The Reward of Reciting the Qur'an for the Dead
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Question:
The questioner from the Prophet's city, A-S-T, says: O Shaykh, does the reward of my recitation of the Qur'an reach the deceased? I complete a recitation three times a month, and I dedicate the third recitation to my parents, my mother and my father, who have passed away. May Allah have mercy on them.
Answer:
There is no evidence that the reward of recitation is dedicated to the dead; no evidence has come regarding this. The default is that every person's deed is for himself alone, except for what evidence indicates benefits others, such as supplication, charity, and Hajj and 'Umrah. It is permissible to direct the reward of these to others, to relatives, or to whoever one wishes. As for everything else, every deed belongs to its doer,[An-Najm 53:39-40]. Yes.
The questioner from the Prophet's city, A-S-T, says: O Shaykh, does the reward of my recitation of the Qur'an reach the deceased? I complete a recitation three times a month, and I dedicate the third recitation to my parents, my mother and my father, who have passed away. May Allah have mercy on them.
Answer:
There is no evidence that the reward of recitation is dedicated to the dead; no evidence has come regarding this. The default is that every person's deed is for himself alone, except for what evidence indicates benefits others, such as supplication, charity, and Hajj and 'Umrah. It is permissible to direct the reward of these to others, to relatives, or to whoever one wishes. As for everything else, every deed belongs to its doer,
(39) And that there is not for man except that [good] for which he strives (40) And that his effort is going to be seen -
وَأَن لَّيْسَ لِلْإِنسَانِ إِلَّا مَا سَعَىٰ وَأَنَّ سَعْيَهُ سَوْفَ يُرَىٰ
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/024 — archive.org (5:44)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.