Further Clarification on the Hearing of the Dead

Question

It has become clear that the dead do not possess the faculty of hearing; and if Allah the Exalted, by His power, causes the deceased to perceive a sound, with neither the deceased nor the possessor of the voice having any part in it, then there is nothing impossible in that. Nevertheless, you have established hearing (sama‘) for the dead, and as proof you have cited the deceased’s hearing the tread of sandals and the visitors’ offering salam and supplication for forgiveness at the graveyard.

Answer

It is mentioned in Sahih al-Bukhari, in the Book of Military Expeditions, under the Battle of Badr, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went to the well in which the corpses lay: [ar]حَتَّى قَامَ عَلَى شَفَةِ الرَّكِيِّ فَجَعَلَ يُنَادِيهِمْ بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ وَأَسْمَاءِ آبَائِهِمْ: يَا فُلَانُ ابْنَ فُلَانٍ وَيَا فُلَانُ ابْنَ فُلَانٍ، أَيَسُرُّكُمْ أَنَّكُمْ أَطَعْتُمُ اللهَ…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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