Does the reward of reciting the Qur'an reach the deceased?

Question:
The following message was sent to the program from West Germany. The sender is a listener from there who says: Your brother Muhammad Faridhah. The brother Muhammad asks and says: I hope you will inform me about the following question: Does dedicating the recitation of the Qur'an reach the souls of the dead? If the answer is yes, it is known that al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) denies this, and Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) said: We have not known anyone to do that, and Ahmad's school is also: that there is no recitation at the grave. This is what I read in the book *Riyad al-Salihin*. I hope you will give me the satisfying answer. I ask Allah for health for us and for you.

Answer:
The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) differed on this issue: some held that recitation for the dead benefits them and reaches them, and they analogized this to charity on their behalf and supplication for them.
Others among the scholars, such as al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) and a group of scholars, said: No, it does not reach them; because there is no evidence for it. It was not reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) or from the Companions that they did this, and acts of worship are not a place for analogy; acts of worship are based on divine legislation and are not a place for analogy. So what reaches the dead is only what the Shari'ah brought, such as charity on their behalf, supplication for them, Hajj on their behalf, paying off their debts, and 'Umrah on their behalf. This is what the texts brought. As for recitation on their behalf or prayer on their behalf, this was not reported, and this is the correct view.
The correct and stronger of the scholars' opinions is that what reaches the dead is only what the Shari'ah indicates. So recitation for them and prayer on their behalf has no evidence, and voluntary fasting on their behalf likewise does not reach them. This is the correct view and this is the relied-upon position. As for fasting on their behalf, if it was... obligatory, they make up a mandatory debt, such as fasting Ramadan. If he died and did not fast without an excuse, meaning: he broke the fast... for example due to illness or travel, then did not make it up, being negligent and not making it up, then it is fasted on his behalf as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . Likewise, debts are paid off on their behalf, and so is Hajj on their behalf and 'Umrah. And so is supplication for them and seeking forgiveness for them; all of it reaches them, all of it benefits them. As for recitation for them and prayer for them, this is no, there is no evidence for it, or voluntary fasting for them, there is no evidence for it. And his statement that it does not reach them is the stronger, the closest, and the best in evidence. And success is from Allah. Yes.

The presenter: May Allah reward you with good. So what our brother read in the book *Riyad al-Salihin* is the correct one?

The Shaykh: ... there is disagreement in it.

The presenter: There is disagreement in it?

The Shaykh: Yes.

The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.