Will the deceased benefit from a stranger's supplication for them, and is it permissible to give charity on their behalf?
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The reward for supplication (Du'a) and charity (Sadaqa) reaches the deceased by the consensus of scholars. It is not a condition that this come from the child or relatives of the deceased; rather, the deceased benefits from these from the general body of Muslims.
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