Fixing a Date for Isal al-Thawab and Khatm by Teachers and Students in Madrasa Hours

Question

When anyone, whether of the elite or of the common people, passes away, in most mosques and madrasas everyone — adults and minors — is gathered and a khatm of the Holy Qur’an is held. In the noble hadiths isal al-thawab (conveying reward to the deceased) is mentioned in an unrestricted (mutlaq) manner; several doubts arise in this regard, as follows: (1) Is completing a khatm of the Holy Qur’an in this form and conveying its reward [to the deceased] established from the era of khayr al-qurun (the best generations)

Answer

(1), (2) The customary method of isal al-thawab — namely that on the third day after the death of the deceased people gather, the Qur’an is recited and tasbih is recited over chickpeas — is not established from the era of khayr al-qurun; therefore doing isal al-thawab in this form will be bid‘a: [ar]كُلُّ مُحْدَثَةٍ بِدْعَةٌ وَكُلُّ بِدْعَةٍ ضَلَالَةٌ[/ar] “Every newly…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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