Prayer of wahshat and deceased.
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
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this question:
please tell me
*about namaz whashat , how to offer it
* what else we can do for our loved ones who are deceased
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Answer:
Prayer of wahshat
and deceased
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Your Question: please
tell me about namaz whashat , how to offer it
Dear and beloved
Sister in Islam, to the best of our knowledge there is absolutely no mention of
a prayer by the name of ‘namaaz’ or ‘salaah’ of “Wahshat” in either the
Glorious Quran or in the authentic and established Sunnah of the Messenger of
Allah (saws); nor is there any evidence whatsoever that the Messenger of Allah
(saws) ever offered such a prayer himself, or guided the believers to perform
this supposed prayer of ‘wahshat’!!!
To invent a specific prayer, or to assign a specific name
to the invented prayer when Allah and His Messenger (saws) have not endorsed
such a worship would be a clear manifestation of ‘bida’ or innovation in the
pure and perfect deen of Islam.
Aisha narrated that
the Messenger of Allah (saws) said: ‘If somebody innovates something which is
not present in our religion, then that thing will be rejected.’
Related by Bukhari.
Sahih Muslim Hadith 1885 Narrated by Jabir ibn Abdullah
That the Prophet of Allah (saws) said in a
sermon: “The best speech is that which
is embodied in the Book of Allah, the Al Quran;
and the best guidance is the guidance given by me, Mohamed (saws). The most evil affairs are the
innovations (bida), and every innovation (bida) is an error.”
Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 4515 Narrated by Ali ibn AbuTalib
That the Prophet of Allah (saws) said: “If
anyone introduces an innovation (bida in religion), he will be responsible for it. If anyone introduces an innovation (bida) or
gives shelter to a man who introduces an innovation (bida), he is cursed by
Allah, by His Angels, and by all the people!”
Your
Question: …what else we can do for our loved ones who are deceased
Abu Hurairah reported, "The Prophet
(saws) said, 'When a person dies all his good deeds cease except for
three:
- a
continuous act of charity (which the deceased did in his lifetime),
- beneficial
knowledge (which the deceased left behind),
- and
a righteous son (children) who prays for him'.''
Related by Muslim and Abu Dawood.
Abu Hurairah reported, "The Prophet
(saws) said, 'The righteous works that continue to benefit a believer after his
death include the knowledge that he taught and spread among others, a righteous
son (children) whom he leaves behind, or a copy of the Qur'an that he bequeaths
to his inheritors, or a mosque that he builds, or a rest house that he builds
for the wayfarers, or a canal of water that he digs for the benefit of others,
or a charity that he gives out of his property during his life while he is
sound of health. He will continue to receive reward for all these even after
his death.'
Related by Ibn Maajah.
Dear and beloved sister in Islam, it is not the reading or
reciting of anything that will benefit the soul of the deceased, but in light
of the above absolutely clear guidance of the Messenger of Allah (saws), the
deed that immensely benefits them is the supplications the off-springs or the
loved ones of the deceased make for them.
If the deceased are your parents, or your guardians, or
your loved ones who inspired and strove and were instrumental in helping to
guide you to the Straight Path and obedience of Allah, then every single good
deed that you do, not only will you have your own reward for that deed, but the
Lord Most Merciful will bestow upon them an equal reward for the good deeds you
do, without any diminish in your reward whatsoever.
Jarir ibn Abdallah reported: "The
Prophet (saws) said: 'Whoever introduces a good practice in Islam will get its
reward and the rewards for all those who follow these practices after him,
without any loss to their reward. And
whoever introduces a bad practice in Islam will acquire its sin and the sins of
all those who practice it, without any decrease in their sins."
Thus my beloved sister, there is no reading or reciting of
some phrases or Surahs which by itself can help the soul of one’s deceased
loved ones, but what really helps them is the supplications their loved ones
make for them, and if they were the ones who were instrumental in your guidance
to the Right Path, then every single good deed you do, they too shall have a
reward of that deed without any diminish in your reward.
If one invents or performs any rite or ritual in their
effort to transfer the reward to the deceased when such a rite or ritual is not
specifically endorsed by the Messenger of Allah (saws), then without an iota of
a doubt, one would be involved in the evil of performing or practicing a ‘bida’
or innovation; and every single innovation in the pure and perfect deen of
Islam is an error and a sin in the Sight of the Lord.
If one trusts, obeys, and follows the guidance and
commands of Allah and His Messenger (saws),
one can be assured of never ever being misled; but if one believes, obeys and follows any
other guidance, other than that of Allah and His Messenger (saws), one can be
assured of being led astray.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister