Reciting the Qur'an at graves is a forbidden religious innovation (bid'ah)
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. The listener, Mukhtar Ahmad Mustafa, asks and says: What is the ruling on reciting the Qur'an at graves? And does the Qur'an reach the deceased?
Answer:
Reciting the Qur'an at graves is a forbidden religious innovation (bid'ah), because this was not established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: And among that is reciting at graves. The Salaf (the earliest generations) used to disapprove of it because it is not from the Sunnah (recommended practice) of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Many people, including Muslims and his Companions (the Companions of the Prophet), were buried during the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and it is not known that he (peace and blessings be upon him) prescribed for his Ummah (the Muslim community) reciting at graves. If this had been prescribed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would have explained it to us. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good. The listener, Mukhtar Ahmad Mustafa, asks and says: What is the ruling on reciting the Qur'an at graves? And does the Qur'an reach the deceased?
Answer:
Reciting the Qur'an at graves is a forbidden religious innovation (bid'ah), because this was not established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Whoever does an action for which there is no command from us, it is rejected, and in another narration: Whoever introduces into our matter something that is not part of it, it is rejected.
من عمل عملا ليس عليه أمرنا فهو رد، وفي رواية من أحدث في أمرنا هذا ما ليس منه فهو رد،
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4687- قراءة القرآن عند القبور بدعة محرمة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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