The Ruling on Performing Tawaf on Behalf of a Deceased Person and Dedication of the Reward of Reciting the Qur'an to Them
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Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, I sometimes perform tawaf for one of my relatives, or for my father, or for my grandparents. What is the ruling on that? Also, what is the ruling on completing the recitation of the Qur'an for them and dedicating its reward to them?
Answer:
By Allah, there is no evidence that has come regarding this; there is no evidence that has come regarding this, meaning that one performs tawaf for someone, mere tawaf only. Rather, one performs 'Umrah for them or Hajj for them; this is what the evidences have come regarding. As for performing tawaf alone for someone, or reciting the Qur'an and dedicating its reward to someone, some scholars have permitted this, but the correct view is that it is not prescribed, because there is no evidence for it. Yes.
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, I sometimes perform tawaf for one of my relatives, or for my father, or for my grandparents. What is the ruling on that? Also, what is the ruling on completing the recitation of the Qur'an for them and dedicating its reward to them?
Answer:
By Allah, there is no evidence that has come regarding this; there is no evidence that has come regarding this, meaning that one performs tawaf for someone, mere tawaf only. Rather, one performs 'Umrah for them or Hajj for them; this is what the evidences have come regarding. As for performing tawaf alone for someone, or reciting the Qur'an and dedicating its reward to someone, some scholars have permitted this, but the correct view is that it is not prescribed, because there is no evidence for it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4972] حكم الطواف عن الميت وإهداء ثواب تلاوة القرآن له - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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