Seadet-i Ebediyye - Endless Bliss Second Fascicle

all Believers, it will be very good. Without any decrease in his own
thawâb, the thawâb will reach all Believers. Such is the Madhhab
of the Ahl as-sunnat wa-l-jamâ’at. According to the Hanafî and
Hanbalî Madhhabs, also the thawâb of worships done with the
body such as namâz and reading the Qur’ân al-kerîm can be
advanced as a gift in this manner. The Mu’tazila group believe that
none of them can be advanced as a gift. These are written at length
in the book Fath-ul-qadîr. Also, savants of the Shâfi’î Madhhab
have said that the Qur’ân al-kerîm recited and its prayer sent will
be useful to a dead Muslim, for Allah’s compassion and barakat
will descend on the place where the Qur’ân al-kerîm is read (or
recited). Very likely the prayer said at that time will be accepted.
The thawâb of the fard and nâfila worships can be sent to the dead
and living, too. As it is permissible to intend the blessings for
others while worshipping, so it is permissible to pray for oneself
and then to present the blessings to somebody else; it has been
stated so. It has been stated that the blessings for worships that are
fard can be presented likewise. Without being divided, the thawâb
will reach as a whole to each of those to whom it is presented. The
thawâb of any kind of worship can be sent to the blessed soul of
Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’, too. ’Abdullah ibni
’Umar ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anhumâ’ used to perform ’Umra on behalf
of Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’. He did so although
Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ had not told him to do so
after his death. Ibnissarrâj read the entire Qur’ân al-kerîm more
than ten thousand times for Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa
sallam’. He also sacrificed an animal (and intended its thawâb) for
the Prophet’s blessed soul. It has been said that his grade and
honour will increase with these presents.”
Hadrat ’Abdulhaqq-i Dahlawî states in the hundred and
thirty-second page of the second volume of his Persian book
Madârij-un-Nubuwwa: “In the ghazâ of Badr, seventy soldiers
from the nine hundred strong army of disbelievers, were killed.
Twenty-four of them were thrown into a ditch full of carrions.
Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ came near the ditch
three days later. Mentioning the names of a few of them, he said:
‘Have you received the torments which your Rabb (Allah) and
His Messenger informed you about? I have attained the victory
which my Rabb promised me.’ Upon hearing this, ’Umar ‘radiy-
Allâhu ’anh’ said: ‘O Rasûlallah! Why are you talking to the
lifeless dead?’ He declared: ‘You do not hear what I say better
than they do! But they cannot answer.’ This hadîth-i-sherîf is
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