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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Does supplication for the deceased benefit them other than from a righteous child?

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Question:
May Allah keep you safe. The virtue in the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
When a person dies,مات الإنسان.
his deeds are cut off except for threeانْقَطَعَ عَمَلُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ ثَلاَثٍ
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1376Sahih (Darussalam)
, so he said
or the prayers of a good son for his dead fatherأولد صالح يدعو له
Mishkat al-Masabih 203
, does supplication not benefit except from a righteous child?

Answer:
A righteous child is a place where supplication is likely to be answered, because he is a place where supplication is likely to be answered. Otherwise, every Muslim, as long as he is a Muslim, his supplication is accepted if the conditions for acceptance are met in him, but the righteous one is more hopeful for the acceptance of the supplication.
Source 75-اللقاء الأسبوعي مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 05 — archive.org (1:14:14)

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