What is the ruling on reciting the Qur'an for the soul of the deceased?

The questioner : In the previous lesson, I mentioned . I said: This is not suitable except for one who is a scholar and a student of knowledge. If he is a beginner who does not know how to fix what is broken, if he is not a scholar and a student of knowledge, he will ruin it...

The Shaykh : The family of the deceased should hire reciters, and as you know, for a fee. A special committee has been formed with a special phone number. Some of the reciters in Damascus have a special phone number and a special price; they do not agree to a price lower than that. If reciting for the soul of the deceased were from the Sunnah, and it is not, as we explained earlier, this Sunnah would not be benefited from by the recitation of these reciters. And it is not permissible for us to summon them and give them a fee; why? This entire discussion is based on the assumption that reciting the Qur'an for the soul of the deceased is from the Sunnah, but it is not from the Sunnah. But why do we assume that it is from the Sunnah? To demonstrate the invalidity of this act, the invalidity of our summoning these reciters who buy the verses of Allah for a small price.
Some people may think that what are we doing? They must fear Allah and recite for the face of Allah. We are responsible; why? Because it is supposed to be like a doctor for a patient. If the doctor is not with the patient, and the patient is not with the doctor in his attributes and treatments, and so on, the patient benefits nothing, exactly. Likewise, the Muslim community is supposed to be one block, as he (peace be upon him) represented this reality with the finest example: . So when we want to bring in these people who buy the verses of Allah for a small price, it means we have supported them in their misguidance. And therefore he (peace be upon him) said, to deter from such an act: , they hasten the worldly reward, the hereafter reward; because they want to live by the word of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Therefore, if I were to repeat, if reciting the Qur'an for the soul of the deceased on the day of his death, or on the third day, or for the rest of time were from the Sunnah, this Sunnah would be invalidated by the recitation of these people for a fee; why?
In addition to what I mentioned earlier that we are supposed to cooperate with them in something else. I go to the doctor and pay him his fee because I mostly expect to benefit from him. But this one who recites for other than the face of Allah, we benefit nothing from him; meaning we said earlier the saying of the Messenger: . This reciter is paid, and not a single good deed comes out for him. So when you pay the dirhams or dinars, in exchange for what? In exchange for nothing. Therefore, this act is invalid from two aspects: from the aspect that it is not from the Sunnah to recite for the deceased, even for the face of Allah, and the second aspect is that these people recite for the face of the dirham and the dinar!! So the family of the deceased, or the deceased rather, will not benefit anything; because this is a worship that has no reward unless it is pure for the face of Allah, and it is on the way of the Messenger of Allah; as the scholars of tafsir said regarding His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He): , what did they say...?
In this verse is evidence that the work is not accepted by Allah unless two conditions are met. The first condition is that it be righteous; that is: on the way of the Sunnah. And the second condition is that it be pure for the face of Allah. And we mentioned that the Companions in the time of the Messenger and after the Messenger, none of them recited a complete recitation of the Qur'an for the face of Allah for the soul of the deceased. So this is not a righteous work. If it were a righteous work, the second condition would come: ; these people are associating partners in the worship of Allah with the dirham and the dinar. So the family of the deceased and the deceased who pay the dinars to these reciters do not benefit anything, rather they benefit the burden and the sin for calling these who eat the wealth of people unjustly, and Allah is the Helper.

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The Shaykh : Yes, yes. Tell him: according to the saying of the Turk: ...

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