The Criterion for Bestowing Rewards on the Deceased and the Meaning of Allah’s Saying: “And that man shall have nothing but what he has earned”
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, what is the legal criterion for bestowing rewards on the deceased? What is the meaning of bestowing rewards? And how do we understand the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic:[An-Najm 53:39]?
Answer:
Yes,[An-Najm 53:39] this is the principle: that the deed belongs to its doer, except where evidence indicates that it is bestowed upon another. Evidence indicates that charity is bestowed upon another, and the sacrificial animal is bestowed upon another, and supplication is bestowed upon another; all of this has been reported. Also, Hajj is bestowed upon another; one performs Hajj on behalf of others, including the deceased who are unable to perform the obligatory Hajj. 'Umrah is likewise considered on behalf of the one who is unable to perform the obligatory one, and on behalf of the deceased. This is a specification of the verse. These pieces of evidence specify the verse, and as for everything else, the verse remains in its generality.
Honorable Shaykh, what is the legal criterion for bestowing rewards on the deceased? What is the meaning of bestowing rewards? And how do we understand the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic:
And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives
وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَانِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰAnswer:
Yes,
And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives
وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَانِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب الأضاحي — islamhouse.com (1:07:59)
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