What is the manner of praying for one's parents after their death, and is it permissible to pray two rak'ahs after each obligatory prayer with the intention of dedicating them to them?
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"Praying for one's parents after their death means supplicating for them and seeking mercy upon them, and not the well-known prescribed ritual prayer."
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