What is the ruling on raising the voice with the Qur'an in the house of the deceased after his burial?

Question:
May Allah reward you. Another question has reached us from one of the brothers. He says: In some countries, Honorable Shaykh, there is a custom among them that when a person dies, they raise their voices with the Qur'an, and this is done through a recording in the house of the deceased. What is the ruling on that?

Answer:
This has no basis, and it is a bid'ah (religious innovation). It is not permissible to recite the Qur'an on the occasion of a person's death, nor to hire reciters. This is not permissible because it is a bid'ah, whether it is from a recording or from a reciter present, because there is no evidence for this from the Sunnah. Rather, what is prescribed is to make du'a' (supplication) for the deceased, seek forgiveness for him, hasten to prepare his body, pray over him, hasten to carry him to his grave and bury him, then stand at his grave after the burial and make du'a' for him, seek forgiveness for him, and ask Allah to grant him steadfastness when the two angels question him. This is what is prescribed for us regarding the dead. As for reciting the Qur'an for the sake of its reward being given to the deceased, or hiring reciters, or using recordings, all of this is an act with no basis, and it is one of the bid'ah (religious innovations). Yes.