Giving Food on the Occasion of a Death

Question

When someone passes away, it is the custom to send to the mosque food [reckoned as] his share of sustenance. Is this correct?

Answer

After death the question of his sustenance has ended; whatever he has left behind is the estate (tarika), which is the right of the heirs. Whatever reward the adult heirs convey [to him] according to their means in a manner sanctioned by the Sacred Law is useful and beneficial.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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