Charity on behalf of a deceased person due to seeing them in a dream
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: A man saw his relative in a dream, and the relative ordered him to give charity on his behalf. Is this dreamer required to give charity on behalf of the deceased?
Answer:
Dreams are not the basis for legal rulings, but if he gives charity to him as a form of kindness, there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: A man saw his relative in a dream, and the relative ordered him to give charity on his behalf. Is this dreamer required to give charity on behalf of the deceased?
Answer:
Dreams are not the basis for legal rulings, but if he gives charity to him as a form of kindness, there is nothing wrong with it. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل وأما المقام الثاني الذي وقع فيه الغلط — islamhouse.com (1:12:56)
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