The ruling on instructing the deceased after burial
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Question:
Your Excellency the Shaykh, it has appeared in some countries that when they want to bury the deceased, they tell him: If the King asks you, "Who is your Lord?" say, "My Lord is Allah." And if He asks, "Who is the Prophet?" say, "The Prophet is Muhammad."
Answer:
Does the deceased hear them? They order them to say, "The deceased is dead; he does not hear and does not know what they are saying." This is from one aspect. The second aspect is that the hadith regarding teaching the shahadah (talaqqin) that has been reported is not to be relied upon as evidence. Talaqqin is only for the living, as mentioned previously when a person is on the verge of death: one says, "Say: There is no god but Allah," or reminds him of Allah, in order to alert him. That is the time for talaqqin, before death. As for after death, nothing has been established regarding it, and it also does not benefit the deceased. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Your Excellency the Shaykh, it has appeared in some countries that when they want to bury the deceased, they tell him: If the King asks you, "Who is your Lord?" say, "My Lord is Allah." And if He asks, "Who is the Prophet?" say, "The Prophet is Muhammad."
Answer:
Does the deceased hear them? They order them to say, "The deceased is dead; he does not hear and does not know what they are saying." This is from one aspect. The second aspect is that the hadith regarding teaching the shahadah (talaqqin) that has been reported is not to be relied upon as evidence. Talaqqin is only for the living, as mentioned previously when a person is on the verge of death: one says, "Say: There is no god but Allah," or reminds him of Allah, in order to alert him. That is the time for talaqqin, before death. As for after death, nothing has been established regarding it, and it also does not benefit the deceased. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/44 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (32:27)
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