Do the supplications of the living reach the dead?
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The questioner : Addressing the dead, does it reach them? Is it true that their spirit returns to them?
The Shaykh : Addressing the dead. I want to understand first of all, what do you mean by addressing the dead? I mean, if he hears, will you hear? If there is no addressing,
The questioner : I mean, I mean casting words to him. Let us clarify.
The Shaykh : No, it does not reach him.
The questioner : It is not valid.
The Shaykh : Allah the Exalted said:[Fatir 35:22].
The questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh :[An-Naml 27:80].
The questioner : And this is the vision that Ibn al-Qayyim speaks of regarding the Companions and the wills that come to them in dreams.
The Shaykh : It has no value.
The questioner : It does not exist.
The Shaykh : It has no value. Yes.
The questioner : Yes, it is not considered, even if it is a dream.
The Shaykh: Never.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
The Shaykh : Addressing the dead. I want to understand first of all, what do you mean by addressing the dead? I mean, if he hears, will you hear? If there is no addressing,
The questioner : I mean, I mean casting words to him. Let us clarify.
The Shaykh : No, it does not reach him.
The questioner : It is not valid.
The Shaykh : Allah the Exalted said:
but you cannot make hear those in the graves.
وَمَا أَنتَ بِمُسْمِعٍ مَّن فِي الْقُبُورِThe questioner : Yes, yes.
The Shaykh :
Indeed, you will not make the dead hear, nor will you make the deaf hear the call
إِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ الْمَوْتَىٰ وَلَا تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ الدُّعَاءَThe questioner : And this is the vision that Ibn al-Qayyim speaks of regarding the Companions and the wills that come to them in dreams.
The Shaykh : It has no value.
The questioner : It does not exist.
The Shaykh : It has no value. Yes.
The questioner : Yes, it is not considered, even if it is a dream.
The Shaykh: Never.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، المجلس 1321 — d3watuna.com (21:59)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.