Is it permissible to recite the Qur'an for a sick person for the sake of Allah the Exalted, meaning to dedicate the reward to him?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, is it permissible to recite the Qur'an for a sick person for the sake of Allah the Exalted, or...
The Shaykh : For the sick person, meaning, or for the sick person?
The questioner : For a sick person, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner :: meaning.
The Shaykh : You recite the Qur'an for the sick person, meaning you say the reward is for so-and-so? You recite the Qur'an and say: "O Allah, make its reward for so-and-so"?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This depends on whether dedicating acts of devotion is permissible or not. There is scholarly disagreement on this issue, and what a person should do is not to dedicate his good deeds to anyone, whoever it may be, but rather to keep his good deeds for himself and make du'a' for his brothers who deserve du'a'. I cannot say: Perhaps you mean reciting for the sick person so that he may be healed, because you said: I do not want that.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The important point is that if a person wants to recite for a sick person and says to the sick person: "I am reciting so-and-so for healing and recovery," then there is nothing wrong with that. This is because and they (may Allah be pleased with them) doubted the permissibility of this compensation Sunan Abi Dawud 3418Sahih (Al-Albani) (peace and blessings be upon him) said this was to please their hearts, otherwise he did not need to ask them to give him anything, but it was to please the heart. And from this we take a useful rule: if the person you are speaking to is not convinced, or his heart is not at ease unless you do what you said, then do it, for this is among the good. Yes.
The Shaykh : For the sick person, meaning, or for the sick person?
The questioner : For a sick person, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner :: meaning.
The Shaykh : You recite the Qur'an for the sick person, meaning you say the reward is for so-and-so? You recite the Qur'an and say: "O Allah, make its reward for so-and-so"?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : This depends on whether dedicating acts of devotion is permissible or not. There is scholarly disagreement on this issue, and what a person should do is not to dedicate his good deeds to anyone, whoever it may be, but rather to keep his good deeds for himself and make du'a' for his brothers who deserve du'a'. I cannot say: Perhaps you mean reciting for the sick person so that he may be healed, because you said: I do not want that.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : The important point is that if a person wants to recite for a sick person and says to the sick person: "I am reciting so-and-so for healing and recovery," then there is nothing wrong with that. This is because