انتفاع الأموات بقراءة القرآن

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This issue is linked to a matter of faith that represented in the relationship between the living and the deceaseds' ; and its prevalence in many countries has created a clear dissension between the scholars of jurisprudence in whether to consider it permissible, prohibited or an innovation :"doesn’t go with Sunnah" .

The resulting radical strictness or leniency comes from the misconceptions and disagreement between scholars; how much the deceased benefits from the Quran being read for him/her and what has been prohibited unanimously by the scholars of jurisprudence.

The scholars have consistently agreed that the souls of the deceased benefit from the efforts of the living in two ways: what the deceased had done during his/her lifetime and the supplications of Muslims for him, and asking Allah for His forgiveness and giving out charity for him/her.

The scholars disagreed over how the deceased benefits from the reading of the Quran.

Scholars believing that the deceased benefits from it give three options: 1)The deceased benefits if the reader bestows the reward of his reading to the deceased, the Hanafis and the later followers of Malik, go with this opinion and it is the doctrine of the Hanbalis.

2) The deceased benefits on the condition of supplication, which is the choice of the Shafi’es.

3) It is beneficial through proximity, which is required by some of the Malikis and Shafi’es.

The best-known ruling among the followers of Malik and the Imam Al-Shafi’e and some Hanbali followers is to prohibit it.

They use as evidence Allah’s words:”That man can have nothing But what he strives for;(1( The scholars who accept it, use supplication as an analogy as well as the consensus that the deceased benefits from the prayers and he requests for forgiveness from the living, in addition to texts that they believe in include recitation.

The predominant ruling is that there is no clear text in the Holy Quran or the Prophet’s (Peace be upon Him) Sunnah which permits or prohibits it.

The best choice is to keep to what has been proven and to prompt people to follow what has been verified by the scholars’ consensus as the strongest choice.

It can also be said that adding the reading to prayers from the texts is under consideration.

Therefore, if a person follows it using diligence or imitating those who accept it, it should be suitable, whether the reader considers it as a gift of his reward or a continuation of supplication.

Priority should be given in hope that Allah’s Mercy and Grace will benefit the deceased in the same way as intercession and supplication and others.

May Allah guide us to the right path.