Dedication of the reward of prayer and circumambulation to relatives
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Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible for me to dedicate one of my relatives, or two, to a prayer or a tawaf (circumambulation of the Ka'bah) or something else, because I have not found anyone among my relatives who cares for them?
Answer:
Prayer and tawaf are physical acts; these are physical acts whose reward belongs to the one who performs them, and their reward is not dedicated to others. As for the acts that are dedicated to the dead and the living, they are those for which evidence has come, such as giving charity on their behalf, making du'a (supplication) for them, and performing Hajj or 'Umrah on their behalf. This is what the evidence indicates is dedicated to other Muslims. As for anything else, Allah the Exalted said:[An-Najm 53:39] Yes.
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, is it permissible for me to dedicate one of my relatives, or two, to a prayer or a tawaf (circumambulation of the Ka'bah) or something else, because I have not found anyone among my relatives who cares for them?
Answer:
Prayer and tawaf are physical acts; these are physical acts whose reward belongs to the one who performs them, and their reward is not dedicated to others. As for the acts that are dedicated to the dead and the living, they are those for which evidence has come, such as giving charity on their behalf, making du'a (supplication) for them, and performing Hajj or 'Umrah on their behalf. This is what the evidence indicates is dedicated to other Muslims. As for anything else, Allah the Exalted said:
And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives
وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَانِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ
Source
شرح كتاب الكبائر للإمام محمد بن عبد الوهاب، بداية من باب تكثير السواد في الفتن — islamhouse.com (1:07:07)
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