His father passed away, so he hired reciters to complete the recitation of the Qur'an and then dedicate its reward to him.
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Question:
May Allah reward you. A similar question, but phrased differently. The sender himself says: If a son, every year, gathers Quran memorizers from the Quran schools and requires each of them to complete the recitation of the Qur'an ten times and dedicates them to his father, and he pays each of them a wage for this work. Is this work permissible and prescribed? Does it reach the deceased? Is it considered part of dutifulness to the father, as part of a son's dutifulness to his father? I ask your honor for sufficient clarification. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This work is not correct because there is no evidence for it, as mentioned in the answer to the previous question. If a person recites the Qur'an voluntarily and dedicates its reward to the deceased, this is not correct, and no evidence has been established for it from the Sunnah. May Allah love you. And if it is done for a wage, if it is done for a wage, and the reciter does not recite except for the sake of the wage, then there is no reward in it, because deeds of the Hereafter and acts of worship are not to be done for a worldly wage. If he does it for the sake of worldly greed, then it is not valid. Allah the Exalted said:[Hud 11:15-16] and their deeds will be rendered worthless, and what they used to do will be invalid. Therefore, acts of worship are not done for the sake of seeking worldly gain, but rather for the sake of the reward of the Hereafter and the worship of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. This work that the questioner does is not correct. It would have been better and more appropriate for him, if he wanted to benefit his father, to give this money that he spends and uses to hire the reciters as charity on behalf of the deceased. Or a continuous charity. Yes.
May Allah reward you. A similar question, but phrased differently. The sender himself says: If a son, every year, gathers Quran memorizers from the Quran schools and requires each of them to complete the recitation of the Qur'an ten times and dedicates them to his father, and he pays each of them a wage for this work. Is this work permissible and prescribed? Does it reach the deceased? Is it considered part of dutifulness to the father, as part of a son's dutifulness to his father? I ask your honor for sufficient clarification. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
This work is not correct because there is no evidence for it, as mentioned in the answer to the previous question. If a person recites the Qur'an voluntarily and dedicates its reward to the deceased, this is not correct, and no evidence has been established for it from the Sunnah. May Allah love you. And if it is done for a wage, if it is done for a wage, and the reciter does not recite except for the sake of the wage, then there is no reward in it, because deeds of the Hereafter and acts of worship are not to be done for a worldly wage. If he does it for the sake of worldly greed, then it is not valid. Allah the Exalted said:
(15) Whoever desires the life of this world and its adornments - We fully repay them for their deeds therein, and they therein will not be deprived. (16) Those are the ones for whom there is not in the Hereafter but the Fire
مَن كَانَ يُرِيدُ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتَهَا نُوَفِّ إِلَيْهِمْ أَعْمَالَهُمْ فِيهَا وَهُمْ فِيهَا لَا يُبْخَسُونَ أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا النَّارُ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5137- توفي والده فاستأجر له قرَّاءً يختمون القرآن ثم يهدون ثوابه إليه - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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