Question
In the Musjid where I pray, every Friday night an announcement is made to recite Surah Ikhlaas 11 times for the dead. This practice is also done in the graveyard after burial. Is this a Sunnah practice?
Answer
This practice is not Sunnah. It is bid'ah. It is permissible to recite Surah Ikhlaas or any other Surah or any portion of the Qur'aan Majeed as much as one desires, and to supplicate to Allah Ta'ala to Bestow the thawaab (reward) to the deceased of one's choice. But it is not permissible to fabricate a practice and to hoist it over the people as if it is an integral constituent of the Sunnah. Such addition to the Deen is termed bid'ah sayyiah (evil innovation).
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- The Majlis Vol 21 No 06
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