Food of Nadhr, Niyaz and Isal al-Thawab Given to the Rich

Question

This year, in the blessed Ramadan, food was cooked with the intention of isal al-thawab (conveying reward to the deceased) and the fasting people were invited, among whom rich persons — owners of the nisab — were also invited; but according to “Fatawa Dar al-‘Ulum” the food of isal al-thawab is not permissible for the rich. It was a Friday; after the Jumu‘a prayer a Qur’an recitation was announced and the Qur’an was recited; after Maghrib the invited people dispersed.

Answer

Rather than asking for a fatwa here, it is better to present “Fatawa Dar al-‘Ulum” to that scholar: what is your view regarding it? After that, perhaps his position will become clear. The discussion of the food of isal al-thawab is in “Radd al-Muhtar”, Kitab al-Jana’iz; “Shifa’ al-‘Alil” is an independent work on this very issue; in “al-Tariqa al-Muhammadiyya” too it is well…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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