5b] Conveying Rewards to the Deceased (Isaale Sawaab)

5b]
admit him into heaven. The funeral prayer is Fard Kifayah for the
living Muslim brothers i.e. if just one person offers it, the entire
community is absolved of this duty. But see the importance attached to
the more and more people joining the prayer. And the benefit reaching
the deceased person is obvious.
Hadeeth 5
Syeda 'A'isha (Allah be well pleased with her) reported Allah's
Apostle (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: If a company of
Muslims numbering one hundred pray over a dead person, all of them
interceding forhim, their intercession for him will be accepted.
(Muslim)
Hadeeth 6 'Abdullah b. 'Abbas (Allah be well pleased with him)reported
that his son diedin Qudaid or 'Usfan. He said to Kuraib to see as to
how many people had gathered there for his (funeral). He (Kuraib)
said: So I went out and I informed him about the people who had
gatheredthere. He (Ibn 'Abbas) said: Do you think they are forty He
(Kuraib) said: Yes. Ibn 'Abbas then said to them: Bring him (the dead
body) out for I have heard Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings be
upon him) as saying: If any Muslim dies and forty men who associate
nothing with Allah stand over his prayer (they offerprayer over him),
Allah will accept them as intercessors for him. (Muslim)
Hadeeth 7
Narrated Syedna Uthman ibn Affan (Allah be well pleased with him):
Whenever the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) became
free from buryingthe dead, he used to stay at him (i.e. his grave) and
say: "Seek forgiveness for your brother, and beg steadfastness for
him, for he will be questioned now" . (Abu Daud)
Hadeeth 8
It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that a
dark-complexionedwoman (or a youth) used to sweep the mosque.
TheMessenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) missed her (or
him) and inquired about her (or him). The people told him that she (or
he) had died. He asked why they did not inform him, and it appears as
if they had treated her (or him) or her(or his) affairs as of little
account. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Lead me to her (or his) grave.
They led him to that place and he said prayer over her (or him) and
then remarked: Verily, these graves are full of darknessfor their
dwellers. Verily, the Mighty and Glorious Allah illuminates them
fortheir occupants by reason of my prayer over them. (Muslim, Bukhari,
Mishkaat)
Hadeeth 9
Reported S. Jaber (Allah bewell pleased with him): We came out with
the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to Saa'd bin Muaz
when he expired. When the Holy Prophet performed his funeral prayer,
and he was buried in his grave and the earth was levelled upon him,
the Holy Prophet read"Tasbeeh" and we also recited "Tasbeeh" for a
long time. Then he recited"Takbeer", so we too recited "Takbeer". It
was asked ";O the Messenger of Allah! Why have you recited "Tasbeeh"
and"Takbeer" He said, "The grave became too narrowfor this pious man
till Allah made it spacious because of it (the recitation). " (Ahmed,
Mishkaat)
VISITING GRAVEYARDS. (HADEETH # 10 - 11)
Hadeeth 10
Sulaiman b. Buraida (Allahbe well pleased with him)narrated on the
authority of his father that the Messenger of Allah (peace and
blessings be upon him) used to teach them when they went out to the
graveyard. One of the narrators used to say this in the narration
transmitted on the authority of Abu Bakr:" Peace be upon the
inhabitants of the city (i. e. graveyard)." In the hadeeth transmitted
by Zuhair (the words are):" Peace be upon you, the inhabitants of the
city, among the believers, and Muslims, and Allah willing we shall
join you. I beg of Allah peace for us and for you. " (Muslim)
Hadeeth 11
Narrated Abu Huraira (Allah be well pleased with him): The Holy
Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)said while standing near the
graves of the martyrs of Uhud, "I bear witness that you are alive in
the sight of Allah." Thenturning towards those present he said, "So
visit them, and greet them - I swear by the One in whose power lies my
life, they will answer back to whoever greets them until the Last
Day." (Hakim, Baihaqi)
There are numerous Ahadeeth about supplications to be made when
visiting the graveyard - the benefit of which to one';s self and tothe
deceased, it quite evident.
Also note that there are several other Ahadeeth that teach us to pray,
and the prayer includes all Muslim brothers & sisters (living, passed
away or yet to be borne).
PERFORMING HAJJ (HADEETH # 12 - 13)
Ahadeeth in support of offering the pilgrimage onbehalf of a deceased
person or one who is unable to undertake the journey are numerous.
Also note that performingHajj includes Umrah, Tawaf of the Ka'ba, and
also Salaat (after Tawaf) - all these are credited to the deceased.
Hadeeth 12 :->