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Part 9 – Gifting the Dead with Your Deeds

Part 9 – Gifting the Dead with Your Deeds

Allaah Ta’ala said

لِّیُنذِرَ مَن كَانَ حَیࣰّا

That he or it (Muhammad or the Quran) may give warning to him who is living

Yā Seen – 70

Part 9 The Reward for Reading the Qur’aan Reaching the Deceased

By
Shaykh Muhammad Nasir uddeen
Al-Albaani

Translated

by

Abbas Abu Yahya



https://youtu.be/xLUzfDYzRYE?si=HAGpc7HYT-W7XEG1


Questioner:

O our Shaykh, the explainer of the book at-Tahawi says in research of the chapters of ‘The Reward for Recitation’ and that just because the Salaf did not do this is, is not proof that the reward will not reach the dead.

Also, what is the difference between the reward for fasting reaching the deceased, which is only an intention and withholding from food and drink and the difference between the reward of recitation and Dhikr reaching the dead? What is your opinion regarding this principle O Shaykh?

Shaykh Al-Albaani answered:

Firstly, the proof is not that it is not mentioned from the Salaf or by the Salaf.

In fact, the proof is that this issue opposes a general principle which is not allowed to be regarded as specific except with a specific narration conveyed from the Messenger -alayhi as-Sallat wa Sallam – or from the Salaf as-Salih.

The principle is well-known to all, which is the saying of Allaah Ta’ala:
أَمۡ لَمۡ یُنَبَّأۡ بِمَا فِی صُحُفِ مُوسَىٰ وَإِبۡرَ ٰ⁠هِیمَ ٱلَّذِی وَفَّىٰۤ أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةࣱ وِزۡرَ أُخۡرَىٰ وَأَن لَّیۡسَ لِلۡإِنسَـٰنِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ
<<Or is he not informed with what is in the Scripture of Musa, And of Ibrahim who fulfilled (or conveyed) all that (Allaah ordered him to do or convey): That no burdened person with sins shall bear the burden sins of another.
And that man can have nothing but what he does whether good or bad.>>
[Surah An-Najm: 36-39]
(( وأن ليس للإنسان إلا ما سعى ))
<<And that man can have nothing but what he does whether good or bad.>>

<<And that man can have nothing but what he does whether good or bad.>> With this principle we say that the recitation does not reach to the general Muslims for whom the recitation was done with this intention.

As for what is the difference between fasting and recitation and that the reward for fasting reaches but the reward for recitation does not reach?

This reminds me of a proverb by some of the later scholars when they would debate some of those who opposed them:
” أثبت العرش ثم انقش أثبت العرش ثم انقش”
‘Don’t put the cart before the horse.’
‘Build the house before you decorate it!!’

If the house is not even built, how can you decorate it, except painting in thin air!
I mean by this: where is the proof that the reward for fasting reaches the general Muslims?
This is a presumption, and there is no evidence absolutely, so that there can be an analogy of recitation with fasting.

Although we say that we are not with Ibn Hazm in denying analogy categorically, however, we are also not with those who completely follow opinions and analogy,

those who are on the opposite ends with Ibn Hazm.
Ibn Hazm denied analogy categorically. However, the others stretched analogy a lot and too much, and they brought rulings which the Muslims are not in need of at all.

Indeed, we take the middle course between those who deny analogy and those who stretch it.

I benefitted of taking the middle course from the speech of the Imam who is al-Qurashi al-Matlabi Muhammad bin Idrees ash-Shafi’ai whereby he said:
” القياس ضرورة ”
‘Analogy is used for a necessity’
Meaning, to find a way out for the Muslim who does not find a text, perhaps there is a text present however, he did not come across it or did not reach him, so here it is necessary to use analogy.
As you know analogy has conditions, therefore it is not correct to use analogy to stretch worship,

indeed what has come in the Sharia of deeds of worship is sufficient and adequate than bringing new matters.
From here comes the mistake of those who hold the opinion of ‘Bida’ Hasana’ (good Bida’) in the Deen, and this is a crystal-clear mistake, so here we say: Why use analogy?

why analogize recitation with fasting, if it was affirmed for a Muslim to fast for any other Muslim whether the fast was an obligatory or optional one, but there is no evidence for this absolutely.
Also, this analogy will open a door for those who constantly use analogies which I do not think that anyone of them will be able to close except by going back to the principle:

(( وأن ليس للإنسان إلا ما سعى ))
<<And that man can have nothing but what he does whether good or bad.>> and whatever is an exception from this principle must have a reliable text whether from the aspect of a general text and a specific one, or an absolute text and a limited one.

It is not appropriate to turn to analogy to limit a principle which is a principle from the fundamentals of the Deen, because that would open up a door for them which they would not be able to close, and how could they?

If it is asked, what is the difference between recitation and fasting, then perhaps a person will also ask what is the difference between recitation and prayer?

So just as you recite to send the blessings on to the deceased Muslims, therefore, you can also pray a Salah for deceased Muslims, so whatever the answer to praying a Salah for the Muslims is, is also our answer to fasting, and that extends as our answer also to reciting for passing the blessings to the deceased.’
[Taken from Silsilah al-Huda wa Noor No. 783]



• Arabic Reference
ما رأيكم في كلام شارح الطحاوية حول وصول أجر قراءة القرآن للميت ؟
الشيخ محمد ناصر الالباني
السائل : شيخنا يقول شارح الطحاوية في مبحث فصول ثواب القراءة وليس كون السلف لم يفعلوه حجة في عدم الوصول أي الثواب وأي فرق بين وصول ثواب الصوم الذي هو مجرد نية وإمساك وبين وصول ثواب القراءة والذكر ما رأيكم في هذه القاعدة يا شيخ ؟

الشيخ : أولا ليست الحجة في أنه لم يرد من السلف أو عن السلف إنما الحجة أنها تخالف قاعدة عامة لا يجوز تخصيصها إلا بمخصص مروي منقول عن الرسول عليه الصلاة والسلام أو عن السلف الصالح القاعدة هي معروفة لدى الجميع وهي قوله تعالى ((
﴿ أَمْ لَمْ يُنَبَّأْ بِمَا فِي صُحُفِ مُوسَى ﴾
﴿ وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ الَّذِي وَفَّى ﴾
﴿ أَلَّا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَى ﴾
﴿ وَأَنْ لَيْسَ لِلْإِنْسَانِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَى ﴾

[النجم – ٣٦
– ٣۹]

بهذه القاعدة نقول نحن ثواب القراءة لا يصل إلى عامة المسلمين الذين قرئت بهذه النية ثم قوله ما الفرق بين الصيام وبين التلاوة فيصل ثواب الصيام ولا يصل ثواب التلاوة ؟
هنا يحضرني مثل لبعض العلماء المتأخرين حينما يناقش بعض المخالفين يقول ” أثبت العرش ثم انقش أثبت العرش ثم انقش ”
أما إذا كان العرش مفقودًا فلا تنقش إلا في الفراغ في الهواء أعني أين الدليل على أن ثواب الصيام يصل إلى عامة المسلمين ؟

هذا وهم ولا دليل هناك إطلاقا حتى يصح القياس للتلاوة على الصيام على أننا نقول لسنا مع بن حزم في إنكاره القياس جملة وتفصيلا ولكننا أيضًا لسنا مع الآرائيين والقياسيين الذين وقفوا على طرفي نقيض مع ابن حزم فابن حزم أنكره كما ذكرنا جملة وتفصيلا وهؤلاء توسعوا توسعًا شديدًا وكثيرًا وجاؤوا بأحكام ليس المسلمون بحاجة إليها إطلاقًا
وإنما نحن وسط بين من ينكر القياس وبين من يتوسع في القياس هذا الوسط استفدته من كلمة للإمام القرشي المطلبي محمد بن إدريس الشافعي حيث قال ” القياس ضرورة القياس ضرورة ” يعني لإيجاد مخرج لمسلم لا يجد نصًا وقد يكون النص موجودًا لكن هو لم يدركه ولم يصل إليه فلابد حينئذ من القياس والقياس كما تعلمون له شروطه فلا يصح أن نقيس لنتوسع في العبادات فإن ما جاء في الشرع من العبادات ما يكفي ويغني عن الإحداث ومن هنا يقع خطأ القائلين بالبدعة الحسنة في الدين خطأ ظاهًرا جليًا فهنا نحن نقول لماذا القياس لماذا قياس التلاوة على الصيام لو كان ثبت الصيام أن للمسلم أن يصوم عن أي مسلم سواء كان فرضًا أو كان نفلا لا شيء من ذلك إطلاقا ثم أن هذا القياس سيفتح على القائسين والقائلين به بابًا ما أظن أن أحدا منهم يستطيع أن يسده إلا بالرجوع إلى القاعدة (( وأن ليس للإنسان إلا ما سعى )) وأن من يستثني من هذه القاعدة فلابد له من نص يعتمد عليه من باب العام والخاص أو المطلق والمقيد أما القياس فهذا ما ينبغي الإيصال إليه لتخصيص القاعدة التي هي يعني أصل من أصول الدين لمجرد القياس سيفتح عليهم بابًا لا قبل لهم بغلقه كيف ؟ إذا قيل ما الفرق بين التلاوة وبين الصيام قد يقول قائل وما الفرق بين التلاوة والصلاة فكما تتلو عن المسلمين فلك أيضًا أن تصلي عن المسلمين فما كان جوابه عن الصلاة كان جوابنا عن الصيام كان جوابنا بالتالي عن التلاوة هذا ما عندي .”
سلسلة الهدى والنور-783



Also See:

☀Part 1 – Gifting the Dead with Your Deeds

By Shaykh ul Islaam Ahmed Ibn Taymeeyah -Rahimahullaah- (d. 728 A.H.)

https://tinyurl.com/3vfzpt3n

☀Part 2 – What is the Ruling of Reciting the Qur’aan for the Deceased in his House?

By Abdul Azeez bin Abdullaah Bin Baz – Rahimahullaah

https://tinyurl.com/bdez2y6p

☀Part 3 The Ruling of Reciting the Qur’aan for the Deceased

By Abdul Azeez bin Abdullaah Bin Baz – Rahimahullaah

https://tinyurl.com/4t7efz9h

☀Part 4 What is the Ruling on reading the Quran for the dead with the Intention of the reward and benefit?

By
Shaykh Ubayd bin Abdullaah al-Jabari – Rahimahullaah

https://tinyurl.com/48fyva55

☀Part 5 – The dead benefiting from the actions of the living & the difference of opinion regarding that

By Shaykh Rabee bin Hadi al-Madkhali
Rahimahullaah

https://tinyurl.com/yc4pe36e

☀Part 6 – Reciting for the Dead was not from the Actions of the Salaf

https://followingthesunnah.com/part-6-reciting-for-the-dead-was-not-from-the-actions-of-the-salaf/

Part 7 – What is the Ruling of reading Qur’aan for the deceased?

Part 8 – Gifting the Dead with Your Deeds