Memorize Quran and reward to mother.
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Memorize Quran and reward
to mother
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
Generally speaking, worship in Islam can be broadly
categorized into three types:
Sahih Al-Bukhari
Hadith 9.418 Narrated by Ibn Abbas
A woman came to the
Prophet (saws) and said, "My mother vowed to perform the Hajj but she died
before performing it. Should I perform the Hajj on her behalf?" He (saws)
said, "Yes! Perform the Hajj on her behalf. See, if your mother had been in debt, would
you have paid her debt?" She said,
"Yes." He (saws) said, "So you should pay what is for Him, as
Allah has more right that one should fulfill one's obligations to Him."
There is allowance in Shariah that one may perform a rite
of worship which involves wealth alone (charity, sadaqah, etc.) or a rite of
worship which involves a combination of self-and-wealth (pilgrimage) and
transfer the rewards of their worship to their desired loved one……but there is
absolutely no allowance in Shariah that the rewards of a rite of worship which
involves one’s ‘self’ alone can be transferred to the account of another. To
the best of our knowledge, there is no evidence in the authentic and
established Sunnah whereby the Messenger of Allah (saws) himself did or allowed
that one offer prayers for another, or fast for another, or recite the Glorious
Quran with the intention to transfer the rewards to another.
And that is in absolute accordance with nature! For example, if one has taken a loan or a
debt and cannot repay their loan, the creditor or any court in the world will
allow and accept the payment of the loan by anyone else and thus absolve the
debtor of their debt.
Similarly, if one is required to do a task or a job which
involves some cost and some work, and one perchance cannot or does not do it,
the task or job done by their loved one or another will be acceptable to the
employer.
But even in this world, one normally cannot do an act
which involves only the expense of ‘self’ for
another….for example:
Prayers, fasting, doing ‘dhikr’ or the Remembrance of
Allah, recitation of the Glorious Quran, etc. are acts of worship which
involves only the ‘self’, and only the one who actually performs these rites of
worship is eligible to receive its rewards.
It would not be lawful or permissible or acceptable in Shariah for one
to transfer the rewards of the worships which involve only ‘self’ to someone else.
Your
Question: Can I byheart quran intending for the rewards to be given to my
mother?
If one recites the Glorious Quran one would earn the
reward for their recitation themselves; but it is not possible or acceptable in
Shariah nor is it logical for one to transfer the rewards of their recitation
to the account of their desired loved one. And Allah Alone Knows Best.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan