Does the deceased hear those who greet him?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
The questioner asks: Do the dead hear those who greet them? Allah knows best regarding this. Matters of the graves are matters of the Hereafter, and we do not speak about what we do not know except with valid evidence, with valid evidence from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger.
Answer:
However, visiting graves is prescribed for us, as is greeting the deceased Muslims and making du'a for them. This benefits them, by the permission of Allah. Making du'a for the dead benefits them. In visiting, there is consideration of the visitor and remembrance of death, which is what we were commanded to do. As for whether they hear or do not hear, we have no specific ruling on this. Whether they hear or do not hear, we have no specific ruling on this; we do what is prescribed for us and what we were commanded to do.
The questioner asks: Do the dead hear those who greet them? Allah knows best regarding this. Matters of the graves are matters of the Hereafter, and we do not speak about what we do not know except with valid evidence, with valid evidence from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger.
Answer:
However, visiting graves is prescribed for us, as is greeting the deceased Muslims and making du'a for them. This benefits them, by the permission of Allah. Making du'a for the dead benefits them. In visiting, there is consideration of the visitor and remembrance of death, which is what we were commanded to do. As for whether they hear or do not hear, we have no specific ruling on this. Whether they hear or do not hear, we have no specific ruling on this; we do what is prescribed for us and what we were commanded to do.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يسمع الميت من يسلّم عليه؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.