Seeking Forgiveness for One Who Dies Having Abandoned Prayer
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. A person died, or he was taken while he did not come out of it, so is it permissible to perform 'Umrah on his behalf?
The Shaykh:
It has been confirmed that he never prayed, not in the house and not in the mosque, and he died in this state without repenting, so he is a disbeliever. It is not permissible to seek forgiveness for him, nor to give charity on behalf of the polytheists, because he is a disbeliever. This is if he died having abandoned prayer. As for if he repented before he died, praise be to Allah, he died upon Islam.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. A person died, or he was taken while he did not come out of it, so is it permissible to perform 'Umrah on his behalf?
The Shaykh:
It has been confirmed that he never prayed, not in the house and not in the mosque, and he died in this state without repenting, so he is a disbeliever. It is not permissible to seek forgiveness for him, nor to give charity on behalf of the polytheists, because he is a disbeliever. This is if he died having abandoned prayer. As for if he repented before he died, praise be to Allah, he died upon Islam.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 14/7 شرح العقيدة الطحاوية/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:11:08)
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