The reaching of the reward of deeds to the deceased
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, he says: Has any of the scholars said that the deceased receives nothing from the deeds, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:[An-Najm 53:39]
Answer:
Yes, some say this, but the correct view is that what the evidence indicates reaches the deceased. The default is that nothing reaches the deceased except his own deeds, but what the evidence indicates does reach him, such as charity on behalf of the deceased, such as Hajj and 'Umrah on behalf of the deceased, and such as supplication and seeking forgiveness for the deceased. This reaches him because the evidence indicates it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Honorable Shaykh, he says: Has any of the scholars said that the deceased receives nothing from the deeds, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives
وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَانِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰAnswer:
Yes, some say this, but the correct view is that what the evidence indicates reaches the deceased. The default is that nothing reaches the deceased except his own deeds, but what the evidence indicates does reach him, such as charity on behalf of the deceased, such as Hajj and 'Umrah on behalf of the deceased, and such as supplication and seeking forgiveness for the deceased. This reaches him because the evidence indicates it. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
شرح نونية ابن القيم [54] — alfawzan.live (1:21:12)
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