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Isaal-e-Sawab through Recitation of the QuranQ4. I would like to know that if we read Quran and askAllah to send sawab to all Muslims and my relativesincluding my parents who are no more, will the sawabonly go to my parents or to all the rest too ?Abdulla Aminuddin, aminuddin@sancharnet.in
A4. It is Bid'ah (innovation) to recite the Qur'an for Isaal-e-Sawab of those who have passed away, regardless whether the deceased is your parent or relative. There is no evidencesupporting this practice in the authentic sources of Islam, inthe Seerah of the Prophet (Pbuh) or the life of hisCompanions. Didn't deaths occur during the time of thecompanions ? Why then, we do not find any such evidencefrom their lives ? All those things that benefit the living andthe dead have already been shown by the Prophet (Pbuh),as Deen has been completed. Therefore, it is inappropriateto innovate anything in the religion.Narrated Aisha (R.A.): Allah's Messenger (Pbuh) said, "If somebody innovates something which is not present in our religion, then that thing will be rejected."(Sahih Bukhari, Vol.3, Hadith No. 2697 & Sahih Muslim, Vol. 3, Hadith No.4266).However it is allowed to pray for the deceased and givecharity for him, as there is no difference of opinion in thisregard.
Q6. In the light of the teaching of the Qur'an and theSunnah, is it a correct Islamic practice to visitgraveyards on the night of Shab-e-baraat? pleasenarrate the Hadith related to this night.M. A. Khan, Bhopal
 
A6. Giving significance to the night of 15th Sha'ban,visiting graveyards, doing extra Ibaadah (worship) andoffering extra Nawaafil Salaah with the intention of specifically doing so on the occasion of 15th Sha'ban, havingilluminations, considering it to be the Eid of the dead andkeeping awake for the whole night of 15th Sha'ban andencouraging others to do the same -- all these are Bid'ah(innovation) . The prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam)andthe Sahaabah never did so nor commanded the muslims todo so.We don't find any evidence of such things in the entireauthentic Seerah of the Prophet(Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam)and his companions. According to Allamah Ibn Rajab AbuBakr Turtoshi, Ibn Wazzah Qurtubi, Suyuti, Shokani etc. allthe Ahadith pertaining to the subject are weak andunacceptable.The Hadith that is generally quoted to support the practicesdone on the night of 15th Sha'ban is Zaif (weak) according toMuhaddiseen (the scholars of Ahadith) and is not to be putinto practice.
Narrated Aisha (R.A.),
I missed Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) during thenight and found him in al-Baqi'. He said: Were you afraid thatAllah and His Messenger would deal unjustly with you? Isaid: Allah's Messenger , I thought that you had gone tosome of your other wives. He (the prophet) said: Verily Allah,the Exalted and Glorious, comes down to the heaven of theworld in the middle night of Sha'ban and forgives sins evenmore abundant than the hair of the goats of Kalb. (Tirmidhi,Hadith No. 739; Sunan Ibn-I-Majah, Hadith No. 1389; AhmadVol. 6, 238)
 
According to Imam Bukhari and Tirmidhi, the abovementioned Hadith has a broken chain of narrators in twoplaces, and therefore it is weak. Allamah Ibnul Arabi (543H),in his commentary of Sunan -At-Tirmidhi, titled 'Arizatul-Ahwazi', Vol 3, Pg No. 216 adds: '....further, in it Hajjaj IbnArtaat is not reliable.'However, it is established that the Prophet (pbuh) did visitthe Baqi graveyard once, as Allah had commanded him andhe prayed for Ahle-Baqi (the people of Baqi), but the exactnight of this event is not known, as there is no clear proof inthis regard. The prophet had done this by the commandmentof Allah (swt), therefore the Prophet was an exception to thisact.Aisha (R.A.) says that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Gabrielcame to me and said; Your Rabb commands you to go to thegraveyard of Baqi and seek forgiveness for them". (SahihMuslim, Hadith No. 2256)It is permissible for men to visit graveyard whenever theywish and pray for the dead, however it is not permissible tofix a specific day or night for the purpose and consider it tobe of a special virtue unless we find any proof for doing sofrom the Qur'an or the authentic Ahadith.Allamah Ibnul Arabi writes: "There is no reliable Hadithregarding the 15th of Sha'ban. Although certaincommentators insist that the verse from Surah Dukhan,chapter 44, verse 4: 'In that (night) is made distinct everyaffair of wisdom', refer to 15th of Sha'ban, but this is not true,as Allah did not reveal the Qur'an in Sha'ban. The Qur'anwas revealed in Ramadan, as mentioned in Surah Baqarah,chapter 2, verse 185, and this can only be statement of aperson who transgresses the book of Allah (swt) and iscareless of his word". (Arizatul Ahwazi, Vol. 3, Page No. 217)
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