The Ruling on Reciting the Qur'an for the Dead
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Question:
The questioner asks, Shaykh, about the legal ruling in your view regarding reciting the Qur'an for the dead: is it permissible or not?
Answer:
The Qur'an is not recited for the dead; it is recited for the living who benefit from it. As for reciting the Qur'an for the dead person or at the grave, this is one of the religious innovations (bid'ah), and the dead person does not benefit from it. Yes.
The questioner asks, Shaykh, about the legal ruling in your view regarding reciting the Qur'an for the dead: is it permissible or not?
Answer:
The Qur'an is not recited for the dead; it is recited for the living who benefit from it. As for reciting the Qur'an for the dead person or at the grave, this is one of the religious innovations (bid'ah), and the dead person does not benefit from it. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/089 — archive.org (9:08)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.