The ruling on instructing the deceased after burial
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it prescribed to instruct the deceased after he is buried, saying, "O so-and-so, say: My Lord is Allah, my Prophet is Muhammad, my religion is Islam"? And is there any evidence for the one who says this?
Answer:
Yes, there is a hadith regarding this, but it is not authentic; it is not authentic, and it is not acted upon. One cannot instruct the deceased after his death, nor can he hear. Yes, the hadith is not authentic. Yes, and although some scholars strengthen it, it is not authentic. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Is it prescribed to instruct the deceased after he is buried, saying, "O so-and-so, say: My Lord is Allah, my Prophet is Muhammad, my religion is Islam"? And is there any evidence for the one who says this?
Answer:
Yes, there is a hadith regarding this, but it is not authentic; it is not authentic, and it is not acted upon. One cannot instruct the deceased after his death, nor can he hear. Yes, the hadith is not authentic. Yes, and although some scholars strengthen it, it is not authentic. Yes.
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية [ صالح الفوزان ] [ 1438هـ ]، الإيمان بأنه قريب مجيب — islamhouse.com (49:22)
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