Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Sending Quranic reward to the deceased

“Can a husband, parents, siblings recite Quran and send the reward (إیصال ثواب) to a deceased person for their forgiveness? What is the correct method?”Asked by Miss Abida, New Delhi

He answers at 1:33:49 in Art of Crisis Management I 3 October, 2010 · 1 min 40 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:33:49
Maulana, yeh sawal kya hai? Miss Abida ne New Delhi se unhone poocha hai: Kya shohar, maa baap, bhai behan marne wale ki maghfirat ke liye tilawat e quran kar ke esal e sawab pahuncha sakta hai? Is ka sahi tareeqa kya hai? Bhai, to main abhi jawab de chuka hoon. Is ka esal e sawab concept hi ghair islami hai. Esal e sawab mani sawab pahunchana, yani amal aap karein aur yeh niyat karein ke yeh mera amal jo hai, is ka sawab pahunch jaye falan shakhs ko. Yeh kahin yeh bilkul alien hai Islam mein. Kahin bhi Quran o Hadees mein nahi hai ke kisi aur ka amal kisi aur ko pahunch sakta hai. Kuch bhi nahi hai, is ki koi haqeeqat hi nahi hai.
1:34:37
Is ki jaden bhi esal e sawab ke ke ke jo riwaj hain, hamare India mein, Arabon mein to nahi hain. India mein sab bilkul baseless hain, Islam se is ka koi talluq nahi hai, aur marne wale ko is se kuch bhi faida nahi pahunchta, one percent bhi nahi. Yeh yeh concept Islam mein ajnabi hai. Amal koi kare, sawab kisi aur ko mil jaye. Saaf saaf Quran mein hai ke "Laisa lil insaani illa ma sa" . Khud aadmi ne jo kuch kiya hoga, marne se pehle bas wahi is ka amal hai, wahi is ke kaam aayega marne ke baad.
1:35:21
Kisi aur ka amal marne ke baad is ke kaam aane wala nahi hai. Maulana, ek sawal aur poocha gaya hai Delhi se. Likhne wale ne apna naam nahi diya hai. Poocha hai ke "We feel we must accept Lucknow High Court verdict".
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