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Reading Quran For Dead
Reading Quran For Dead
This ayah is general and covers all actions and rejects the
idea that a person can be rewarded from the actions of others.
On the hand the scholars who hold the opposite view answered
this theory by saying the verse was abrogated by the verse,
“And those who believe and whose offspring follow them in
Faith.”[At-Tur :21]
Also, the ulema who concluded the dead are unable to profit
from the readings of the living use the verse,” This Day shall
every person be recompensed for what he earned.”[ Al-
Ghafir:17]
You want to know how? Ok, the Prophet ( )ﷺmade the recitation
of the Quran among the things that entitle a person to take
wages for. It’s well known that wages are only given to person
in exchange for the employer’s benefit.
[2] Al-Bukhari(2272),Muslim(2201)
[3] Al-Bukhari(5087)Muslim(1425)
[4] Related by Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah. Ibn Hibban graded it
as Sahih
[5] Al-Bukhari(1952)Muslim(1147)