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If you recite al-Fatihah and al-Ikhlas, or perform Hajj or 'Umrah, and dedicate the reward to your deceased brother, is this a good deed?

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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. He says: My brother has passed away, and I want to do something for him that will benefit him in the Hereafter. If I recite the Qur'an, specifically al-Fatihah and al-Ikhlas, or perform Hajj or 'Umrah, and dedicate the reward to my brother, is this a good deed, or do you direct me to something else? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
If you want to benefit your deceased brother, first look to see if he has any debts or rights owed to people, or any injustices. You must return these rights or injustices to their owners to free your brother. This is the most important thing.
The second thing, if you want to bring him what benefits him with Allah the Exalted, is what has come with evidence: supplicating for him, seeking forgiveness for him, giving charity on his behalf, performing Hajj on his behalf, and performing 'Umrah on his behalf. All these deeds have evidence that they can be done by proxy and that their reward reaches the deceased, if Allah the Exalted accepts it.
As for reciting the Qur'an for the deceased or dedicating the reward of the recitation to the deceased, there is no evidence from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding this.
and if it has not come withوإذا كان لم يرد به
Evidence exists, for it is not done, as the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
He who did any act for which there is no sanction from our behalfمن عمل عملا ليس عليه أمرنا
Sahih Muslim 1718b
indicates, and in what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prescribed is goodness and sufficiency, praise be to Allah. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، إذا قرأت الفاتحة والإخلاص، أو حجيت أو اعتمرت، ووهبت ثوابها لأخي المتوفى، هل هذا فعل حسن؟ الفوزان — youtube.com

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