Reciting the Qur'an over graves and funerals is an innovation

Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. A listener from Khan, Pakistan, sent a message asking: What is the ruling on reciting the Qur'an for the dead? Does the reward reach them? And what is the ruling on reciting over the grave? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
Reciting for the dead, whether over the funerals or over the graves, is among the newly invented innovations for which Allah has not sent down any authority. This recitation does not benefit the dead because it is an innovation, and there is no reward in an innovation; rather, there is sin in it. What is prescribed for the dead is for the living to do for them what Allah the Exalted has prescribed, such as praying for them, making supplication for them, visiting them, seeking forgiveness for them, giving charity on their behalf, performing Hajj and 'Umrah on their behalf, and making supplication for them. These are the things Allah has prescribed for the living to do for the dead, and they benefit the dead if Allah accepts them. As for reciting for the dead, or at the funerals, or at the graves, these are newly invented innovations for which Allah has not sent down any authority. There is no reward in them; rather, there is sin on the one who does them, and they do not benefit the dead. Yes.