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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Ruling on Dedication of the Qur'an to the Deceased

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My father also says to me: I used to gather this supplication while I was looking at the Preserved Tablet. No, before that he says: What is the ruling on dedicating the recitation of the Noble Qur'an to the soul of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and to the souls of the deceased?
Answer: This has no basis. Dedicating the Qur'an is not prescribed, and the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) did not do it, and the good lies in following them. However, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is given like our rewards; whatever good we do, he gets a share of our rewards because he is the one who guided to the good, peace and blessings be upon him. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
One who guides to something good has a reward similar to that of its doer.من دل على خير فله مثل أجر فاعله
Sahih Muslim 1893a
He is the one who guided his Ummah to the good and directed them to the good. So if a person recites, prays, fasts, or gives charity, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is given like the rewards of these people from his Ummah, because he is the one who guided them to the good and directed them to it, peace and blessings be upon him.
As for dedicating... reciting and dedicating it to him, there is no basis for this, and it is better to leave it. May Allah send prayers and peace upon him. Yes.
Likewise, dedicating to the deceased has no basis, so it is better to leave it. Some scholars have permitted a person to recite a portion of the Qur'an or a complete recitation and then say: "O Allah, direct its reward to my father or my mother." A group of scholars permitted this, while others said that it is better to leave it, because it was not reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) or from the Companions. So it is better to leave it, and this is the stronger position. The stronger position is that it is better to leave the dedication of the Qur'an to people, because there is no evidence for it, and it was not the practice of the righteous Salaf. So it is better to leave it. Only charity for the deceased, supplication for him, Hajj on his behalf, and fasting on his behalf, if he had a fast to make up, are permissible.
As for a person reciting and dedicating it to the deceased, or praying, this is no, it has no known basis, so it is better to leave it. So no one should pray for another, and no one should recite for another. This is the best and the most cautious, because it was not reported from the righteous Salaf, and the good lies in following them and proceeding on their methodology (may Allah be pleased with them). Yes.
Source binbaz.org.sa

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