What is the significance of laughter after the death of a righteous father? Is seeing the deceased in a dream true and indicative of their state? Does God's distraction from grief over the deceased mean not grieving at all? Does making a mistake while reciting the Qur'an harm the deceased? And what are the best deeds to dedicate to the deceased, along with their evidence from the Qur'an and Sunnah?
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A man's righteousness, uprightness, and affection towards his family are a cause for his happiness in the life of the Barzakh and the Hereafter. His family's solace and laughter after his death are natural. Seeing the dead in a dream is true, and your vision of your father in a good state is a correct vision. Reading the Quran with correct recitation is an obligation, and it is not permissible to be lenient by altering the form or omitting the nunation (tanween). There is nothing to indicate that the deceased is punished for the sins of his children, based on the Almighty's saying: "And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another."
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