5f] Conveying Rewards to the Deceased (Isaale Sawaab)

5f]
Reciting the Holy Qur'an carries great reward, is one of the best
Sunnahs, and the number of Ahadeeth describing its merits are
numerous. The intention here is to list only the merits of gathering
to recite the Qur'an and supplicate - not to list the merits of
reading the Holy Qur'an itself.
Hadeeth 34
Abu Huraira (Allah be wellpleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger
(peace and blessings be upon him) as saying: He who alleviates the
suffering of a brother out of the sufferings of the world, Allah would
alleviate his suffering from the sufferings of the Day of
Resurrection, and he who finds relief for onewho is hard pressed,
Allahwould make things easy for him in the Hereafter, and he who
conceals (the faults) of a Muslim, Allah would conceal his faults
inthe world and in the Hereafter. Allah is at the back of a servant so
long as the servant is at the back of his brother, and he who treads
the path insearch of know- ledge, Allah would make that path easy,
leading to Paradise for him and those persons who assemble in the
house among the houses of Allah (mosques) and recitethe Book of Allah
and theylearn and teach the Qur'anthere would descend upon them the
tranquilityand mercy would cover them and the angels would surround
them andAllah makes a mention of them in the presence of those near
Him , and he who is slow-paced in doing good deeds, his (high) lineage
does not make him go ahead. (Muslim)
It is mentioned in Tafseer Rooh-ul-Bayan that when the recitation of
the Qur'an is completed, 4000angels say Aameen on thesupplication
after it, and they pray for the forgiveness of the reader(s).
Imam Nawawi mentions in "Al Azkaar" that the famous Sahabi Syedna Anas
(Allah be well pleased with him) used tocall people to his house
toattend the supplication after the completion of Holy Qur'an's
recitation.
Hadeeth 35
Abu Huraira (Allah be wellpleased with him) reported Allah's Apostle
(peace and blessings be upon him) as saying that Allah has mobile
squads of angels, who have no other work (to attend to) but to follow
the assemblies of Zikr and when they find such assemblies in which
there is Zikr (of Allah) they sit in them and some of them surround
the others with their wings till the space between them and the sky of
the world is fully covered, and when they disperse (after the assembly
of Zikr is adjourned) they go upward to the heaven and Allah, the
Exalted andGlorious, asks them although He is best informed about
them: Where have you come from They say: We come from Your servants
upon the earth who had been glorifying You (reciting Subhan Allah),
uttering Your Greatness (saying Allah o-Akbar) and uttering Your
Oneness (La ilaha ill Allah) and praisingYou (uttering al-Hamdu
Lillah) and begging of You. He would say: What do they beg of Me They
would say: They beg of You the Your Paradise. He (Allah) would say:
Have they seen My Paradise They said: No, our Lord. He would say:
(What it would be then) if they were to see My Paradise They (the
angels) said: They seek Your protection. He (Allah) would say: Against
what do they seek My protection They (the angels) would say: Our Lord,
from the Hell-Fire. He (Allah) would say: Have they seen My Fire They
would say: No. He (Allah) would say: What it would be if they were to
see My Fire They would say: They beg of You forgiveness. He would say:
I grant pardon to them, and confer upon them what they ask for and
grant them protection against which they seek protection. They(the
angels) would again say: Our Lord, there is oneamongst them such and
such simple servant who happened to pass by (thatassembly) and sat
there along with them (who had been participating in that assembly).
He (Allah) would say: I also grant him pardon, for they are apeople
the seat-fellows ofwhom are in no way unfortunate - (Muslim, Bukhari,
Tirmizi, and Nasa'i)
Hadeeth 36
Reported Abu Huraira (Allah be well pleased with him), that the Holy
Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "When you pray for a
dead man, make your prayer sincere for him" (Abu Daud, Ibn Majah)
So what is the Islamic view of "Qur'an Khuwanee" ?Did the Holy Prophet
or the Sahaba do it in the manner of havingsay 30 people each reciting
one part of the Qur';an And what if is heldon particular days such as
(3rd, 10th, 40th, Annually etc)?
From the above we have proved that gathering to read the Holy Qur'an
(a very meritorious act) is of course permitted, and to convey the
reward (several types of meritorious acts) is commendable. When the
Hadeeth says it is commendable, we need not pursue as to whether there
is any "historical" evidence as to when and where it was actually
done. :->