The prayers you offer without the presence of the heart will be thrown back in your face,
so why do you think your funeral prayers will be presented to you on a gold plate by God?
That too will be thrown back in your face like a back-handed slap.
Do you think there is a 100% guarantee that your funeral prayers will be accepted by God?
The obligatory prayers your offer are not being accepted by God so what makes you think the funeral prayers will be?
Now, as far as how salvation is granted.
You see, the easiest method of obtaining salvation today is…
What is the Guarantee of Obtaining Salvation?
Whether one person prays or 100,000, these prayers have their own benefits but harken this, for the first and last time.
God has declared he is the owner of the Day of Judgement.
‘Maliki youm al deen’.
He is the owner of the Day of Judgement.
Therefore, paradise is earned by one depending on God’s mood, not on one’s actions.
Salvation is granted depending on God’s mood.
It is up to God.
He is the owner of all things.
If God is in the mood, he may forgive.
When he wants to forgive, he forgives even (tyrants) like Hujjaj bin Yousuf.
Right?
And if he doesn’t want to (forgive), he shall not; he may throw your prayers back in your face.
He is the owner. He has the power.
The rest is equivalent to Ghalib’s poetry, ‘it’s one thing to deceive yourself with stories’
When one recites 40 Qur’an’s or 100, an abundance of maghfirahs or qul-sharifs - this is all to deceive yourself [into thinking you’re fine].
It’s lawful, so you can continue to do it however it shall only be accepted according to God’s will and accord.
God may or may not grant salvation to whomsoever he wishes, it is entirely up to God.
This is my faith and this is the tenet prescribed by the Qur’an.
It rests entirely on God’s will to forgive, or not forgive, whomsoever he wishes.
Now, people ask about the maghfirah prayers.
For instance, someone dies tomorrow and you start praying for their salvation.
Now, the one who has died must have attended many funerals before their death and prayed for the salvation of the deceased.
If his prayers were being accepted by God then would you need to pray for his salvation?
Every single person - since attending the funeral prayers is a Fard e Kifaya,
so it’s accepted if even one person from the neighbourhood attends the funeral prayers.
Therefore, someone or another (from the neighbourhood) would have attended each year.
I doubt there is anyone here who has never attended a funeral prayer.
Now, if those who attended the funeral prayers died, and their own prayers were being accepted,
then why would they need the prayers of others [for their own salvation]?
So this is just a method that is implemented (by Muslims, to offer prayers for salvation).
Whereas, as far as forgiveness is concerned,
God has made it abundantly clear in the Qur’an, ‘And who but God can forgive?’
It is written in the Qur’an.
And as far as concession goes,
you are ready to make the prayer, ‘O’ God, bestow upon us the concession of Muhammad (s)’,
but what does the Qur’an state about concession?
‘Concession shall be granted to those for whom God gives permission’.
So there goes praying for concession.
‘man zal lazee (is there any)
yashfa'u indahoo illa bi-iznih (who can grant a concession to anyone on their own accord without God’s will?)’
There is no-one as such.
So even if a prophet or saint grant concession, it shall be with the permission of God.
Let’s suppose Taufiq is a great saint of God, standing on the Day of Judgement and people are going past.
Someone says, ‘I served him water’, another says, ‘I washed his car’.
So now Taufiq is looking and gesturing at God,
‘He gave me water’.
And God will say, ‘Alright, he is granted salvation’.
This is God’s permission.
And if God disregards this and remains silent, then the matter ends there and no concession is granted to him.
A concession is also granted with God’s permission and since it is, do you think the deceased will earn God’s forgiveness if you pray for it?
And nowadays, people make great efforts to invite as many people as possible to the funeral and collectively recite the Qur’an,
those who are wealthy would invite more people, feed them and collectively recite the Qur’an,
which would mean that the one who is rich will use his wealth to have people recite the Qur’an ten times,
whereas a poor person (can’t afford to do that), so does that mean (the deceased from his house) would enter hell?
While the rich person would be able to have people recite the Qur’an ten times, so (the deceased from his house) would enter paradise?
That’s not how it works in God’s court.
The Qur’an and qul-sharif that you’re reciting (at a funeral) are not any different from what you recite every day, and yet you are misguided.
Those whose recitation of the Qur’an did not earn them guidance nor the acceptance of their salah,
so how would their recitation of the Qur’an earn forgiveness from God for the deceased?
If your maghfirah prayers were being accepted by God, wouldn’t your salah also be accepted?
‘​​Fa wailul-lil musalleen allazeena hum 'an salaatihim saahoon’.
‘Woe and destruction on the worshippers who are unaware of the reality of salah’.
The prayers you offer without the presence of the heart will be thrown back in your face,
so why do you think your funeral prayers will be presented to you on a gold plate by God?
That too will be thrown back in your face like a back-handed slap.
If your obligatory prayers are not in their correct form, God will literally throw them back in your face,
‘Here, take it back. I do not want this’.
Do you think there is a 100% guarantee that your funeral prayers will be accepted by God?
The obligatory prayers your offer are not being accepted by God so what makes you think the funeral prayers will be?
Now, as far as how salvation is granted.
You see, the easiest method of obtaining salvation today is to listen to the magnificence of His Divine Eminence Gohar Shahi,
learn of Their grandeur, and kiss Their image with love.
Once you’ve done this, even if not a single person attends your funeral, you are still granted salvation.
What’s the point of gathering a mass of people?
Advise your children beforehand,
‘Do not waste money on the funeral, there’s no point. I’ve already kissed the image of HDE Gohar Shahi and that is enough to earn me salvation’.
What do you think?
‘I’ve kissed the image of HDE Gohar Shahi and that’s enough for my salvation. Do not be worried’.
Tell them, ‘What’s the point of scrounging for money to feed 500 people?
Give me what you would have spent on them now so at least I can buy my tobacco’.