By Mawlana Abu Asim Badrul Islam In his Ṣāḥīḥ, Imām Al-Bukhāri reports from the Mother of the Believers, ʿAʾishah (may Allāh be pleased with her), the following ḥadῑth: It is narrated from ʿĀʾishah (may Allāh be pleased with her) that a man said to the Prophet (may the eternal peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him), “My mother has died suddenly. I think, if she had been able to speak [her last wishes], she would have spent in ṣadaqah. Will she be rewarded, if I spend in ṣadaqah on her behalf?” He replied, “Yes.” (Ṣaḥῑḥ al-Bukhārī, 1:543 – ḥadῑth…