Isal al-thawab to a minor, the meeting of the dead with one another, knowing something from a deceased person in a dream, and the deceased being informed of a grave visit

Question

(1) When we visit the grave of a relative in accordance with the sunna, does the occupant of the grave become aware whether such-and-such a person visited [him] or not? (2) The deceased benefit from isal al-thawab (gifting reward) by the living, but what benefit is there in isal al-thawab for minor, sinless children, when they are sinless and [people] of Paradise? In the funeral prayer of such sinless children there is no istighfar (seeking forgiveness) anywhere.

Answer

Allah Most High makes him aware of it: [ar]قال ابن القيم: الأحاديث والآثار تدل على أن الزائر متى جاء علم به المزور وسمع سلامه وأنس به ورد عليه، وهذا عام في حق الشهداء وغيرهم، وأنه لا توقيت في ذلك[/ar] “Ibn al-Qayyim said: the hadiths and athar indicate that whenever the visitor comes, the one visited knows of him, hears his salam, takes comfort in him and returns [his…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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