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Typifying the majority view, Ibn Qudamah al-Maqdisi stated in his highly acclaimed al-Mughni: ‘Any act of worship a person does, gifting the reward of it to a deceased Muslim, the deceased will benefit from it God willing. The majority of jurists stipulate that such a donation does reach the deceased and that they do indeed benefit from it. One group of scholars contends that it can be donated and that the deceased do benefit by it the other says it cannot. ♦Ī dispassionate look at the issue reveals that classical jurists differed on the question of whether the rewards of one’s Quranic recitation can be “donated” or “gifted” to the deceased or not (known as isal al-thawab or ihda al-thawab). It has now become commonplace to find Muslims boycotting other Muslims over the issue, showing hostility towards them, or to even consider them to be deviants because of it! Yet such intolerance and bigotry is uncalled for by Islam and is unwarranted by the shari‘ah.
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Question: Is it permitted to donate the reward of one’s recitation of the Qur’an to a deceased person, and will they benefit by such recitation? Or is this an innovation ( bid ‘ah) that opposes orthodox Islam, as claimed by certain people?Īnswer: Unfortunately, this issue has become a cause of great controversy and fiery disputes between Muslims in recent times.