Is it possible to divide the reward of all good deeds (excluding prayer, zakat, hajj, and fasting) between me and my parents, or is it limited to charity only? Is it permissible to give charity on behalf of one's parents during their lifetime and after their death, and to establish ongoing charity for them from my own money while they are alive and after their death? Is it permissible to repay ill-gotten money on their behalf from my own money? Is the repeated supplication during prostration by reciting "My Lord, forgive me and my parents and their parents and my siblings, and save us from the torment of the grave, and grant us eternal residence in the highest Paradise," and repeating "My Lord, forgive me and my parents and my siblings and the believing men and women" with prayer beads a good and beneficial act, and will Allah forgive all sins thereby, save from the torment of the grave, and grant eternal residence in the highest Paradise?
Scholars agree that the reward for charity and supplication reaches the deceased. The person giving charity may divide its reward between himself and his parents. As for other supererogatory acts of worship, scholars differ on whether their reward reaches the deceased. The most sound opinion is that only what is indicated by the texts reaches them, such as charity, supplication, Hajj, and Umrah. Unlawful wealth involves two rights: the right of Allah and the right of the owner of the wealth. Repaying it removes the right of its owner, but the right of Allah remains. There is no harm in the aforementioned supplication, but without committing to a specific number.
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