Sayyidna Mohammad صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said:
"إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَيَرْفَعُ الدَّرَجَةَ لِلْعَبْدِ الصَّالِحِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ، فَيَقُولُ: يَا رَبِّ، أَنَّى لِي هَذِهِ؟
فَيَقُولُ: بِاسْتِغْفَارِ وَلَدِكَ لَكَ!"
Indeed, Allah exalt the ranks of a righteous in Jannah, a man asked: Ya Rabb: What's the reason behind this reward?
Allah swt said: This is the reward as your son ask forgiveness for you.
-(Musnad Ahmad 10610, Sanad Hasan)
Wife of Muarrikh Taqiuddin Al Maqrizi رحمہ اللہ died in young age, He رحمہ اللہ writes about her
"... وكنت أكثر الاستغفار لها فأُريتُها في المنام، فقلت لها:
يا أم محمد! الذي أرسله إليكِ يصل -أي الاستغفار- ؟
! قالت: نعم، في كل يوم تصل هديتك إليَّ. ثم بكت وقالت: قد علمتَ أني عاجزة عن مكافأتك!"
I asked for forgiveness for her excessively and one day I saw her in my dream and asked her:
Ya Umme Mohammad! Do you receive whatever I send to you (Meaning Astaghfaar for her)?
So she replied: Yes! your gifts reaches me everyday and then she started crying and said, you know I am not able to repay you for this gift.
-(Durar al uqood al fareedah 79/4)
Via Shaikh Rafeeq Tahir.
