Reciting the Qur'an and Dedication of Its Reward to the Deceased
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, and also his statement (may Allah have mercy on him) or the dedication of a qurbah (act of worship) to him: Is it permissible to recite the Qur'an and then dedicate its reward to the deceased?
Answer:
This has not been transmitted. It has not been transmitted that the Qur'an is recited for the dead. What is dedicated to the dead is charity, Hajj, 'Umrah, and du'a' (supplication). This is what is dedicated to the dead, and in it there is blessing and good. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, and also his statement (may Allah have mercy on him) or the dedication of a qurbah (act of worship) to him: Is it permissible to recite the Qur'an and then dedicate its reward to the deceased?
Answer:
This has not been transmitted. It has not been transmitted that the Qur'an is recited for the dead. What is dedicated to the dead is charity, Hajj, 'Umrah, and du'a' (supplication). This is what is dedicated to the dead, and in it there is blessing and good. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل في الفرق بين زيارة الموحدين للقبور وزيارة المشركين — islamhouse.com (1:09:49)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.