What is the ruling on reciting the Qur'an for the deceased?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on reciting the Qur'an for the deceased?
Answer:
This is not permissible. The Qur'an is not recited for the deceased. The Qur'an is recited for the living[Ya-Sin 36:70], and the deceased does not benefit from the Qur'an being recited in his presence.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on reciting the Qur'an for the deceased?
Answer:
This is not permissible. The Qur'an is not recited for the deceased. The Qur'an is recited for the living
To warn whoever is alive and justify the word against the disbelievers.
لِّيُنذِرَ مَن كَانَ حَيًّا وَيَحِقَّ الْقَوْلُ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1199- ما حكم قراءة القرآن على الميت؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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