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2883. It was reported from 'Amr bin Shu'aib, from his father, from his grandfather, that Al-'Āsh bin Wa'il instructed in his will that one hundred slaves be freed on his behalf. His son Hishām freed fifty slaves, and his son 'Amr wanted to free the remaining fifty on his behalf. He said: "I will not do it until I ask the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ." So he came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: "O Messenger of Allāh! My father instructed in his will to free one hundred slaves on his behalf. Hishām has freed fifty slaves on his behalf, and fifty remain. Can I free them on his behalf?" The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "If he had been a Muslim; and you freed the slaves on his behalf, gave charity on his behalf, and performed Hajj (pilgrimage) on his behalf it would have reached him." (Hasan)
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Such good deeds done on their behalf by their descendants, will only benefit the Muslims after their death.
