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Performing
the obligatory and voluntary prayer (salaah) on behalf of
one of the parents if they have died
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Question: Is it permissible to perform the
obligatory and voluntary prayer (salaah)
on behalf of one of the parents if they have died?
Response:
It
is absolutely not permissible to perform the prayer on behalf
of another, neither one who has died nor other than him, neither
the obligatory nor the voluntary. Rather, this is an innovation
because of the lack of evidence from the pure Sharee'ah.
The Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) said:
((Anyone
who introduces something into this matter of ours (i.e. Islaam),
that which is not from it, will have it rejected))
- this (narration) is agreed upon (by both Imaam
al-Bukhaaree and Imaam
Muslim),
...except
for the two rak'ahs
of the tawaaf of one who has performed Hajj or 'Umrah or on
behalf of other than him. This is because it is following
up on the rites of the Hajj and the 'Umrah on behalf of another.
And
with Allaah lies all success and may Allaah send prayers and
salutations upon our Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) and his family and his companions.
The
Permanent Committee for Islaamic Research and Fataawa
al-Bid'u wal-Muhdathaat wa maa laa Asla lahu - Page 293;
Fataawa al-Lajnah ad-Daa.imah lil-Buhooth al-'Ilmiyyah wal-Iftaa.
- Question 3 of Fatwa No. 7777
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