know of every visit of yours. I would become happy upon seeing you, and my deceased neighbours would also become pleased by your Du’a.’ Therefore, after that dream, I started to visit the grave of my deceased father regularly.’ (Sharh-us-Sudoor, pp. 227)

Souls come home and demand for Isal-e-Sawab

Dear Islamic brothers! From this we have learnt that the deceased recognize those who visit their graves, and they receive benefit from the Du’as of the living. When the gifts of Isal-e-Sawab are stopped from the living persons, then they are aware of this and Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ gives them permission to go to their homes and demand for Isal-e-Sawab.

On page 650 of volume 9 of Fatawa Razawiyyah, A’la Hadrat, Imam-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat, reviver of the religion, Imam Ahmad Raza Khan رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated that the souls of believers visit their homes every Thursday night, on the Day of Eid, on the day of ‘Aashurah, and on Shab-e-Bara`at, and stand outside their homes. Every soul calls out in a loud sorrowful voice, ‘O people of my home! O my children! O my relatives! Please do us a favour by giving charity (with the intention of Isal-e-Sawab for us).’ (Fatawa Razawiyyah, vol. 9, pp. 650)

The Blessed Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, ‘The state of the deceased is like that of a drowning person. He anxiously waits for the supplication (Du’a) of his father, mother, brother or friend to reach him; and when the supplication of anyone reaches him, then for him, it is better than the world and everything it contains. Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ bestows the reward gifted to the deceased by their relatives in the form of mountains. The gift of the living is to pray for the forgiveness of the deceased.’ (Shu’ab-ul-Iman, vol. 6, p. 203, Hadees, 7905)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! In conclusion, I would like to take the opportunity to mention the excellence of Sunnah as well as some Sunan and manners. The Rasool of Rahmah, the Intercessor of the Ummah صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said,