The Method of Isal al-Thawab (Daily Recitation of al-Fatiha)

Question

Every day I recite the Fatiha in the following way — is such a practice permissible in the Shari‘a, and will my deceased benefit from it? After reciting Surat al-Fatiha once, “Qul huwa Allahu ahad” three times and the Salawat of Ibrahim once, I say: “O Lord, whatever I have recited at this time — conveying its reward to all the prophets; O Allah, conveying it to our Prophet, Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa ﷺ, and to the souls of all his Companions, of his family and descendants, of his pure wives, and of all the friends…

Answer

By making isal al-thawab in this way too, the reward reaches [them].

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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