Re: Benefits After Suicide
I have read that suicide is not an act of kufr, but is a major sin. I don’t know if this is correct.
Anything less than shirk might be forgiven. When we ask Allah for our own forgiveness, we don’t say, “Oh Allah, I know that you don’t forgive shirk, so please only forgive me for the sins I committed which were less than shirk.” Instead we ask Him with the umeed He’ll forgive all of our sins.
For the people who have died, when making dua for isaal-e-sawab, we don’t say “Allah, give this sawab to those who have committed no shirk. Allah only forgive those members of the ummat who have not committed shirk or zina or, etc”
We tend to pray for forgiveness for all members of the ummat…that are alive and those of who have passed on. We cannot be 100% certain if Allah has forgiven all our major sins or even if all our good works have been accepted. If we don’t know of our own fate in the next world, why dwell on others?"
That said, just pray for the ummah on the whole and leave it to Allah to decide who will receive isaal-e-sawab or not.