Is it permissible to perform the prayer on behalf of a deceased person if it was a vow?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to perform the prayer on behalf of a deceased person if it was a vow? And if it was not a vow, is it performed on his behalf?
Answer:
If the prayer was a vow, it is performed on behalf of the deceased; the prayer of the vow. No, if it was the obligatory prayer, it is not performed on his behalf; because it is obligatory upon him by the original ruling of the Shari'ah, and it is a physical act in which representation does not apply. Representation only applies in the case of a vow.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to perform the prayer on behalf of a deceased person if it was a vow? And if it was not a vow, is it performed on his behalf?
Answer:
If the prayer was a vow, it is performed on behalf of the deceased; the prayer of the vow. No, if it was the obligatory prayer, it is not performed on his behalf; because it is obligatory upon him by the original ruling of the Shari'ah, and it is a physical act in which representation does not apply. Representation only applies in the case of a vow.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [780 -2802] هل يجوز أداء الصلاة عن الميت إن كانت نذرًا؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.