Ruling on Reciting the Qur'an at a Funeral Gathering a Few Days After Death

Also in the chapter on funerals, your Eminence (may Allah preserve you) is asked: After the burial of the deceased, the family goes to bring a reciter to recite the Noble Qur'an for three days. And after fifteen days from the death, the relatives of the deceased go to the cemetery carrying bread and distribute it as charity. Is this practice correct and prescribed? May Allah reward you with good?
Answer: This is not prescribed. Reciting for the deceased for a week, or a day, or more, all of this is from religious innovations. However, one should make du'a for him, making du'a for the deceased for forgiveness and mercy, and giving charity on his behalf with whatever is available at any time, even years after his death. Charity benefits the deceased, and du'a benefits the deceased, and performing Hajj and 'Umrah on his behalf likewise, and paying off his debts; all of this benefits him. As for bringing a reciter to read for a week, or less, or more, or at his grave, or in his house, all of this has no basis.
Therefore, it is obligatory to leave it, because Allah (Mighty and Majestic) did not prescribe it. Had He prescribed it, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) would have explained it, and the Companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him) would have explained it. It is obligatory upon the people of Islam to follow and not to innovate. Yes.
Likewise, going to the graves and giving charity with food or bread, distributing it at the graves, has no basis. All of this is from religious innovations. Going to the graves: the graves are visited to make du'a for them and to seek mercy for them. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: , and he taught his Companions when they visited the graves to say: , and when he visited them, he (peace and blessings be upon him) would also say: . This is the Sunnah. As for visiting them to distribute bread or meat, this has no basis. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh. So that people may stop these violations in the condolence or otherwise, what is your word (may Allah preserve you)?
The Shaykh: It is obligatory upon all Muslims to adhere to the Shari'ah in everything, in funerals and other matters, in the funeral prayer and other matters, in all acts of worship. Because Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says, rebuking a people who innovated: [Surat al-Shura: 21], and He (Mighty and Majestic) says: [Surat al-Jathiyah: 18], and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: , and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . So it is not permissible for people to innovate acts of worship in the Shari'ah of Allah for which Allah has not sent down authority, neither in matters of funerals nor in other matters. All religious innovations are forbidden, and a person must adhere to the Shari'ah, asking about what Allah has prescribed, seeking knowledge in the religion, and asking about what Allah has prescribed and acting upon it, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . So seeking knowledge in the religion is required, and a person acts upon what he knows of the Shari'ah of Allah .
As for the fact that condolence is prescribed, that one visits his brother to console him in the house, or on the road, or in the mosque, or in the shop, or in the farm, there is no harm. His brothers visit him and console him regarding his father, or his brother, or his mother; there is no harm. As for preparing food for that occasion—cooking food for them—or appointing reciters to read for the deceased, or other things done for the deceased at the time of death, or at the end of the week, or after forty days, or at the end of the year, all of this has no basis. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good and do you good.