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Can I make this duā? Question Detail:
I am still waiting for a reply: Can I say in my duaa like this: "Ê Allah, mujhê mêrê marnê kê baad kabar mai Qurān ê Paak ki tilāwat kā sharaf hāsil farma. Āmīn." Please reply me as early as possible. Jazākumullahu Khairā.
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In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
The desire to supplicate such a duā is a sign of your immense love for reciting the Qur'ān. The English translation of the duā you have mentioned is:
"Oh Allah, grant me the honour of reciting the Holy Qur'ān in my grave after I die."
This world is Dārul-'Amal (the Abode of Action). As such, only those virtuous deeds acquired in one's lifetime are credited to one's Book of Deeds. In the Hereafter, which is Dārul-Jazā' (the Abode of Recompense), a person will only be rewarded for such actions carried out during one's lifespan. For this reason, a person should recite the Qur'ān abundantly until death overtakes him/her, and this is actual achievement.
As for your query, it would be permissible for you to make such a duā (supplication), since such a duā does not fall under the category of Mustahālāt (impossibilities). Numerous incidents have been narrated showing the possibility of an inhabitant of the grave reciting the Qur'ān. Although these narrations are of such a nature that they are not fit for evidence independently, they collectively serve as a proof of the common factor found in them, viz. the possibility of an inhabitant of the grave reciting the Qur'ān.
Imām al-Suyūti mentions a few incidents in his book: 'Bushrā-al-Kaīb-bi-Liqāi-al-Habīb'. Hereunder, we quote one of these accounts:
عن ابن عباس قال: إن بعض أصحاب النبي جلس على قبر وهو لا يحسب أنه قبر، فإذا فيه إنسان يقرأ سورة الملك حتى ختمها، فأتى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فأخبره. قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: (هي المانعة، وهي المنجية تنجيه من عذاب القبر (.
Ibn Abbās (Radi-Allahu-'anhu) narrates that a Sahābi sat on a grave (the narration of al-Tirmidhi mention: 'pitched his tent on a grave') not knowing that it was a grave. Suddenly (he heard) a person inside the grave reciting Surah al-Mulk, until he (i.e. the inhabitant of the grave) completed it (i.e. Surah al-Mulk). So, this person came to Nabi (Sallallāhu Alaihi Wa Sallam) and informed him (about this experience). Nabi (Sallallāhu Alaihi Wa Sallam) said, "It (i.e. Surah al-Mulk) is the protector and it is the saviour from the punishment of the grave.) (p. 45, Dāru Ya'rab)
We hereby make this duā as well: "Oh Allah, give us the Taufeeq (Divine Guidance) to recite the Qur'ān abundantly in this world, and give us the honour of reciting it in the grave too." Āmīn.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Maulana Mahmood Patel
Azaadville, South Africa
Student Darul Iftaa
Checked and Approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
www.daruliftaa.net
انظر "بشرى الكئيب بلقاء الحبيب" للسيوطي. باب: ذكر قراءة الموتى في قبورهم.
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