The ruling on gathering in the deceased's house and reciting the Qur'an

Question:
Our brother has another question in which he says: I am from the Republic of Mali, and it has become customary among our people that when a man or a woman dies, they bring a memorizer of the Qur'an to recite the Qur'an in the home of the deceased's family. They said that the intention behind this practice is for mercy to descend upon the deceased's family after the calamity. Is this practice permissible in the Shari'ah? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
I do not know of any basis for this; I do not know of any basis for this in the Shari'ah. However, if they do it as an ordinary thing without specific intention, reciting the Qur'an for the good contained in the Qur'an and seeking reward, not because of the death and not because there is a person in that house who has died, intending by this that it consoles them and removes their sadness in a particular way, a way that is used and continuous as if it were a prescribed matter, then I do not know of any basis for this.
However, if some do it occasionally, or without intention, or if someone from the family is present and someone comes to read and says, "Read to us, my brother, we have heard the words of Allah," all of this is fine. But if they intend it and make it a followed custom for those who have a deceased person in their house, bringing readers or a reader to recite, I do not know of any basis for this, and I fear it may be a religious innovation.