format_quote Originally Posted by
Imraan
Assalam Walaikum
For as long as I can remember, people in my community have paid money to a masjid (any masjid close or far far away), imaam, scholar or hafiz in exchange for prayers to help them with their calamity.
How valid is this action, are there any virtues in this?
If someone is suffering from a calamity has had a death or illness in the family and they are approach to make a monetary contribution for duas... what should they do?
May Allah swt guide us all in making the right decisions where we can achieve maximum benefit insh Allah.
Jazak Allah
Your brother imran.
Our main mosque usually announces deaths within the community and when the burial is taking place.
All are encouraged to attend and also make dua for the deceased.
The imam announces the family members contributions towards the mosque.
This announcement imo is the only questionable part of the process, but is also ironically how society and community works.
Plenty to discuss about the ethics of implication and inference.
My brother in laws.. Plural, are quran hafiz so maybe they would know the actual rulings.
Imo money is just a tool like any other, some people can use it and some people misuse it.
Some people need it and some people have enough of it.
Security is with Allah swt
But most normal people living normal lives, need normal payment.
Or the charity of Allah swt.
I wouldn't want to be coerced into having to pay money for someone to offer dua on my behalf.
But in most cases I would not end up in that situation anyway.
I lead a careful life... God fearing.. because I'm not good at warding off evil.
It didn't use to be like this..
But I think too much about what is being said to me.
Unfortunately not much of a speaker myself.
..in a world where the dua on the prayer mat and the dua infront of people are not seemingly equal.. this is not a good thing.