Reciting the Qur’an around the deceased

Question

When a person dies, before his burial that person is laid down and the Holy Qur’an is recited around him and in front of him — a man who has not done any work for the religion his whole life — and the belief is held: “Through this dawr (round of recitation) of the Qur’an I will be forgiven.” Is this correct?

Answer

This belief and this practice are wrong and without evidence; indeed, they are contrary to the fundamental principles. Editor’s note: the belief in forgiveness through collective Qur’an recitation in the described manner after death is without evidence and contrary to the principles, because the basic principle is that a person receives punishment for irreligion and evil…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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