Translation of the Meanings of the Noble Qur'an - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub
إِنَّا نَحۡنُ نُحۡيِ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ وَنَكۡتُبُ مَا قَدَّمُواْ وَءَاثَٰرَهُمۡۚ وَكُلَّ شَيۡءٍ أَحۡصَيۡنَٰهُ فِيٓ إِمَامٖ مُّبِينٖ
[4]. Muhammad, God's Messenger ﷺ said:
"Among the good deeds that continue to benefit a believer after death are: a knowledge that he taught and disseminated, a righteous child who lived after him and supplicate for him, a Qur'an book that he left as inheritance, a masjid that he built, a house that he built for the wayfarers, a stream that he ran, or a charity that he gave from his wealth during his healthy lifetime so that it would reach him (in rewards) after death." This indicate that a righteous child benefits his deceased parents with supplication. It is further demonstrated here that he can benefit them by spending sadaqah, as well as doing other charitable deeds, on their behalf. What benefits him also is teaching and disseminating the knowledge, printing a useful and beneficial book that remains after him, or establishing a charity, the rewards of these things continue to reach him as long as they continue to exist.
