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conveying of Šawāb i.e. when Šawāb is not gained then how can it be conveyed? (Baĥār-e Sharī’at, vol. 1, pp. 1201, vol. 3 pp. 643)
Evil whisper: Why have certain days, such as the 3rd and 40th day after death, the 11th of Rabī’-ul-Ghauš, the 12th of Rabī’-un-Nūr, the Kūnḋay of Rajab etc. been fixed for Īṣāl-e-Šawāb?
Answer to the evil whisper: There is no specific time or duration restriction for Īṣāl-e-Šawāb in the Sharī’aĥ, nor there is any harm in fixing the time for conveying Šawāb. There are two types of fixing a time for something:
1. Shar’ī: Where Sharī’aĥ has specified the time for doing something such as animal sacrifice, Hajj, etc.
2. ‘Urfī (customary): Where Sharī’aĥ has not specified the time but people fix a time for their own ease and the ease of others, and so that it is easier to be reminded, or for some other benefit. For example, in these times, the fixing of time for congregational Ṣalāĥ in the Masājid is customary whereas in previous times, there was no such fixing of time. Congregational Ṣalāĥ was offered whenever people would gather. In fact, the Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم himself fixed a time for several things and similarly, the practice of fixing a time can be seen in the lives of the companions رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُم and the saints of Islam رَحِمَـهُـمُ الـلّٰـهُ الـسَّلَام, for example:
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