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Gift the Dead<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Gift the Dead: <\/strong>Imam Jaffer Sadiq (a.s.) says that: \u201cThree things help a man after his death, and these are: a charity given by him, a good habit he taught to others and a good offspring he leaves behind, who prays for his forgiveness\u201d. (Al-Bihar Vol. 6 Page 294<\/p>\n

Imam Jaffer Sadiq (A.S.) says that: \u201cAn act of charity given openly prevents seventy types of mishaps, and a secretly given charity cools the anger of our Lord Allah (swt)\u201d. (Al-Bihar Vol 62 Page 269)
\nThe Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.W.) said: \u201cGift the dead\u201d. When the companions asked what they should gift the dead with, the Prophet said: \u201cWith Charity and Prayers,\u201d and continued to say that: \u201cthe souls of dead people descended every Friday on earth and begged their close ones with a forlorn voice: \u2018O Mother, O Father, O Children, O Close ones to me, be kind to me even with a dirham, or a piece of bread or clothes, and Allah shall reward you.\u201d
\nThen the Prophet S.A.W. cried bitterly and all the companions cried bitterly too such that the Prophet (S.A.W.) could not utter anything. Finally the Prophet said, \u201cThese were your brothers in faith and they now have turned to dust after enjoyment in this life and they regret bitterly and reproach themselves and wish that they had done good deeds so that they wouldn\u2019t need you, and that is why you should help them in their desperate condition.\u201d
\nImam Jaffer Sadiq (A.S.) says that: \u201cAll the prayers, fasts, pilgrimage, charity, good acts and prayers reach the dead and help and reward them\u201d.
\nThe Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) says that: \u201cThe dead man is like a person drowning who helplessly holds on to any help given to him by his father or brother or friend and he clings on to these and loves these acts more than the world itself, and the gifts for the dead are charity and praying for their forgiveness. (Bihar al-Anwar)
\nImam Zainul Abideen (a.s.) says, Had people known what benefit learning gives, they would have run after it even if it required the blood of hearts and diving deep into oceans.<\/p>\n

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