Q: Based on this hadith if we cast loveful glances on our "dead parents" imagining them in our mind, will we get the same reward as mentioned in the hadith below?
Hadrat Ibn 'Abbas (God be pleased with him) relates that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) observed : "The pious offspring who casts a single look of affection at his parents receives a reward from God equal to the reward of an accepted Hajj." The people submitted: "O Prophet of God (peace and blessings of Allah be upon you) : If someone casts a hundred such glances of love and affection at his parents, what then?" The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) observed; "Yes, indeed, even if one does so a hundred times a day, he will get a hundred fold reward. God is far greater than you imagine and is completely free from petty narrow mindedness." (Muslim)
A: The promise of the hadeeth is upon the living. After death, the actions that have been prescribed are making du`aa or doing some act of charity or reciting the Qur’aan or any other good work and then passing on the reward to them. Imagining them with respect is not mentioned as an act of reward in the hadeeth.
وعن ابن عباس أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال مامن ولد بار ينظر إلى والديه نظرة رحمة إلا كتب الله له بكل نظرة حجة مبرورة قالوا وإن نظر كل يوم مائة مرة قال نعم الله أكبر وأطيب (مشكاة رقم 4944)
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