- The Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated, ‘The condition of a deceased person in his grave is like that of a drowning person; he waits anxiously for supplications from his father, his mother, his brother or his friend. When anyone’s supplication reaches him, he considers it better than the world and everything that it contains. Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ bestows the Šawāb gifted by living relatives to the deceased like mountains. The gift of the alive to the dead is to supplicate for their forgiveness.’
(Shu’ab-ul-Īmān, vol. 6, pp. 203, Ḥadīš 7905)
- It is mentioned in Ṭabarānī, ‘When somebody sends the Šawāb [reward] of good deeds to a deceased person, Jibrīl عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام places the Šawāb in a refulgent tray and stands carrying it near the grave and says, ‘O the dweller of the grave! Your relatives have sent a gift; accept it.’ On hearing this, he becomes happy, whereas his neighbours (the deceased present in his neighbouring graves) are grieved on their deprivation.’
(Al-Mu’jam-ul-Awsaṭ, vol. 5, pp. 37, Ḥadīš 6504)
Qabr mayn āĥ! Gĥup andĥayrā ĥay
Fazl say karday chāndnā Yā Rab
Alas! The frightening grave is darker than the night
O Allah! With Your mercy, illuminate it with light
- In addition to the Īṣāl-e-Šawāb of the recitation of the Holy Quran, one may also make the Īṣāl-e-Šawāb of any good deed like Farḍ, Wājib, Sunnaĥ, Nafl, Ṣalāĥ, fasting, Zakāĥ, Hajj, delivering a speech or Dars, travelling with a Madanī Qāfilaĥ, acting upon the Madanī In’āmāt, partaking in the call towards righteousness, studying a religious book or making individual efforts for Madanī activities etc.
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