by virtue of which not only deceased Muslims attain benefit but also the living ones.

‘Allamah Maulana Mufti Muhammad Amjad Ali A’zami رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has said: Isal-e-Sawab, that is, to convey the Sawab [reward] of the Holy Quran or Durood or Kalima-e-Tayyibah or the reward of any good deed to other Muslims is permissible. The reward of all monetary and physical forms of worship (monetary worship such as Sadaqah and charity and physical worship such as Salah, Sawm, etc.), reward of Fard and Nafl can all be conveyed to others because the deceased gets benefit from the Isal-e-Sawab [conveying Sawab] of the living. (Bahar-e-Shari’at, vol. 3, pp. 642)

صَـلُّوا عَلَى الْـحَـبِيْب                                                                 صَـلَّى الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰى عَـلٰى مُـحَـمَّد

Dear Islamic sisters! As long as a person lives in this world her parents, siblings, spouse, children, relatives and friends etc., are with her; they are with her in every trouble and hard times and try to relieve her sorrow. If she is ill, they inquire after her, but when the same person is buried in the dark grave, neither her parents, nor her siblings, nor family members and friends and relatives are with her there, but rather she is alone in the grave. So the deceased knows better whatever happens to her after she has been buried in the grave.

Talking about the reality of the grave the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said, ‘اَلْقَبْرُ رَوْضَةٌ مِنْ رِيَاضِ الْجَنَّةِ، اَوْ حُفْرَةٌ مِنْ حُفَرِ النَّار’ Undoubtedly, the grave is either a garden from the gardens of Paradise or a ditch from the ditches of Hell. (Sunan-ut-Tirmizi, vol. 4, pp. 208, Hadees 2468) Now we do not know about the one who is in the grave, whether the grave has become a garden of Paradise for her or مَـعَـاذَ الـلّٰـه عَـزَّوَجَـلَّ it has become a ditch of Hell for her, but having the enthusiasm and passion for doing good to a Muslim, we should form the habit of conveying Sawab to her.

صَـلُّوا عَلَى الْـحَـبِيْب                                                                 صَـلَّى الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰى عَـلٰى مُـحَـمَّد