My father passed away a few years ago, and he did not maintain the prayer due to severe illness, gangrene, and he was always reciting the two testimonies of faith, and he
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The questioner : She says that her father passed away a few years ago, and he did not maintain the prayer due to severe illness, gangrene, and he was always reciting the two testimonies of faith, and he recited them before his death, and he was a monotheist of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He). She asks: Is it obligatory for me to maintain loyalty to my father in this case, and to be dutiful to him by supplicating for his forgiveness and mercy, and giving charity on his behalf? And does this case not apply to the noble hadith: , and that is because I love him very much?
The Shaykh : The father about whom the woman asked leaves off some of the prayer and prays at times. Some scholars hold that he is a disbeliever, and if he is a disbeliever, then it is not permissible to supplicate for his forgiveness or mercy, nor to give charity on his behalf, nor anything else.
The stronger opinion is that he is not a disbeliever if he prays and leaves off some. The stronger opinion in my view is that he is not a disbeliever, but rather the one who is a disbeliever is the one who leaves off the prayer absolutely. The situation of the man about whom the woman asked necessitates, according to the stronger opinion, that he is not a disbeliever. So if you supplicate for his forgiveness and mercy, and you increase in that, then it is hoped that Allah will benefit him with this.
The questioner : Thank you, O honorable Shaykh, and may Allah bless you and your knowledge and benefit the Muslims with you. O brothers and sisters, in conclusion, please accept the greetings of my colleague, the sound engineer, Hamad ibn Muhammad al-Wabli. And may peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
When the son of Adam dies, his deeds are cut off except for three, and among them is the righteous son who supplicates for him
إذا مات ابن آدم انقطع عمله إلا من ثلاث ، وذكر من ذلك الولد الصالح يدعو لهThe Shaykh : The father about whom the woman asked leaves off some of the prayer and prays at times. Some scholars hold that he is a disbeliever, and if he is a disbeliever, then it is not permissible to supplicate for his forgiveness or mercy, nor to give charity on his behalf, nor anything else.
The stronger opinion is that he is not a disbeliever if he prays and leaves off some. The stronger opinion in my view is that he is not a disbeliever, but rather the one who is a disbeliever is the one who leaves off the prayer absolutely. The situation of the man about whom the woman asked necessitates, according to the stronger opinion, that he is not a disbeliever. So if you supplicate for his forgiveness and mercy, and you increase in that, then it is hoped that Allah will benefit him with this.
The questioner : Thank you, O honorable Shaykh, and may Allah bless you and your knowledge and benefit the Muslims with you. O brothers and sisters, in conclusion, please accept the greetings of my colleague, the sound engineer, Hamad ibn Muhammad al-Wabli. And may peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.