Do the dead hear the salam and supplication of the visitor?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: By the word of Allah[Fatir 35:13-14], he asks: Does the one in the grave not hear the supplication and not hear the salam?
The Shaykh:
He hears what Allah makes him hear of the Muslim's salam upon him and his supplication for him, yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
In his own right, he does not hear unless Allah makes him hear; he does not hear on his own. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: By the word of Allah
(13) He causes the night to enter the day, and He causes the day to enter the night and has subjected the sun and the moon - each running [its course] for a specified term. That is Allah, your Lord; to Him belongs sovereignty. And those whom you invoke other than Him do not possess [as much as] the membrane of a date seed. (14) If you invoke them, they do not hear your supplication; and if they heard, they would not respond to you. And on the Day of Resurrection they will deny your association. And none can inform you like [one] Acquainted [with all matters].
ذَٰلِكُمُ اللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَالَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ مَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِن قِطْمِيرٍ إِن تَدْعُوهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُوا دُعَاءَكُمْThe Shaykh:
He hears what Allah makes him hear of the Muslim's salam upon him and his supplication for him, yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
In his own right, he does not hear unless Allah makes him hear; he does not hear on his own. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1518- هل يسمع الموتى سلامَ الزائر ودعاءه؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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