Isaal-e-Sawab

Question:

What is Isaal-e-Sawab. What is the way to do it? Can you please give reference from quran/hadith/sunnah on the validity of this concept ? Can I read the Quran for my deceased parents or any other muslim/non muslim alive or deceased and add this to their good deeds?

Answer:

Salaam sister
 
Many thanks for your query. I quote the views of Moiz Amjad in response to your query:

"Quran is very clear that a person is only rewarded and punished for his own deeds, or such other deeds, which emanate from his own deeds.

"It [i.e.each soul] shall be rewarded for what it earned and shall be held responsible for what it did." (2:286)

According to a hadith the prophet pbuh is reported to have said:

"The record of a person's good and bad deeds is closed at the time of his death, except for three things for which his account is continued to be credited even after his death. The first among these three things is any such action of the deceased, which continues to benefit humanity even after his death; the second is any such contribution to knowledge by the deceased, which continues benefit humanity even after his death; and the third is such off spring of the deceased, which lives a pious life because of the good training it received from the deceased and prays for the salvation of the deceased."

Whenever we do a good deed, which we have learnt from someone, the reward for such good deed is not just restricted to ourselves, but the person who taught us the good deed is also rewarded. Try to do all the good deeds that you learnt from your late parents and rest assured that every time you do these deeds, your parents are also rewarded for their contribution in teaching you the good deed.
 
Besides this, another valuable gift from you to your deceased parents can be your prayers and supplications for their forgiveness, salvation and reward. However reading Quranic verses is not going to add to the good deeds of your deceased loved ones."

 
If you have any further queries on this issue please do not hesitate to contact us again.
 
Best regards
 
Waseem Aslam
 
UIUK web team

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