The Permissibility of Sharing the Reward of the Udhiyah with the Deceased
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The Shaykh:
May Allah greet you.
The questioner:
May Allah not humiliate you. I have just one question, but first, may Allah have mercy on our deceased and the deceased of the Muslims. I ask you, if Allah wills, to make du'a for our deceased and the deceased of the Muslims. May Allah have mercy on them all. Ameen. The question, may Allah not humiliate you: My father passed away, may Allah have mercy on him. We know that the udhiyah is for the living more than for the dead, and that one shares it with the living and the dead. All my brothers, each of them performs the sacrifice, and praise be to Allah, Blessed is Allah. If we all sacrifice, we have about eight or nine animals. Is it permissible for us to combine and spread it out among us on two or three udhiyah? But will it be accepted if it is a collective effort from us, or does each person have to do it on his own? Okay, thank you, thank you.
The Shaykh:
Every household, every household, my brother, it is prescribed for them to perform the udhiyah, and the members of the households do not share in one udhiyah. Every household sacrifices for the people of their household. This is the Sunnah. And if you include your father in your udhiyah, or if you sacrifice a separate udhiyah for him, all of that is good. The udhiyah is prescribed for the living and for the deceased; because it is an act of worship, and it has a great reward, and it is a charity that benefits the deceased by the permission of Allah. Yes.
May Allah greet you.
The questioner:
May Allah not humiliate you. I have just one question, but first, may Allah have mercy on our deceased and the deceased of the Muslims. I ask you, if Allah wills, to make du'a for our deceased and the deceased of the Muslims. May Allah have mercy on them all. Ameen. The question, may Allah not humiliate you: My father passed away, may Allah have mercy on him. We know that the udhiyah is for the living more than for the dead, and that one shares it with the living and the dead. All my brothers, each of them performs the sacrifice, and praise be to Allah, Blessed is Allah. If we all sacrifice, we have about eight or nine animals. Is it permissible for us to combine and spread it out among us on two or three udhiyah? But will it be accepted if it is a collective effort from us, or does each person have to do it on his own? Okay, thank you, thank you.
The Shaykh:
Every household, every household, my brother, it is prescribed for them to perform the udhiyah, and the members of the households do not share in one udhiyah. Every household sacrifices for the people of their household. This is the Sunnah. And if you include your father in your udhiyah, or if you sacrifice a separate udhiyah for him, all of that is good. The udhiyah is prescribed for the living and for the deceased; because it is an act of worship, and it has a great reward, and it is a charity that benefits the deceased by the permission of Allah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، جواز إشراك الميت في ثواب الأضحية - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (0:12)
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