The ruling on reciting the Qur'an and dedicating its reward to another person
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Question:
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on reciting the Noble Qur'an and giving its reward to another person, whether dead or alive?
Answer:
Yes. Many jurists hold this view. They say that any act of worship one performs and dedicates its reward to a Muslim, whether alive or dead, benefits that person. However, there is no evidence for this opinion. Evidence has only come for specific acts: Hajj on behalf of another, 'Umrah on behalf of another, charity on behalf of another, and supplication. These are matters for which evidence has come that they are done on behalf of others and their rewards are dedicated to others. As for anything else, the default is that the deed belongs to the doer.[An-Najm 53:39] Its default is that it belongs to the doer. Reciting the Qur'an is among these; it belongs to the doer, the reciter, and not to anyone else. Therefore, its reward is not dedicated to another, because there is no evidence for that. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
The questioner asks: What is the ruling on reciting the Noble Qur'an and giving its reward to another person, whether dead or alive?
Answer:
Yes. Many jurists hold this view. They say that any act of worship one performs and dedicates its reward to a Muslim, whether alive or dead, benefits that person. However, there is no evidence for this opinion. Evidence has only come for specific acts: Hajj on behalf of another, 'Umrah on behalf of another, charity on behalf of another, and supplication. These are matters for which evidence has come that they are done on behalf of others and their rewards are dedicated to others. As for anything else, the default is that the deed belongs to the doer.
And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives
وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَانِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰThe presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
تفسير الشيخ محمد بن عبدالوهاب [10] — alfawzan.live (50:29)
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