Are the banquets held a week or days after a person's death, to which the people of the town are invited, followed by glorification (tasbih), remembrance (dhikr), and supplication (du'a), considered a form of charity for the deceased and those who attend? And is providing food and holding banquets from the proceeds of lands and trees left as an endowment (waqf) for ongoing charity considered ongoing charity for the deceased? And is it permissible for someone who has their own sustenance to attend these banquets?

The preponderant view is that every act of worship performed and dedicated to the deceased benefits them. However, gathering in a specific manner at a particular time after burial to eat food and perform tasbih (glorification of God) in a specific way is an innovation (bid'ah). As for endowments (awqaf) made by the deceased, whose proceeds are used to provide food, these are ongoing charities (sadaqah (definition) jariyah) from which they benefit, and it is permissible to eat from this food according to the conditions set by the endowers.