Sharing the reward of contributing to the construction of a mosque with one’s parents and the deceased Muslims
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: A person contributed to the cost of building a mosque and intended to share in the reward, intending to share it with his parents, his descendants, and the deceased Muslims for whom no charity has been given. Will he be rewarded for this action?
Answer:
Yes, according to his intention. If he intends this for himself, his parents, his relatives, and his Muslim brothers, it will benefit them, with Allah’s permission. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: A person contributed to the cost of building a mosque and intended to share in the reward, intending to share it with his parents, his descendants, and the deceased Muslims for whom no charity has been given. Will he be rewarded for this action?
Answer:
Yes, according to his intention.
Actions are only by intentions
إنما الأعمال بالنيات
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، أول كتاب المناسك — islamhouse.com (1:09:30)
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