The Ruling on Bestowing the Reward of One's Deeds upon Others

Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, what is the ruling on bestowing rewards? I mean, I pray, or fast, or recite the Qur'an, and then afterwards I say, "O Allah, the reward for this is for so-and-so"?

Answer:
Bestowing rewards is permissible in matters for which there is evidence. The default is that the reward belongs to the doer of the deed. . It is permissible to bestow the reward of some of one's deeds to one's brother, whether he is alive or dead, according to what has come in the evidence: charity on behalf of another, supplication for another, seeking forgiveness for a Muslim, Hajj or 'Umrah on behalf of another, and the 'Id sacrifice on behalf of a deceased person. All of these are matters for which there is evidence. As for anything else, no; everyone has his own deed. Yes.