What is the stronger position regarding dedicating the reward of deeds to the deceased?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. Also, the brother Abu Muhammad says: I hope the Shaykh will answer me on this question, which is regarding the stronger position on dedicating the reward of deeds to the deceased, and what reaches my deceased father, whom I neglected in serving?
Answer:
The default is that every deed belongs to its doer, as Allah the Exalted said:[An-Najm 53:39] However, evidence has come regarding certain deeds that Allah makes beneficial for the deceased if their reward is dedicated to him, such as charity, such as supplication and seeking forgiveness for him, and such as performing Hajj and 'Umrah on his behalf. Evidence has come for these because if Allah accepts them, He makes them beneficial for the deceased. As for anything other than these, it is not dedicated to the deceased, because no evidence has come for that, and the default is that every deed belongs to its doer, [An-Najm 53:39]. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. Also, the brother Abu Muhammad says: I hope the Shaykh will answer me on this question, which is regarding the stronger position on dedicating the reward of deeds to the deceased, and what reaches my deceased father, whom I neglected in serving?
Answer:
The default is that every deed belongs to its doer, as Allah the Exalted said:
And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives
وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَانِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰAnd that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives
وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَانِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما القول الراجح في اهداء ثواب الأعمال للأموات؟ الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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