How does the deceased benefit from the three deeds mentioned in the hadith: “When a person dies, his deeds are cut off except for three?”
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The questioner:
In his statementMishkat al-Masabih 203 he asks: Do these three increase in his deeds after his death?
The Shaykh:
His deeds are cut off except for three, meaning his reward; his reward continues for these three, yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
After his death. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
So the ongoing charity is the endowment (waqf), and the endowment continues; it is distributed from its proceeds in the causes of goodness. The righteous child, as long as he is alive, prays for him, and this continues. Beneficial knowledge, this continues and is not cut off; it is the best of the three things, or knowledge that people benefit from, this continues and is not cut off. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Meaning it includes if he has students whom he taught beneficial knowledge, and they learned and taught their students, and they learned, the merit returns to Allah, then to the first teacher. And likewise if he wrote books that people benefit from, this also continues. Or if he has good sayings that are narrated from him and people benefit from them, yes.
In his statement
God’s messenger as saying, “When a man dies no further reward is recorded for his actions, with
صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا مَاتَ الْإِنْسَانُ انْقَطَعَ عَمَلُهُ إِلَّا مِنْ ثَلَاثَةِThe Shaykh:
His deeds are cut off except for three, meaning his reward; his reward continues for these three, yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
After his death. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
So the ongoing charity is the endowment (waqf), and the endowment continues; it is distributed from its proceeds in the causes of goodness. The righteous child, as long as he is alive, prays for him, and this continues. Beneficial knowledge, this continues and is not cut off; it is the best of the three things, or knowledge that people benefit from, this continues and is not cut off. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Meaning it includes if he has students whom he taught beneficial knowledge, and they learned and taught their students, and they learned, the merit returns to Allah, then to the first teacher. And likewise if he wrote books that people benefit from, this also continues. Or if he has good sayings that are narrated from him and people benefit from them, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيف ينتفع الميت بـالأعمال الثلاثة المذكورة في الحديث «إذا مات الإنسان انقطع عمله إلا من ثلاث؟ — youtube.com
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