{"id":2555,"date":"2013-01-27T11:46:52","date_gmt":"2013-01-27T11:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bakkah.net\/en\/?p=2555"},"modified":"2013-01-25T12:06:19","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T12:06:19","slug":"qa-giving-charity-on-behalf-of-the-deceased-permanent-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bakkah.net\/en\/qa-giving-charity-on-behalf-of-the-deceased-permanent-committee.htm","title":{"rendered":"Q&A: Giving Charity on Behalf of the Deceased [Permanent Committee]"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Name of Allaah, the Most Merciful, the All-Merciful…<\/em><\/p>\n

QUESTION:<\/strong> Is charity given on behalf of the\u00a0deceased something that benefits the deceased?<\/p>\n

ANSWER:<\/strong> Yes, the deceased will benefit from the charity given by the living on his behalf, according to the consensus of Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaa’ah<\/em>.<\/p>\n

This is based on the hadeeth collected by al-Bukhaaree and Muslim from the narration of ‘Aa’ishah (may Allaah be pleased with her), who said that a man came to the Prophet (may Allaah raise his rank and grant him peace) and said, “O Messenger of Allaah!\u00a0 My mother’s soul was taken (suddenly), and she had not bequested anything (as charity to be given from her wealth).\u00a0 I believe that she would have done so if she had spoken (before her death).\u00a0 Would she get any reward if I gave charity on her behalf?”<\/p>\n

He replied, “Yes.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Also, due to the hadeeth collected by al-Bukhaaree from the narration of ‘Abdullaah ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him and his father), that Sa’d ibn ‘Ubaadah’s (may Allaah be pleased with him) mother died in his absence.\u00a0 He later went to the Prophet (may Allaah raise his rank and grant him peace) and said, “O Messenger of Allaah! My mother has died while I was absent, so would she benefit if I gave charity on her behalf?”<\/p>\n

He replied, “Yes.”\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

He (Sa’d) said, “Then I take you as a witness that I give away my garden, al-Mikhraaf (the name of the garden), as charity on her behalf.”<\/p>\n

These are among the authentic evidences about\u00a0the deceased benefitting from\u00a0giving charity on their behalf.<\/p>\n

And\u00a0through Allaah (alone) is success.\u00a0 May Allaah raise the rank of our Prophet Muhammad and that of his family and companions, and grant\u00a0them all peace.<\/p>\n

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