Part 8 – Gifting the Dead with Your DeedsAllaah Ta’ala saidلِّیُنذِرَ مَن كَانَ حَیࣰّاThat he or it (Muhammad or the Quran) may give warning to him who is livingYā Seen – 70Part 8 – Reading the Qur’aan for the Deceasedثواب القراءة للميتاللجنة الدائمةLajna Da’imaFrom Fatawa no. 2232TranslatedbyAbbas Abu Yahyahttps://youtu.be/RkEVoPUwQ5g?si=WPgryCh3ur6S1VOoQuestion:Does the reward for reading the Qur’aan and different types of righteous deeds reach the deceased? Whether it is done from his children or others?The Answer:‘It is not established from the Prophet – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- as far as we know that he read the Qur’aan and granted the reward for it to the dead from his close relatives or other than them.If the reward reached them then the Prophet would have great concern for that deed, and would have explained it to his Ummah, so that they could benefit their dead. Indeed, the Messenger – alayhi as-Salat wa Salam- was full of pity, kind and merciful for the believers.The rightly guided Khulafah after him and the rest of his Companions -RadhiAllaahu anhum- were upon his guidance regarding this. We do not know of any single one from them granting the reward for the Qur’aan to someone else.All goodness is in following the guidance of the Messenger – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- and the guidance of the rightly-guided Khulafah and the rest of the Companions -RadhiAllaahu anhum.All evil is in following Bida’ (religious innovations) and newly innovated practises, due to the warning of the Prophet – sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- from that due to his saying:إياكم ومحدثات الأمور فإن كل محدثة بدعة، وكل بدعة ضلالة‘Beware of newly invented matters in religion, every newly invented matter is an innovation and every innovation is misguidance.’Also his saying:من أحدث في أمرنا هذا ما ليس منه فهو رد‘Whoever innovates something in this matter of ours that which is not of it, then it will be rejected.’Therefore, based upon this it is not allowed to read the Qur’aan for the deceased, and the reward for this reading does not reach him, in fact that is a Bida’.As for other deeds which bring a person closer to Allaah, then whatever the authentic evidences show that the reward reaches the deceased then it becomes obligatory to accept it, like giving charity on behalf of the deceased, doing Dua for him, performing Hajj for him.Therefore, for that which has no evidence in establishing it, then it is not legislated until there is evidence for it.Concluding, it is not allowed to read the Qur’aan for the deceased and the reward for this reading does not reach him in accordance with the most correct of the statements of the scholars, in fact it is a Bida’.’https://al-fatawa.com/fatwa/110552/%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%85%D8%A9[https://tinyurl.com/yvnvry57]• Arabic Referenceاللجنة الدائمةثواب القراءة للميتاللجنة الدائمةالسؤال الثالث من الفتوى رقم ( 2232 )س3: هل يصل ثواب قراءة القرآن وأنواع القربات إلىالميت؟ سواء من أولاده أو من غيرهم؟ج3: لم يثبت عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فيما نعلم – أنه قرأ القرآن ووهب ثوابه للأموات من أقربائه أو من غيرهم، ولو كان ثوابه يصل إليهم لحرص عليه، وبينه لأمته لينفعوا به موتاهم، فإنه عليه الصلاة والسلام بالمؤمنين رؤوف رحيم، وقد سار الخلفاء الراشدون من بعده وسائر أصحابه على هديه في ذلك، رضي الله عنهم، ولا نعلم أن أحدًا منهم أهدى ثواب القرآن لغيره، والخير كل الخير في اتباع هديه صلى الله عليه وسلم وهدي خلفائه الراشدين وسائر الصحابة رضي الله عنهم، والشر في اتباع البدع ومحدثات الأمور؛ لتحذير النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم من ذلك بقوله: إياكم ومحدثات الأمور فإن كل محدثة بدعة، وكل بدعة ضلالة ، وقوله: من أحدث في أمرنا هذا ما ليس منه فهو رد وعلى هذا لا تجوز قراءة القرآن للميت، ولا يصل إليه ثواب هذه القراءة بل ذلك بدعة. أما أنواع القربات الأخرى فما دل دليل صحيح على وصول ثوابه إلى الميت وجب قبوله، كالصدقة عنه والدعاء له والحج عنه وما لم يثبت فيه دليل فهو غير مشروع حتى يقوم عليه الدليل. وعلى هذا لا تجوز قراءة القرآن للميت ولا يصل إليه ثواب هذه القراءة في أصح قولي العلماء، بل ذلك بدعة.وبالله التوفيق وصلى الله على نبينا محمد وآله وصحبه وسلم.[https://tinyurl.com/yvnvry57]Also See:☀Part 1 – Gifting the Dead with Your DeedsBy Shaykh ul Islaam Ahmed Ibn Taymeeyah -Rahimahullaah- (d. 728 A.H.)https://tinyurl.com/3vfzpt3n☀Part 2 – What is the Ruling of Reciting the Qur’aan for the Deceased in his House?By Abdul Azeez bin Abdullaah Bin Baz – Rahimahullaahhttps://tinyurl.com/bdez2y6p☀Part 3 The Ruling of Reciting the Qur’aan for the DeceasedBy Abdul Azeez bin Abdullaah Bin Baz – Rahimahullaahhttps://tinyurl.com/4t7efz9h☀Part 4 What is the Ruling on reading the Quran for the dead with the Intention of the reward and benefit?ByShaykh Ubayd bin Abdullaah al-Jabari – Rahimahullaah (d. 1444 AH)https://tinyurl.com/48fyva55☀Part 5 – The dead benefiting from the actions of the living & the difference of opinion regarding thatBy Shaykh Rabee bin Hadi al-MadkhaliRahimahullaahhttps://tinyurl.com/yc4pe36ehttps://followingthesunnah.com/part-6-reciting-for-the-dead-was-not-from-the-actions-of-the-salaf/Part 7 – What is the Ruling of reading Qur’aan for the deceased?The post Part 8 – Gifting the Dead with Your Deeds first appeared on Following the Sunnah.