the deceased’s child borrows money to give charity, with repayment deferred until he has the means, does its reward reach the deceased?”

He replied:
“Hiring people to recite the Quran and dedicate its reward to the deceased is not prescribed, nor has any scholar recommended it. For the recitation whose reward reaches the deceased is that which is performed for Allah. Thus, if someone has been hired to recite for Allah, and the person hiring him has not given charity on behalf of the deceased but has instead hired someone to recite as an act of worship to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, its reward does not reach the deceased. However, if charity is given on behalf of the deceased to people who recite the Quran or to others, it benefits him by the agreement of the Muslims. Likewise, if someone recites the Quran seeking Allah’s reward and dedicates its reward to the deceased, it benefits him. And Allah knows best.”

He was asked:
“Is placing a copy of the Quran beside a grave and lighting a lantern there, without anyone reading from it, disliked or not?”

He replied:
“As for placing copies of the Quran beside graves and lighting lanterns there, this is disliked and forbidden, even if arrangements are made to read from them there. How much more so if they are not read! For the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:

‘May Allah curse women who visit graves and those who establish mosques and lamps over them.’

Thus, lighting lamps, whether lanterns