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What the Living Can do for the Dead

AR Uncategorized July 18, 2023 1 Minute

Author: Shahrul Hussain

Book length: 175 pages

Excerpt: The hadith of the Prophet ﷺ cursing women who visit graves is interpreted to be addressing those who go for the sake of crying aloud and wailing.

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1. According to the article, how is death defined? It is nonexistence — the complete annihilation of the person. It means only the end of consciousness while the body continues functioning biologically. It is the separation of the soul from the body, not annihilation. It is immediate entrance into either Paradise or Hell at the moment of bodily death.

2. What stance does the article present regarding bidʿah (religious innovation)? Bidʿah can be praiseworthy or reprehensible; innovations that do not contradict Islamic fundamentals can be acceptable. All bidʿah is necessarily misguidance and therefore prohibited. Any action not done by the Prophet ﷺ is automatically unlawful. The Prophet’s omission proves that any later practice is illicit and must be abandoned.

3. Which statement best summarizes the article’s discussion of īsāl al-thawāb (donating the reward of good deeds to the dead)? Only Hajj may be performed on behalf of the dead; no other forms of īsāl al-thawāb are valid. All jurists agree that no reward of any act can reach the deceased. There is disagreement, but scholars agree that charity, sacrifice on ‘Īd, paying debts and asking for forgiveness can be donated; Hanafīs and Hanbalis even permit donating the reward of any righteous act. The Shāfiʿī school unanimously rejects any donation of worship to the deceased.

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