We hear many people, especially the elderly, say that when they finish reciting the Qur'an, they dedicate the reward of that to a deceased person, whether a father, a mother, or any relative.

The questioner : May Allah reward the honorableThe Shaykh : We hear many people, especially the elderly, say that when they finish reciting the Qur'an, they dedicate the reward of that to a deceased person, whether a father, a mother, or any relative. Is this permissible, like the sacrifice for the deceased or charity on their behalf? And how do you reconcile this with the saying of Allah the Exalted: and the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): " The sacrifice is not among these, so how do you reconcile it?

The Shaykh : Yes, what people used to do in the past was that when they completed the Qur'an, they would dedicate the reward of the recitation to their mothers and fathers, and so on. This has no basis. Many jurists and others have held that the reward does not reach the deceased and that he does not benefit from it, because Allah said: This is a physical act that pertains to the body of the person. As for financial acts, such as charity, the Sunnah has come that the deceased benefits from them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) permitted Sa'd ibn Ubadah to give charity from his date palms for his mother after her death, and and
As for physical acts, the deceased does not benefit from them, and this is the view held by many scholars.
As for those who say that righteous deeds reach the deceased, even if they are physical acts, they say that it is wrong for a person, if he memorizes the Qur'an in this blessed month, to dedicate it to his father and mother, because he is in greater need of it than his father and mother. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) is the guide for this Ummah and the one who clarifies the correct path for it. When he said: Did he say, "When a person dies, his deeds are cut off except for a righteous child who prays for him"? Answer: No. Even though the context is the context of deeds, the context is about deeds, and yet he (peace and blessings be upon him) shifted from deeds to supplication and said: Therefore, if a questioner asked, "I want to give charity for my father or supplicate for him; which is better?" we would say that supplicating for him is better, because that is what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) directed us to. As for dedicating oneself, saying "every time I give charity, it is for my father and mother," and "every time I complete the Qur'an, it is for my father and mother," that is not the matter to which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) directed. Yes.