The reaching of the reward of charity on behalf of others, in light of Allah’s saying: “And that man can have nothing but what he works for”
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Regarding the saying of the Exalted,[An-Najm 53:39], he says: If a person gives charity with the intention of it being on behalf of another person, you have previously mentioned that the reward reaches him.
Answer:
The evidence has come for it, my brother. The evidence has come for it. An exception is made from the verse for what the evidence has established regarding the work of another benefiting the one for whom charity is given on his behalf. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) Sahih al-Bukhari 2760 on behalf of his mother, which indicates that the reward of charity reaches the deceased. Likewise, Hajj and 'Umrah on behalf of the deceased, and likewise supplication for the deceased; all of this reaches him from the work of the living, because the evidence has come for it.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Regarding the saying of the Exalted,
And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives
وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَانِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰAnswer:
The evidence has come for it, my brother. The evidence has come for it. An exception is made from the verse for what the evidence has established regarding the work of another benefiting the one for whom charity is given on his behalf. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
When Sa'd ibn Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with him) asked him, saying that his mother had died and that she wanted to give charity
لما سأله سعد بن عبادة رضي الله عنه أن أمه ماتت وأنها تريد أن تتصدقMay I give in charity on her behalf?" He said, "Yes! Give in charity
أفأتصدق عنها؟ قال نعم، تصدق
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل في أن لذة النظر إلى وجه الله يوم القيامة تابعة للتلذذ بمعرفته ومحبته في الدنيا — islamhouse.com (1:03:35)
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