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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The reward of a living person's charity reaching the deceased

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Question:
The sister questioner also asks and says: Shaykh Salih, does the charity of the living reach the deceased in his grave, and does he know that it is from so-and-so, or from his children, or from his sister?

Answer:
Yes, charity on behalf of the deceased, if Allah accepts it, its reward reaches the deceased. It is among the matters in which acting on behalf of another is valid: charity, supplication, Hajj, or 'Umrah. All of these are matters whose reward reaches the deceased if it is dedicated to them. Yes.
Source قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء - الفوزان 27-04-1438هـ — youtube.com (16:12)

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