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Is the claim of disagreement among scholars regarding the performance of supererogatory sadaqat on behalf of the deceased valid, and who is the dissenter in that?

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Scholars have agreed upon the deceased benefiting from the reward of charity gifted to them. This consensus was narrated by Ibn Qudamah, Al-Nawawi, and Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah. Thus, charity reaches the deceased and benefits them without any dispute among Muslims, whether it is obligatory or voluntary.

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