumbent upon him, so nothing from the acts of obedience can be offered to him as a reward. One does not dedicate the reward of any act of obedience to him, because he died upon the fitrah (the innate natural disposition) and does not need it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [5327] حكم التصدق والدعاء عن الطفل المتوفى دون البلوغ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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