Ruling on the reward of a charitable project reaching a deceased person
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A person died, and some of the brothers collected donations for him and placed them in a charitable project, a continuous charity. Is this action permissible, O Shaykh? And does the reward reach him?
Giving charity on behalf of a deceased person certainly reaches him, as came in the hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the story of Sa'd ibn Ubadah, that he gave charity for his mother with a date palm,And as in the story of the man who said: (O Messenger of Allah! My mother died suddenly, and if she had been able to speak, she would have given charity. Should I give charity on her behalf?He said: Yes), but supplication is better than this, and the evidence that supplication is better than charity for the deceased isThe saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): (When a person dies, his deeds are cut off except for three: a continuous charity, or knowledge from which benefit is derived, or a righteous child who supplicates for him) This is regarding charity on behalf of the deceased.
As for this method you mentioned, where one collects for the deceased and puts it in real estate to be a charity, I do not see this, because among the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) died great ones and those who have a right upon the community, such as the caliphs and others, and they did not collect for them to give charity on their behalf. Then this opens a door of evil for people, because if such colleagues donate and one of them is told: Give! Donate,He said: No, I do not donate. My family is more deserving of me giving charity for so-and-so. They make a fuss about him,And they said: saying you are like this, and you are like this, and you are like this.
Third: It may lead to quarreling, and it is said, what Allah willed, so-and-so school raised one hundred thousand riyals and benefited their colleague, and what have you done?It is said: No, we paid more than one hundred thousand. So I do not see this. I fear they will establish a practice among people that they have no need for,And I say: You, may Allah reward you with good! And the one who gives charity on behalf of the deceased secretly, between him and Allah, we do not prevent him from that,And with that, we guide them and say: it is better than giving charity on his behalf to supplicate to Allah for him.
Giving charity on behalf of a deceased person certainly reaches him, as came in the hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding the story of Sa'd ibn Ubadah, that he gave charity for his mother with a date palm,And as in the story of the man who said: (O Messenger of Allah! My mother died suddenly, and if she had been able to speak, she would have given charity. Should I give charity on her behalf?He said: Yes), but supplication is better than this, and the evidence that supplication is better than charity for the deceased isThe saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): (When a person dies, his deeds are cut off except for three: a continuous charity, or knowledge from which benefit is derived, or a righteous child who supplicates for him) This is regarding charity on behalf of the deceased.
As for this method you mentioned, where one collects for the deceased and puts it in real estate to be a charity, I do not see this, because among the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) died great ones and those who have a right upon the community, such as the caliphs and others, and they did not collect for them to give charity on their behalf. Then this opens a door of evil for people, because if such colleagues donate and one of them is told: Give! Donate,He said: No, I do not donate. My family is more deserving of me giving charity for so-and-so. They make a fuss about him,And they said: saying you are like this, and you are like this, and you are like this.
Third: It may lead to quarreling, and it is said, what Allah willed, so-and-so school raised one hundred thousand riyals and benefited their colleague, and what have you done?It is said: No, we paid more than one hundred thousand. So I do not see this. I fear they will establish a practice among people that they have no need for,And I say: You, may Allah reward you with good! And the one who gives charity on behalf of the deceased secretly, between him and Allah, we do not prevent him from that,And with that, we guide them and say: it is better than giving charity on his behalf to supplicate to Allah for him.