Qur’an Khawanee: Reciting the Qur’an to
Benefit the Deceased
Some beneficial extracts from the excellent
new book:
The Legislative Position on Qur’aan
Khawanee : Reciting the Qur’aan
to Benefit the Deceased One
By Shaykh Abu Muhammad Badee’ud-Deen
Shaah ar-Raashidee as-
Sindee
Published by Troid
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah who said,
the Messenger of Allaah
(peace be upon him) said, "If a person dies,
his actions cease except
for three: A righteous child who makes du’aa
for him, the continual
charity that remains after he has died , and
beneficial knowledge
(that people from)."
Saheeh Muslim
…
"Imaam Ibnul Qayyim has also mentioned
that which is similar to this:
Many Prophets and pious people have died
before the Messenger (peace
be upon him) and many of his Companions
(May Allah be pleased with
them) died within his lifetime including Sa’d
bin Mu’aadh (may Allah be
pleased with him), regarding whom he
(peace be upon him) said:
‘The Arsh became happy by the death of
Sa’d bin Mu’aadh’ [Saheeh
Bukhari]
And many of his relatives and dear friends
died in his presence. Some
were even martyred, such as his uncle
Hamza bin ‘Abd al-Mutallib, his
cousin, Ja’far bin Abee Taalib, brother
through breast feeding
‘Uthmaan bin Maz’oon and Ayman and Abu
Salamah, and from his pure
wives Khadeejah, Zaynab bint Khuzaymah,
his mother in law Zaynab
bint Maz’oon, mother of Hafsah bin Umar,
his sons Qaasim, Tayyib and
Ibraheem, his daughters Ruqaiyyah, Umm
Qulthoom, Zaynab, his
nephew ‘Alee bin Zaynab, ‘Abdullah bin
Ruqaiyyah and Zaid bin
Haaritha, whom he regarded as his son; all
died while he was alive. Yet
he did not recite the Qur’aan and send its
reward for any of them.
Similarly in many battles many of the
Companions were martyred
which included scholars, jurists, ascetics and
worshippers but he did
not recite the Qur’aan and send its reward
for any one of them, nor
did he indicate that it should be done."
Kitaab ar-Rooh.
…
"The pious predecessors were careful, as
Haafidh Ibn Wadhaah al_
Andaloosee said:
"Asad narrated to us a Hadeeth from Rabee’
bin Sabeeh who narrated
on Yunus bin ‘Ubayd, who said: Some people
had gathered and Hassan
(may Allah be pleased with him) came to
them. One man said, ‘O Abu
Sa’eed, What do you say regarding this
gathering of ours? We are a
few people from Ahlus-Sunnah wal
Jamaa’ah who do not criticize
anyone, we gather one day in this house and
another day in that
house, we recite the book of Allaah, and we
supplicate to our Lord,
we send salawaat (praise and blessings)
upon the Prophet (peace be
upon him), we supplicate for ourselves and
for the Muslims.’ He said,
‘Hassan forbade them from doing this with a
severe forbiddance.’""
Kitaab al-Bid’a wa an-Nahee anhaa
…
End of Extracts
Writers Note: It should also be noted no
such actions as gifting the
Qur’aan were practised by the Rightly Guided
Caliphs and Companions
after the Prophet (Peace be upon him)
passed away and indeed after
other companions such as Abu Bakr, Umar,
Uthman, Ali and others
(may Allah be pleased with them) passed
away.