Circumambulating the House seven times and dedicating its reward to the deceased
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I have seen some of the elderly circumambulate the House seven times and say, “This reward is for so-and-so, the deceased,” and this has become their practice. Is this prescribed?
Answer:
There is no specific evidence for this, except from the general aspect that it is an act of devotion and obedience, and that there is reward for it in a general sense. They do it from this general perspective. However, what is established is that one performs Hajj on behalf of the deceased and performs ‘Umrah on behalf of the deceased. As for mere circumambulation, there is no evidence for it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I have seen some of the elderly circumambulate the House seven times and say, “This reward is for so-and-so, the deceased,” and this has become their practice. Is this prescribed?
Answer:
There is no specific evidence for this, except from the general aspect that it is an act of devotion and obedience, and that there is reward for it in a general sense. They do it from this general perspective. However, what is established is that one performs Hajj on behalf of the deceased and performs ‘Umrah on behalf of the deceased. As for mere circumambulation, there is no evidence for it. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 07-11-1436هـ — alfawzan.live (51:53)
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