Is it right to give food to a dead person, just a belief or is there any secret hidden behind it? Know All Last Updated: 20 Dec 2025, 16:14 IST Aligarh News: People are often seen giving food to a dead person. There is also such a tradition in Islam, so let us know how right it is to give food to a dead person and whether it has any effect. Aligarh: Many types of rituals are common in the society about feeding food in the name of a dead person after death. In some places it is considered as a means of reward and in some places it has taken the form of a religious ritual. In such a situation it becomes important to know what Islam says about this. On these questions Chief Mufti of Uttar Pradesh Maulana Chaudhary Ifrahim Hussain gave complete information clearly from the Islamic point of view. Is it permissible to give food to a dead person? The Muslim religious leader, chief mufti of Uttar Pradesh, Maulana Chaudhary Ifrahim Hussain, provided information that in Islam, intention ie intention and aqida ie belief are very important. If food is served in the name of a deceased with the intention of seeking Allah’s pleasure and its reward to reach the deceased, then it is permissible to do so. Maulana told that this food can be fed to family members, loved ones i.e. people who come to visit, needy, poor, orphans and needy people of the society. There are great virtues in feeding food in Islam, but its condition is that the intention should be solely for the pleasure of Allah and the reward of the deceased. Describing this rule as wrong, he also made it clear that if the intention is to show off or make it a ritual, such as giving it the appearance of a religious program on the 20th, 30th, 40th or any set date, then this method is not right. Such rituals have no status in Islam. Maulana Chaudhary Ibrahim Hussain also termed the tradition of sending food for 40 days as wrong and said that it is considered illegal in Islam. Similarly, it is against Islamic teachings to serve food on the grave or to believe that the dead themselves eat food. All such practices are illegal and haram. He said that the right way is the one in which the intentions are pure, the faith is sound and every action is done only for the pleasure of Allah. About the Author Aryan Seth Aryan studied journalism at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi and worked in ABP. After that he joined Local 18 or Network 18. Location: Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh First Published: 20 December 2025, 16:14 IST Disclaimer: The information given in this news is written after talking to astrologers and acharyas based on zodiac sign, religion and scriptures. Any incident, accident or gain or loss is just chance. Information from astrologers is in everyone’s interest. Local-18 does not personally endorse anything mentioned.