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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Islamic Laws of Ayatullah Khui Engaging A Person To Offer Prayers 1542. After the death of a person another person can be engaged to offer, on payment of wages, those prayers and other acts of worship which the dead person missed to offer during his lifetime. And it is also in order if a person offers the prayers etc. without taking any payment for it. 1543.

A person can also be engaged to offer some recommended acts like ziyarat (pilgrimage) of the shrines of the holy Prophet or the holy Imams. Such a person can also perform some recommended acts and offer the spiritual reward of them to living or dead persons. 1544.

It is necessary for a person who is hired to offer the lapsed prayers of a dead person that he is either a Mujtahid or he knows the rules relating to prayers correctly from the point of view of taqlid (following) or acts according to precaution, provided that he knows fully on what occasions precaution is to be observed. 1545. At the time of making intention the hired person should specify the dead person, but it $ not necessary that he should know his name.

Hence it is enough if he says: "I am offering prayers on behalf of the person for whom I have been hired. " 1546. The hired person should act with the intention that he is acting to discharge the obligation of the dead person. It is not enough if he performs some act and dedicates its spiritual reward to the dead person. 1547. One who hires a person should be satisfied that the hired person will perform the act for which he is hired. 1548.

If it transpires that the person hired for offering prayers 'f a dead person has not performed the requisite act or has performed it incorrectly another person should be hired for the purpose. 1549. If a person doubts whether or not the hired person has performed the act and if he (the hired person) is a reliable person and says that he has performed it, it is enough. And similarly if he doubts whether or not his action has been correct he should presume that it has been correct. 1550.

A person who has some excuse, (for example, if he offers prayers with tayammum or in a sitting posture) should not be hired for offering prayers for a dead person, although the prayers of the dead person may also have lapsed in the same manner. 1551.